Robert L. Sanford, Jr. (Buck)  

 

Professor, Director of School of Earth Sciences & Envorinmental Sustainability (SESES)

Education

• BS, Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1977
• MS, Wildland Resource Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1980 
• PhD, Wildland Resource Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1985

Research interests

Biogeochemistry of alpine, tropical and dryland ecosystems, particularly in managed and fire affected environments.  Paleoecology/land use history – how biogeochemical soil ‘signatures’ that human populations/cultures have left on landscapes affect present day ecological processes.

Contact

Office: Room 102, Building 12 
Phone: 928-523-1637  
Robert.Sanford@nau.edu 
Publications