Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Co-Advisors
We encourage you to visit the Environmental Science office, co-located with the Center for Science and Math Education in room 204 on the second floor of Tracy Hall (south side, upstairs from Starbucks).
Because the Environmental Science Program is interdisciplinary, it has two dedicated advisors for the major. Please contact one of these advisors with any questions regarding curriculum and course scheduling, events, research opportunities, and career planning.
Life Sciences Advisor
Chris Hoagstrom
Environmental Science Program Co-Director
Professor, Department of Zoology
TY 327 | 801-626-7486 | christopherhoagstrom@weber.edu
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About Dr. Hoagstrom
Dr. Chris Hoagstrom is a fish ecologist, biogeographer, and conservation biologist. He teaches Principles of Zoology, Aquatic Ecology, Ichthyology, Conservation Biology, and Biogeography. His primary scholarly interest is in conservation of streams, rivers, springs, and wetlands with an emphasis on fish biodiversity. He has expertise in conservation of endangered fishes, relations of fish habitat to stream hydrology and geomorphology, and biogeography of North American fishes. Dr. Hoagstrom spent over ten years as a technician and biologist with the federal government, mostly the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, so he incorporates this experience into his teaching, research, and advising.
Advising
Dr. Hoagstrom will handle advising for environmental science majors who lean toward the life sciences and ecosystem conservation. He would love to chat with students about question regarding coursework, possibilities for undergraduate research and internships, planning for graduate school, and finding work as an environmental scientist in the real world (including government jobs) as a conservation biologist or natural resources manager.
Physical Sciences Advisor
Carie Frantz
Environmental Science Program Co-Director
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
TY 315 | 801-626-6181 | cariefrantz@weber.edu
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About Dr. Frantz
Dr. Carie Frantz is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist with a background in chemistry, microbiology, and Earth science. Dr. Frantz teaches courses that blend disciplines, like Geomicrobiology and Environmental Geochemistry. Her research focuses on microbe-mineral interactions, and the ways that signals of climate change are altered by microbial processes. While much of her fieldwork takes place at Great Salt Lake, she has worked at sites around the West, on four continents, and in the Arctic. Her projects combine fieldwork with laboratory experiments and modeling, and she loves involving students in research within the courses she teaches as well as in independent projects.
Advising
Dr. Frantz will handle advising for environmental science majors who lean toward specializing in the physical and Earth sciences. She is also happy to chat with students about figuring out what they want to do with their lives; undergraduate research; grad school applications; balancing work, school, and extracurricular activities; finding jobs as a broadly-trained scientist; science-based activism; and all things skiing.