Faculty/Staff Directory
First Name
Priscilla
Last Name
Nyamai
Email
nyamaip@gvsu.edu
Title
Associate Professor
Website
Research Lab: Fire and Ecological Restoration
Office Address
3317 Kindschi Hall of Science
Office Phone
616-331-3455
Areas of Expertise
Ecological Restoration, Fire Ecology and its use in Ecosystem
Restoration, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecosystem Resilience to
Climate Change Impacts
Courses Taught at GVSU
BIO 460 - Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
NRM/BIO 415/515 – Fire
Ecology and Management
NRM 386 - Ecological Restoration and
Management
NRM 281 - Principles of Soil Science
NRM 150 -
Introduction to Natural Resources Management
BIO 105 -
Environmental Science
NRM 495 - Trends in NRM (Capstone)
Research Interests
My research interests include 1) examining alterations in natural disturbance processes and how that impacts structure, composition, and function, 2) implementing restorations treatments and evaluating ecosystem responses to these treatments (species recruitment and distribution patterns, resource pulse, and changes in related environmental factors), and 3) evaluating ecosystem development post-treatment (Recovery trajectories) at various temporal scales. I am always open to exploring new areas of research that may be generated from collaborative projects. For more details, please visit the research lab website given above.
Education
Ph.D. in Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State
University, 2013
M.S. Environmental Science, University of Idaho,
2009
B.S. Natural Resources Management, Egerton University,
2005