Members of the Graduate Faculty
Emily Barrett, Associate Professor Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, SPH; Ph.D., HarvardOrigins of health and disease in early life A.J. Both, Associate Extension Specialist in Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Controlled environment agriculture, crop modeling, systems analysis Anthony Broccoli, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Climate modeling, climate change Brian T. Buckley, Administrative Director of Laboratories, EOSHI; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Analytical environmental chemistry Joanna Burger, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Behavioral ecology, ecotoxicology, ecological risk Memo Cedeño, Assistant Professor, EOHSI – Environmental and Population Health Bisociences;
Mechanisms by which climate changed-related environmental exposures impact health, productivity, and safety Enrique Curchitser, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Ocean dynamics and climate system, Earth system models, multiscale climate dynamics Nicole Fahrenfeld, Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering, SOE; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Bioremediation, microbial source tracking, antibiotic resistance Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS; Ph.D., British Columbia
Evolution and ecology of marine phytoplankton and symbiotic algae Donna E. Fennell, Professor of Environmental Engineering, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Environmental microbiology, environmental engineering Panos Georgopoulos, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, RWJMS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Environmental modeling, environmental information systems, human exposure and risk assessment Daniel Gimenez, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Soil structure, water movement and solute transport through soils, soil quality Maxim Gorbunov, Associate Research Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Moscow State
Biophysics, photosynthesis, coral reefs, phytoplankton physiology, ocean optics Jason Grabosky, Professor of Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Urban forestry and urban tree establishment Max M. Haggblom, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Helsinki (Finland)
Environmental and applied microbiology, biodegradation and bioremediation Jun-Yan Hong, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, RWJMS; Ph.D., UMDNJ
Environmental toxicology, human susceptibility to environmental diseases Weilin Huang, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Physicochemical processes Lee Kerkhof, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., California (San Diego)
Marine microbiology and molecular biology, microbial population dynamics Uta Krogmann, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Hamburg-Harburg (Germany)
Solid-waste management and engineering, sustainability engineering, recycling, waste minimization, composting, biosolids, life-cycle assessment Gediminas Mainelis, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Cincinnati
Biological and nonbiological aerosols Monica Mazurek, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Air quality engineering, organic geochemistry, analytical chemistry for environmental systems James R. Miller, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland
Meteorology, atmospheric modeling Christopher C. Obropta, Associate Extension Specialist in Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Stevens
Watershed management John R. Reinfelder, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Trace metal biogeochemistry of aquatic systems, phytoplankton ecology Ying Fan Reinfelder, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Utah State
Hydrological modeling, hydrogeology, surface and groundwater dynamics Asa Rennermalm, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Rutgers; Ph.D., Princeton University
Climate change, hydrology, and glaciology of the polar regions Zorimar Rivera-Nunez, Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, SPH; Ph.D., Michigan
Environmental epidemiology, biomarkers, measurement error, endocrine disruptors, pregnancy, placenta, drinking water contaminants, big data. David A. Robinson, Professor of Geography, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Climate and climate change Alan Robock, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Climate change, climate modeling, nuclear winter Lisa A. Rodenburg, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Environmental organic chemistry Robert M. Sherrell, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marine geochemistry of trace metals and natural radionuclides Elisabeth L. Sikes, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Oceanography, organic geochemistry, geology Peter F. Strom, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Biological treatment, hazardous wastes Gary L. Taghon, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Washington
Marine ecology Paul E. Thomas, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Ohio State
Metabolism of drugs and environmental chemicals, cytochrome P-450 Christopher G. Uchrin, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Modeling of contamination transport in surface and groundwater Constantino Vetriani, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rome
Deep-sea microbiology, thermophiles, microbial adaptations to extreme environments Mary Whelan, Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Berkeley
Global Photosynthesis, sulfur cycling Lily Y. Young, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Harvard
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of environmental contaminants, microbial ecology Gerben J. Zylstra, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Genetics and physiology of microbial aromatic hydrocarbon degradation
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Nancy L. Fiedler, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, RWJMS; Ph.D., Bowling GreenNeurobehavioral and health effects in human exposure to hazardous substances Taewon Han, Research Associate of Environmental Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Texas A&M
Aerosol science and health implications Howard Kipen, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, RWJMS; M.D., California (San Francisco)
Occupational health Valdis Krumins, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland (College Park)
Environmental microbial processes, bioaerosols, wastes and bioremediation Richard Lathrop, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Remote sensing and spatial modeling of terrestrial aquatic ecosystems Robert Miskewitz, Associate Research Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Stevens
Fate and transport of environmental pollutants, water allocation, water budgeting for urban and agricultural sectors, watershed modeling and statistical modeling of environmental systems Jeffra K. Schaeffer, Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Microbial biogeochemistry of toxic and essential trace metals, microbial ecology
Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty
Alan Stern, Research Scientist, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy; Ph.D., ColumbiaPopulation exposures to metals in the environment