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Members of the Graduate Faculty

Emily Barrett, Associate Professor Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, SPH; Ph.D., Harvard
Origins 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

Siddhartha (Sid) Roy, Assistant Professor, SEBS; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Water Quality and Treatment, Public Health, Environmental Epidemiology, International Development

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

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