Robert L. Sanford, Jr. (Buck)Affiliated Faculty/Professor, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
![Portrait of Robert L. Sanford, Jr. (Buck)](https://ecoss.nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/RSanford.jpg)
Research Interests
Sanford’s research focuses on the biogeochemistry of alpine, tropical and dryland ecosystems, particularly in managed and fire affected environments. In addition, paleoecology/land use history, or how biogeochemical soil ’signatures’ that human populations/cultures have left on landscapes affect present day ecological processes.
Sanford is the 1997 recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award (University of Denver), and a member of several honors societies: Sigma Xi (1980) and Phi Beta Kappa (2005).
Current Projects
Soil charcoal in Southwestern ponderosa pine forests.