Program Faculty
The Systems Ecology Intercollegiate Graduate Program is comprised of a collective group of faculty from across campus who advise and guide students accepted to the Systems Ecology graduate program. Faculty come from across campus, ranging from the W.A. Franke College of Forestry, the Division of Biological Sciences, The School of Business, School of Journalism, Departments of Environmental Science, Geography, Economics. University faculty apply to become part of the Systems Ecology faculty, and are accepted based on their topical area of research and teaching relevant to systems ecology, and scholarly performance. View the Faculty Guidelines.
Ashley Ballantyne
Associate Professor of Bioclimatology
Alina Cansler
Assistant Professor – Applied Fire and Landscape Ecology
Matthew Church
Professor
Cory Cleveland
Regents Professor of Ecology
Ben Colman
Associate Professor of Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology
Solomon Dobrowski
Professor of Forest Landscape Ecology
Lisa Eby
Professor of Aquatic Ecology; Undergraduate Program Director, Ecosystem Science & Restoration
James Elser
Bierman Professor, Director of the Flathead Lake Biological Station
Akasha Faist
Assistant Professor, Rangeland and Restoration Ecology
Robert Hall
Professor
Sarah Halvorson
Professor and Chair, Department of Geography
Philip Higuera
Professor of Fire Ecology
Kelsey Jencso
Associate Professor of Watershed Hydrology, Montana State Climatologist
John S. Kimball
Professor of Systems Ecology; NTSG Director
Anna Klene
Professor of Geography
Erin Landguth
Associate Professor
Andrew Larson
Professor of Forest Ecology; Wilderness Institute Director
Gordon Luikart
Professor of Conservation Ecology and Genetics
Rachel Malison
Assistant Research Professor
Alexander L. Metcalf
Associate Professor
Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs; Joel Meier Distinguished Professor of Wildland Management
Clint Muhlfeld
Research Assistant Professor
Cara Nelson
Professor of Restoration Ecology; Chair, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences
H. Maurice Valett
Professor, Systems Ecology