Steering Committee
The Natural Resources and Environmental Science program is an interdisciplinary major which is managed by a Steering Committee of faculty from departments in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the College of Arts and Sciences, and UK Transportation Services. The Steering Committee collaborates to guide the NRES program.
Current NRES Steering Committee members include:
Chris Matocha, Ph.D. | Plant & Soil Sciences | Committee Chair
Jack Schieffer, Ph.D. | Agricultural Economics | Internship Coordinator
Larry Grabau, Ph.D. | Plant & Soil Sciences | Director of Undergraduate Studies
Mary A. Arthur, Ph.D. | Forestry and Natural Resources
Chris Barton, Ph.D. | Forestry and Natural Resources
Sandra Broadus | NRES Alumna, UK Transportation Services
David McNear, Ph.D. | Plant & Soil Sciences
Robert Paratley, M.S. | Forestry and Natural Resources
Lynn Phillips, Ph.D. | Geography
Steve Price Ph.D. | Forestry and Natural Resources
Chris Sass, Ph.D. | Landscape Architecture
Christopher Shepard, Ph.D. | Plant & Soil Sciences
Kevin Yeager, Ph.D. | Earth and Environmental Sciences