Team Members

Meet the members of our research group. Biosketches, resumes, and detailed contact information can be accessed by clicking on a person's name.

• Jerry J. Bromenshenk, Ph.D. Montana State University, 1973. Applied ecology, terrestrial ecosystem characterization, environmental monitoring and assessment, population dynamics, real-time data acquisition and delivery.
  E-mail: jjbmail@selway.umt.edu
  
  
• Colin B. Henderson, Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1985. Animal and plant community interactions, effects of human activities on animal populations and communities, small and large scale animal movements.
  E-mail: chbio@selway.umt.edu
  
  
• Delbert L. Kilgore, Jr., Ph.D. University of Kansas, 1972. Sources and potential fitness value of phenotypic plasticity in respiratory control systems, the effect of high altitude, living in underground burrows, and high CO and N₂₂ concentrations.
  E-mail: kilgore@selway.umt.edu
  
  
• Bruce Lighthart, Ph.D. University of Washington, 1967. Consultation, planning, experimental design, and data analysis for airborne microbe risk assessment, population dynamics of microorganisms in the atmosphere of planetary boundary layer.
  E-mail: lighthab@open.org
  
  
• Robert R. Madsen, M.S., Montana State University, 1987, Ph.D. Course Work, Simon Frazier University. Science Instructor, Dull Knife Memorial College, Honey bee and leaf cutter bee behavioral and physiological research, minority student programs, K-12 outreach.
  E-mail: bmadsen@dkmc.cc.mt.us
  
  
• Kevin Prier, Ph.D. Thesis Work, University of Basel, Switzerland. Experimental design and implementation of wind tunnel system for investigations of the adsorption of aerosolized microbes onto insects, assay procedures for quantifying spores, morphological, physiological, and biochemical changes in identified neurons during the development of the neural system of locusts.
  E-mail: kevinrsprier@home.com
  
  
• Robert A. Seccomb, M.S. The University of Montana, 1998. Bioinformatics, systems operations, practical applications of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in field research, computer modeling, computer data acquisition and control, and massively parallel computing.
  E-mail: seccomb@obiwan.dbs.umt.edu
  
  
• David L. Simmons, B.S. Cleveland State University, 1971. Engineering Science, air quality engineer, modeling, consulting, permitting, regulatory compliance reporting.
  E-mail: dnssimmons@hotmail.com
  
  
• Smith, Garon C. Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines, 1983. Application of analytical/physical chemistry to air and water quality issues, source and extent of contamination, contaminant transport, environmental fate and matching of contaminant samples with potential sources using artificial neural networks.
  E-mail: garons@selway.umt.edu
  
  
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