Many UNC Asheville faculty members and students take an active interest in sustainability questions and solutions. Take a look at what our faculty and students are doing!
Applied Sustainability
UNC Asheville’s National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC), established in November 2003, is a center of the University and specializes in science communication and the development of decision support tools for local and regional planners, decision makers, and the public.
NEMAC helps people understand the relevance and importance of complex issues such as climate and weather, forest health, natural hazards, land use planning, and the efficient use of our energy and water resources. Our tools, developed with the assistance of UNC Asheville undergraduate research students, include web applications, interactive geographic information system (GIS) applications, multimedia delivery technologies, and print media. NEMAC and its many partnerships bring students, scientific professionals, and local decision makers together to help solve problems facing our society. NEMAC supports its applied research through mechanisms such as contracts, agreements, and grants with our various partners, including federal agencies; city, county, and state governments; and local entrepreneurs.
The McCullough Program at UNC Asheville facilitates applied undergraduate research projects in collaboration with a faculty advisor and local partner organization. To learn more about this research, visit the McCullough Institute past fellows webpage.
Faculty Researchers
Anthropology
Heidi Kelley, John Wood
Art
Virginia Derryberry, Carrie Tomberlin, Eric Tomberlin
Art History
Eva Bares, Leisa Rundquist
Atmospheric Science
Nina Hall, Chris Hennon, Doug Miller
Biology
David Clarke, Rebecca Hale, Jonathan Horton, Christopher Nicolay, Jennifer Rhode Ward
Chemistry
John Brock, George Heard, Bert Holmes, Oksana Love, Sally Wasileski, Amanda Wolfe
Classics
Lora Holland
Computer Science
Marietta Cameron, Susan Reiser, Adam Whitley
Drama
Robert Bowen, Lise Kloppel
Economics
Kathleen Lawlor, Leah Mathews
English
Erica Abrams-Lockyear
Environmental Studies
David Gillette, Jeff Wilcox, Irene Rossell, Jake Hagedorn
Health and Wellness
Aubrianne Rote, Aubrey Mast, Ameena Batada, Amy Lanou
History
Daniel Pierce
Joint Mechatronics (JME)
Moorthy Muthukrishnan
Management
Jeff Shields
Mass Communication
Sonya DiPalma
Mathematics-Statistics
Steven Patch
Music
Bill Bares, Toby King
Neuroscience
Patrick Foo
New Media
Lei Han
Physics
James Perkins
Psychology
Darren Bernal, Mark Harvey, Melissa Himelein