Walter Dodds
University distinguished professor of biology
Walter Dodds, university distinguished professor of biology at Kansas State University,
has studied the effects of nitrogen contamination in stream waters and the effects
stream drying and flooding have on the habitat and the species that live there.
He has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed literature, including the top journals like Nature and Science. He also is author of four books including, "Humanity's Footprint: Momentum, Impact and Our Global Environment."
He is coordinator of aquatic and hydrological research at the Konza Prairie Biological Station, and a co-principal investigator on the Long-Term Ecological Research Grant, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal is to describe how fire, grazing and climatic variables are essential factors in a functioning prairie ecosystem.
Dodds joined Kansas State in 1990 and was promoted to full professor in 2002. He was named a university distinguished professor in 2009.
He received a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Denver in 1980 and a doctorate in biology from the University of Oregon in 1986.
Dodds can be reached at 785-532-6998 or wkdodds@k-state.edu.