The faculty of the department are listed alphabetically below. Each individual faculty member’s name is a link to more detailed information including their email address and other contact information, a description of the research in which that individual is currently engaged, and selected recent publications.
Allen, Ralph · Professor · Geosciences
Trace element geochemistry; hazardous waste management.
{Profile»}Berg, Peter · Research Associate Professor · Ecology
Modeling of transport phenomena where the transport is occurring by diffusion, convection and radiation.
{Profile»}Biggs, Thomas · Lecture Professor · Geosciences
Petrology; economic geology; regional geology; geomorphology; soil biogeochemistry
{Profile»}Blum, Linda K. · Research Associate Professor · Ecology
Microbial abundance, productivity and community structure in estuarine systems; microbe-plant interactions; effects of microbial community structure on processes.
{Profile»}Carr, David E. · Research Associate Professor · Ecology
Evolutionary ecology, population, quantitative, and ecological genetics.
{Profile»}Cosby, Jack · Research Professor · Hydrology
Limnology, biogeochemistry, quantitative analysis of environmental data and simulation modeling.
{Profile»}D’Odorico, Paolo · Associate Professor · Hydrology
Ecohydrology, surface hydrology, stochastic modelling of hydrologic processes, soil moisture dynamics, soil erosion.
{Profile»}Davis, Robert E. · Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Synoptic and applied climatology, statistical climatology, climatic change, bioclimatology.
{Profile»}De Wekker, Stephan F.J. · Assistant Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Boundary-layer meteorology, mountain meteorology, mesoscale modeling, land-atmosphere interactions
{Profile»}Dolan, Robert · Professor · Geosciences
Coastal processes and geomorphology
{Profile»}Emmitt, G. David · Scholar-in-Residence · Atmospheric Sciences
Laser atmospheric wind sounder instruments, earth science data information system, fugitive dust emissions and air quality modeling.
{Profile»}Epstein, Howard E. · Associate Professor · Ecology
Ecosystem and plant community ecologist; climate-plant-soil interactions: grassland, shrubland and tundra ecosystems; field studies, remote sensing and simulation modeling
{Profile»}Erwin, R. Michael · Research Professor and Wildlife Biologist · Ecology
Population and community ecology, behavioral ecology, conservation biology, avian biology.
{Profile»}Evan, Amato · Assistant Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Large-scale variability, ocean-atmosphere interactions, tropical meteorology, aerosols, ocean general circulation, satellite meteorology.
{Profile»}Galloway, James N. · Professor · Geosciences
Biogeochemistry at watershed, regional and global scales.
{Profile»}Garstang, Michael · Distinguished Investigator and Research Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Tropical marine and continental meteorology; convective storms; trace gas and aerosol transports, animal communication.
{Profile»}Goodell, Grant · Research Professor · Geosciences
Sedimentation, marine geology, marine affairs, field hydrogeology, hydrogeology, radionuclides in groundwater, salt-water intrusion.
{Profile»}Hayden, Bruce · Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Dynamic climatology and bioclimatology
{Profile»}Haynes, Kyle · Research Assistant Professor · Ecology
Landscape, population, and community ecology; movement behavior; plant-herbivore-predator interactions.
{Profile»}Herman, Janet S. · Professor and Director, PIRCH · Geosciences
Low-temperature aqueous geochemistry, kinetics of water-rock interactions, geochemical modeling, groundwater in karst terrains
{Profile»}Howard, Alan D. · Professor · Geosciences
Fluvial geomorphology and quantitative methods
{Profile»}Keene, William C. · Research Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Multiphase tropospheric chemistry, oxidation processes, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, global change, measurement techniques
{Profile»}Lawrence, Deborah · Associate Professor · Ecology
Nutrient cycling in primary and secondary tropical rainforests; relating biodiversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem sustainability
{Profile»}Lerdau, Manuel · Professor · Ecology
Environmental & evolutionary physiology, ecosystem ecology, biosphere-atmosphere interactions
{Profile»}Macko, Stephen A. · Professor · Geosciences
Biogeochemistry, marine organic geochemistry and stable isotope geochemistry
{Profile»}McGlathery, Karen · Professor · Ecology
Aquatic ecology, biogeochemical controls on estuarine nutrient dynamics, ecophysiology of algae and seagrasses, marine conservation and management.
{Profile»}Mills, Aaron L. · Professor · Geosciences
Microbial ecology, microbial transformations of groundwater pollutants, bacterial transport through porous media
{Profile»}Moody, Jennie L. · Research Associate Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Long-range atmospheric transport and trajectory modeling, acid deposition modeling and precipitation chemistry, chemical climatology
{Profile»}Moore, Laura · Assistant Professor · Geosciences
Coastal geomorphology; large-scale coastal behavior; barrier island evolution; linkages between coastal processes and climate change; extreme coastal events
{Profile»}Nelson, Bruce W. · Professor Emeritus · Hydrology
Sedimentation and estuarine processes, estuarine chemistry as influenced by land-use practices. Deltaic sedimentation.
{Profile»}Pace, Michael L. · Professor · Ecology
Aquatic ecosystems, food webs, carbon cycling, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology
{Profile»}Panday, Arnico · Research Assistant Professor · Atmospheric Sciences
Atmospheric chemistry, mountain meteorology, urban air pollution, regional haze, aerosol-climate interactions, sustainable development.
{Profile»}Porter, John H. · Research Assistant Professor · Ecology
Mammalian dispersal, population, community and landscape ecology, multivariate statistics, remote-sensing and geographical information systems, data management.
{Profile»}Ray, G. Carleton · Research Professor · Ecology
Coastal-marine ecology, conservation and policy; polar ecology; coastal-marine biological diversity and ecological processes; marine mammals and fishes.
{Profile»}Reidenbach, Matthew · Assistant Professor · Hydrology
Environmental fluid dynamics; Sustainable marine resources; Transport and mixing in estuaries and coral reefs; Biomechanics of marine organisms
{Profile»}Roulston, T’ai H. · Research Associate Professor · Ecology
Plant-pollinator interactions; evolutionary ecology; habitat fragmentation; invasive species; bee biology.
{Profile»}Ruddiman, William F. · Professor Emeritus · Geosciences
Marine Geology, Paleoclimatology; paleoceanography.
{Profile»}Scanlon, Todd · Assistant Professor · Hydrology
Land-atmosphere interaction; climate-vegetation modeling; and catchment hydrology
{Profile»}Schwarzschild, Arthur · Research Assistant Professor · Ecology
Marine ecology, long term ecological research
{Profile»}Shugart, H.H. · Corcoran Professor and Director, Global Environmental Change · Ecology
Global change; systems ecology; forest ecosystem analysis and dynamics; ornithology.
{Profile»}Smith, David E. · Professor and Associate Chairman · Ecology
Biological oceanography, marine ecology, and invertebrate zoology.
{Profile»}Smith, Thomas M. · Associate Professor · Ecology
Theoretical ecology, vegetation modeling, global ecology.
{Profile»}Swap, Bob · Research Associate Professor · Ecology
Atmospheric, aerosol and trace gas transports/
characterizations; atmosphere/biosphere interactions
Thomson, Vivian · Associate Professor
Joint appointment with the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs
{Profile»}Wiberg, Patricia L. · Professor and Chair · Hydrology
Sediment transport, coastal oceanography, geological fluid mechanics.
{Profile»}Wilbur, Henry M. · B.F.D. Runk Professor (Biology), Professor of Environmental Sciences · Ecology
Population and community ecology, ecological genetics, vertebrate biology.
{Profile»}Zieman, Joseph C. · Professor · Ecology
Marine ecology, ecology of seagrass ecosystems, ecology of tropical coastal systems.
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