Academic Programs Staff
For general questions about Academic Programs at the Nelson Institute or for information about graduate admissions, please email Susan Zeyher, call (608) 262-7996, or contact Room 70 Science Hall, 550 N Park St., Madison, WI 53706.
Program Chairs
- James (Jaime) Schauer, Air Resources Management, email
- Nancy Mathews, Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development, email
- William Cronon, Culture, History, and Environment, email
- Paul Wilson, Energy Analysis and Policy, email
- Paul Zedler, Environment and Resources, email
- Stephen Ventura, Environmental Monitoring, email
- Jonathan Patz, Humans and the Global Environment (CHANGE), email
- Teresa Adams, Transportation Management and Policy, email
- Marty Kanarek, Environmental Studies Certificate, email
- Kenneth Potter, Water Resources Management, email
Operations
Lewis Gilbert
Associate Director
- 70 Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 262-4510
- Liaison between Academic Programs Office and Director's Office and between the Academic Programs Office and the Instructional Committee
Jean Touchett
Program Assistant Supervisor Advanced
- 70A Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 263-4626
- Office supervisor and timetable and enrollment coordinator
Emily (Mao) Zhang
Information Technology Project Assistant
- 70 Science Hall
- Phone: (850) 228-4892
- Web site and database management, computer assistance
Undergraduate Program
Tristin Klappauf
Associate Student Services Coordinator
- 70B Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 262-7520
- Undergraduate student advising for Nelson Institute academic programs
Graduate Programs
Rob Beattie
Associate Faculty Associate
- Enzyme Institute
- Phone: (608) 890-0912
- Assistant director of CHANGE certificate/Nelson Institute IGERT program
Jim Miller
Student Services Coordinator
- 70C Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 263-4373
- Graduate student advising for Nelson Institute academic programs
Richard Shaten
Associate Faculty Associate
- 80 Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 265-0521
- Energy Analysis and Policy academic coordinator
Greg Waidley
Administrative Program Assistant
- 2205 Engineering Hall
- Phone: (608) 262-2013
- Transportation Management and Policy academic coordinator
Susan Zeyher
University Services Program Associate
- 70 Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 262-9206
- Graduate student admissions and programs coordinator
Teaching Staff
Lecturers and associate faculty
Rob Beattie
Associate Faculty Associate
- 213 Enzyme Institute, 1710 University Ave.
- Phone: (608) 890-0912
- Assistant Director of CHANGE certificate/Nelson Institute IGERT program
Quentin Carpenter
Senior Lecturer
- 115 F Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 263-7771
- Environmental Studies 361 Wetland Ecology and 375 Field Ecology Workshop
Richard Shaten
Associate Faculty Associate
- 80 Science Hall
- Phone: (608) 265-0521
- Energy Analysis and Policy academic coordinator
Emerita Staff
Barbara Borns
Student Services Program Manager III Emerita
- Emerita graduate student advisor
Susan Fafard
Administrative Program Specialist Emerita
- Emerita department administrator
Mary Mercier
Senior Student Services Coordinator Emerita
- Emerita undergraduate advisor