People

CICR Executive Committee

Dr. Laura German

CICR Director / Professor

Department of Anthropology
Website
lgerman@uga.edu

Dr. Pete Brosius

CICR Founder / Professor

Department of Anthropology
Website
pbrosius@uga.edu

Dr. Jesse Abrams

Associate Professor

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Website
jesse.abrams@uga.edu

Tyra Byers

Sustainability Certificate Director

Odum School of Ecology
Website
tyrab@uga.edu

Dr. Charles Hopkinson

Professor Emeritus

Department of Marine Sciences
Website
chopkins@uga.edu

Dr. Lizzie King

Associate Professor

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Odum School of Ecology
Website
egking@uga.edu

Dr. Marguerite Madden

Professor / Director of the Center for Geospatial Research

Department of Geography
Website
mmadden@uga.edu

Dr. Roberta Salmi

Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology
Website
rsalmi@uga.edu

Dr. Jennifer Jo Thompson

Associate Research Scientist

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Website
jjthomp@uga.edu

Dr. Seth Wenger

Associate Professor / Director for Science, River Basin Center

Odum School of Ecology
Website
swenger@uga.edu

Dr. Brock Woodson

Associate Professor

College of Engineering
Website
bwoodson@uga.edu

ICON Governance

Dr. Jesse Abrams

ICON Program Committee / ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Website
jesse.abrams@uga.edu

Dr. Pete Brosius

ICON Program Committee

Department of Anthropology
Website
pbrosius@uga.edu

Dr. Laura German

ICON Program Committee

Department of Anthropology
Website
lgerman@uga.edu

Dr. Ted Gragson

ICON Program Committee

Department of Anthropology
Website
tgragson@uga.edu

Vacant

ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Vacant (Ecology)

Dr. Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman

ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Website
jhepinstall@warnell.uga.edu

Dr. Lizzie King

ICON Program Committee

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources / Odum School of Ecology
Website
egking@uga.edu

Dr. Jimmy Nelson

ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Department of Marine Sciences
Website
jimmy.nelson@uga.edu

Dr. David Porinchu

ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Department of Geography
Website
porinchu@uga.edu

Dr. Susan Tanner

ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Department of Anthropology
Website
stanner1@uga.edu

Dr. Seth Wenger

ICON Graduate Affairs Committee

Odum School of Ecology
Website
swenger@uga.edu

Dr. Meredith Welch-Devine

ICON Program Committee

Department of Anthropology / Graduate School
Website
mwdevine@uga.edu

CICR External Advisory Board

Denzell Cross

Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Georgia State University
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Sara J. Gottlieb

Southern Appalachians Freshwater Director,
North America Eastern Division Franchise Co-Lead for the Conservation Coaches Network,
Co-Lead of the Georgia Aquatic Connectivity Team
The Nature Conservancy
Website

Dr. Sherry Pictou

Honorary District Chief, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq,
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair: Indigenous Governance,
Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Law
Dalhousie University
Website

CICR Faculty Affiliates

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Last name	First name	Unit	Email
Abrams	Jesse	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	jesse.abrams@uga.edu
Alber	Merryl	Department of Marine Sciences	malber@uga.edu
Altizer	Sonia	Odum School of Ecology	saltizer@uga.edu
Aubrey	Doug	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Savannah River Ecology Lab	daubrey@srel.uga.edu
Beasley	Jim	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Savannah River Ecology Lab	beasley@srel.uga.edu
Birch	Suzanne Pilaar	Departments of Anthropology and Geography	sepbirch@uga.edu
Bledsoe	Brian	School of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering	bbledsoe@uga.edu
Boley	Bynum	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	bboley@uga.edu
Boudreau	Maric	Department of Management Information Systems	mcboudre@uga.edu
Bringolf	Robert	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	bringo@uga.edu
Brosius	Pete	Department of Anthropology	pbrosius@uga.edu
Byers	Jeb	Odum School of Ecology	jebyers@uga.edu
Byers	Tyra	Office of Sustainability	tyrab@uga.edu
Calabria	Jon	College of Environment and Design	jcalabr@uga.edu
Callahan	Mark	UGA Arts Collaborative	mark.callahan@uga.edu
Capps	Krista	Odum School of Ecology; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory	kcapps@uga.edu
Carswell	Ben	Carl Vinson Institute of Government	bcars@uga.edu
Connelly	Scott	Odum School of Ecology	scottcon@uga.edu
Evaristo	Jaivime	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	evaristo@uga.edu
Ferreira	Susana	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences	sferreir@uga.edu
German	Laura	Department of Anthropology	lgerman@uga.edu
Gottdenker	Nicole	Department of Pathology	gottdenk@uga.edu
Gragson	Theodore	Department of Anthropology	tgragson@uga.edu
Green	Gary	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	gtgreen@uga.edu
Greer	Adam	Department of Marine Sciences	atgreer@uga.edu
Harper	Anna	Department of Geography	a.harper@uga.edu
Hashida	Yukiko	Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics	yhashida@uga.edu
Hepinstall Cymerman	Jeffrey	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	jhepinst@uga.edu
Herles	Cecilia	Institute for Women's Studies	cherles@uga.edu
Hernandez	Sonia	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study	shernz@uga.edu
Heynen	Nik	Department of Geography	nheynen@uga.edu
Hitchner	Sarah L.	Department of Anthropology (Adjunct)	slhitchn@uga.edu
Holloway	Steven	Department of Geography	holloway@uga.edu
Hopkinson	Charles	Department of Marine Sciences	chopkins@uga.edu
Hunter	Mark	Odum School of Ecology	mdhunter@uga.edu
Irwin	Brian	Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	irwin@uga.edu
Jambeck	Jenna	College of Engineering	jjambeck@uga.edu
King	Elizabeth	Odum School of Ecology; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	egking@uga.edu
Lance	Stacey	Savannah River Ecology Laboratory	lance@srel.uga.edu
Lapegna	Pablo	Department of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies	plapegna@uga.edu
Leigh	David	Department of Geography	dleigh@uga.edu
Madden	Marguerite	Department of Geography	mmadden@uga.edu
Maerz	John	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	jcmaerz@uga.edu
Magnan	Nicholas	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences	nmagnan@uga.edu
Markewitz	Daniel	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	dmarke@uga.edu
Marshall	Michael	School of Art	mmars@uga.edu
McCullough	Ellen	Agricultural & Applied Economics	emccullough@uga.edu
McKay	Kyle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	skmckay@uga.edu
Merino	Roger	Universidad del Pacífico	ra.merinoa@up.edu.pe
Mishra	Deepak	Department of Geography	dmishra@uga.edu
Moore	Clint	Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	cmoore@warnell.uga.edu
Mullen	Jeffrey	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences	jmullen@uga.edu
Nelson	Donald	Department of Anthropology	dnelson@uga.edu
Newcomer	Quint	Architectural Collaborative LLC	quintcostarica@gmail.com
Nibbelink	Nathan	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	nate2@uga.edu
Orland	Brian	College of Environment and Design (Retired)	brianorland2@gmail.com
Osenberg	Craig	Odum School of Ecology	osenberg@uga.edu
Paterson	Andrew	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences	paterson@uga.edu
Porinchu	David	Department of Geography	porinchu@uga.edu
Pringle	Catherine	Odum School of Ecology (Retired)	cpringle@uga.edu
Rice	Jennifer	Department of Geography	jlrice@uga.edu
Rivero	Rosanna	College of Environment and Design	rrivero@uga.edu
Robertson	Boakai K	Alabama State University	brobertson@alasu.edu
Robinson	Kelly	Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	kfrobinson@uga.edu
Rosemond	Amy	Odum School of Ecology	rosemond@uga.edu
Salmi	Roberta	Department of Anthropology	rsalmi@uga.edu
Santiago-Collazo	Felix	College of Engineering	fsantiago@uga.edu
Sarmiento	Fausto	Department of Geography	fsarmien@uga.edu
Schelhas	John	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (Adjunct); USDA Forest Service	john.schelhas@usda.gov
Schmidt	JP	Odum School of Ecology	jps@uga.edu
Shepherd	Marshall	Department of Geography	marshgeo@uga.edu
Struthers	Cory	Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington	cstruth@uw.edu
Tanner	Susan	Department of Anthropology	stanner1@uga.edu
Tarrant	Michael	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	tarrant@uga.edu
Thompson	Jennifer	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Department of Anthropology	jjthomp@uga.edu
Tucker	Bram	Department of Anthropology	bramtuck@uga.edu
Vallury	Sechindra	Odum School of Ecology	sechindra.vallury@uga.edu
van Rees	Charles	Odum School of Ecology	charles.vanrees@uga.edu
Welch-Devine	Meredith	Graduate School	mwdevine@uga.edu
Wenger	Seth	Odum School of Ecology	swenger@uga.edu
Woodson	Brock	College of Engineering	bwoodson@uga.edu

ICON Students

Last	First	Unit	Advisor	Email	Pronouns	More information
Balling	Courtney	Department of Geography	Drs. Marguerite Madden and Mark Risse	Courtney.Balling25@uga.edu
Boone	Hannah	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Meredith Welch-Devine	hannah.boone@uga.edu
Britton	Justice	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Laura German	jeb94141@uga.edu
Crispell	Evan	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Peter Brosius	Evan.Crispell@uga.edu
David	Kianie	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. Doug Aubrey	kianie.david@uga.edu
Del Toro Orozco	Wezddy	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. Nate Nibbelink	wezddy.deltoro@uga.edu	She/her/hers	Link
Gambill	Jill	Department of Geography	Dr. Nik Heynen	jgambill@uga.edu
Gill	Kristie	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Drs. Nate Nibbelink and Elizabeth Pienarr	k.gill@uga.edu
Giri	Monika	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Don Nelson	mg39394@uga.edu
Gregory	Kaili	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. Kelly Robinson	k.gregory@uga.edu
Hofner	Alexandra	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Roberta Salmi	a.hofner@uga.edu
Iyer	Bhavya	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Drs. Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman and Elizabeth Pienaar	bhavyaiyer@uga.edu
Joseph	Eileen	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. Jesse Abrams	eileen.joseph@uga.edu
Julien	Asa	Department of Geography	Dr. Deepak Mishra	asajulien@uga.edu
Kaur	Ravneet	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. Jesse Abrams	ravneetkaur@uga.edu
Kaushik	Amit	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Peter Brosius	amitkaushik@uga.edu	He/him/his	Link
Khalid	Zeeshan	Odum School of Ecology	Dr. Charles Van Rees	Zeeshan.Khalid@uga.edu	he/him/his	Link
Langhorn	Gabrielle	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Don Nelson	Gabrielle.Langhorn@uga.edu
Mohanachandran	Janaki	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Don Nelson	Janaki.M@uga.edu	She/her	Link
Matos	Mariana	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Roberta Salmi	mariana.dpmatos@uga.edu	She/her	Link
Mital	Anuja	Odum School of Ecology	Drs. Krista Capps and John Maerz	anujamital@uga.edu	She/her	Link
Morrow	Kristen	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Roberta Salmi	ksmorrow@uga.edu	She/her	Link
Najera	Jesus Alejandro	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Don Nelson	alejandro.najera@uga.edu
Park	Shinyeong	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Drs. Jesse Abrams and James Beasley	shiny.park@uga.edu	She/her/hers
Paul	Andrew	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Peter Brosius	apaul86@uga.edu	He/him	Link
Pitts	Aoife Kate	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Peter Brosius	aoife.pitts@uga.edu	She/her	Link
Quan	Alyssa	Odum School of Ecology	Dr. Catherine Pringle	quaniam@uga.edu
Rao	Shishir	Odum School of Ecology	Dr. Seth Wenger	shishir.rao@uga.edu	He/him	Link
Sandeelo	Asif Ali	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Laura German	asif.sandeelo@uga.edu	He/him/his
Sarkar	Aharna	Department of Geography	Dr. David Porinchu	aharna.sarkar@uga.edu
Shahi	Adarsh	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Laura German	adarsh.shahi@uga.edu
Sharma	Akanksha	Department of Geography	Dr. Deepak Mishra	akanksha.sharma@uga.edu	She/They	Link
Tatz	Matt	Odum School of Ecology	Drs. Sonia Hernandez and Stacey Lance	matthew.tatz@uga.edu	He/him	Link
Thakur	Tuheina	Odum School of Ecology	Dr. Charles van Rees	tuheina@uga.edu
Torres	Patty	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	Dr. Michael Yabsley	patricia.torres@uga.edu	She/her
Ubiali	Bruno	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Don Nelson	bruno.ubiali@uga.edu	He/him	Link
Usman	Ummuqulthum	Department of Geography	Dr. Anna Harper	usman.un@uga.edu
Uniyal	Nancee	Department of Geography	Dr. Deepak Mishra	nanceeuniyal@uga.edu
Valentine	Dominique	Department of Anthropology	Dr. Peter Brosius	Dominique.Valentine@uga.edu

ICON Alumni

Last name	First name	Unit	Graduation year
Abbasnezhad	Behnoosh	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2024
Allen	Karen	Department of Anthropology	2016
Arney	Rachel	Department of Geography	2024
Balasubramanian	Kanchana	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2025
Beauvais	Jeff	Odum School of Ecology	2023
Bloodgood	Jennifer	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2016
Bonney Baumgardner	Shannon	Odum School of Ecology	2019
Bozeman	Bryan	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2022
Brownson	Katherine	Odum School of Ecology	2019
Chappell	Jessica	Odum School of Ecology	2019
Clause	Adam	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2018
Cox	Cody	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2022
Crawford	Brian	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2016
Crespo	Christina	Department of Anthropology	2025
Cross	Denzell	Odum School of Ecology	2024
de Jesús Crespo	Rebeca	Odum School of Ecology	2015
DeMoss	Jennifer	Department of Anthropology	2019
DePuy	Walker	Department of Anthropology	2021
Evans	Michelle	Odum School of Ecology	2020
Foster	Katie	Department of Anthropology	2023
Fragomeni	Mariana	Department of Geography	2019
Gancos Crawford	Tara	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2023
Gujarathi-Talati	Sameera	Odum School of Ecology	2025
Guy	Rachel	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2018
Hallemeier	Jon	Department of Anthropology	2021
Hardy	Dean	Department of Geography	2016
Hecht	David	Department of Anthropology	2022
Heisel	Sara	Odum School of Ecology	2019
Hohbein	Rhianna	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2021
Horsley	Sarah	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2020
Horton	Emily Y.	Department of Anthropology	2020
Howard	Jillian	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2018
Hsiung	Angela	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2022
Kosen	Linda	Department of Anthropology	2022
Kumar	Suneel	Department of Anthropology	2025
Lear	Kristen	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2020
McGreevy	John	Department of Anthropology	2022
Mertzlufft	Caitlin	Department of Geography	2020
Miles	Micah	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2021
Morris	Hannah	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2025
Navis	Corrie	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2025
Nelson	Alec	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2023
Padgett-Vasquez	Steve	Department of Geography	2019
Parker	Lowery	Department of Geography	2017
Rasquinha	Dina	Department of Geography	2022
Rodriguez-Granados	Rocio	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2016
Rojas-Jiménez	Jorge	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2024
Seigerman	Cydney	Department of Anthropology	2024
Shaw	Alana	Department of Geography	2016
Unks	Ryan	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2017
Upadhaya	Suraj	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2019
Van Sant	Levi	Department of Geography	2016
Vercoe	Richard	Department of Geography	2021
Will	Rachel	Department of Geography	2019
Yeager	Emily	Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources	2018