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Research Expertise and Interest

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Department

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

environmental microbiology, biodegradation of environmental contaminants, microbial carbon cycling, molecular tools for microbial ecology, metagenomics, biological hazardous waste treatment, bioremediation of groundwater pollutants

Joseph S. Shapiro

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

Dept of Economics

trade and the environment, water pollution, Clean Water Act, air pollution, climate change

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

geotechnical earthquake engineering, wireless sensors, seismic slope stability, seismic earth pressure, rock erosion, groundwater remediation, numerical modeling of solid-fluid interaction, geotechnical engineering, geological engineering

Dr. Ünal in the lab

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

gametogenesis, biology of aging, gene regulation, genetics, genomics and development

Rosemarie de la Rosa

Rosemarie de la Rosa

School of Public Health

pollutant exposure

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, urban ecology, surface hydrology, groundwater, sea level rise, climate change, adaptation, environmental justice, adaptation to flooding, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, social justice research, client-based studio teaching, community-based studio teaching

John Coates in lab with equipment in background

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

Precision fermentation, Bioprocess scale-up, environmental microbiology, Industrial bioprocesses, sustainability, carbon sequestration, Bioremediation, alternative energy production, biogeochemistry

Adam Arkin

Dept of Bioengineering

Systems and Synthetic Biology, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, bioenergy, Biomedicine, Bioremediation, space, green and sustainable manufacturing, sustainability

Ajay Pillarisetti setting at desk with computer monitor and microphone in background

Ajay Pillarisetti

School of Public Health

energy use, health effects of air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, global health, health impacts of energy use, heat and health, air pollution measurement, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

Allen Goldstein

Allen Goldstein

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

global change, air pollution, environmental science, biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, indoor air quality

Vincent H. Resh

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

ecology, water resources, pollution, monitoring, water-borne diseases

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, motor vehicle emissions, ozone, sustainable transportation, air quality, emission inventory, photochemical air quality modeling

Diana Bautista, Professor of Cell Biology, Development & Physiology, mentoring in the lab.

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

ion channels, sensory physiology, chemosensation, touch, thermosensation, somatosensory system, itch

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

environmental and resource economics, remote sensing, climate change, water resources, health effects of air pollution

Meredith Fowlie

Meredith Fowlie

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

energy markets, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air pollution

Michael Frenklach

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

chemical kinetics, computer modeling, uncertainty quantification, combustion chemistry, pollutant formation (carbon black, soot), chemical vapor deposition of diamond films, homogeneous nucleation of silicon, diamond and graphene, diamond powders; interstellar dust formation

Pradeep Chhibber

Pradeep Chhibber

Dept of Political Science

political parties, South Asia, electoral politics, politics of India

Lu Liang gave a talk

Lu Liang

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

geospatial science, urban environment modeling, low-cost monitoring, air pollution, agricultural irrigation mapping

Raka Ray in outdoor setting

Raka Ray

Dept of Sociology

Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies

feminist theory, gender, masculinity, middle-class, social movements, South and Southeast Asian studies, relations between dominant subaltern groups in India, women¹s movements in India

Maximilian Auffhammer

Maximilian Auffhammer

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

climate change, social cost of carbon, econometrics, air pollution, environmental economics, energy economics, species conservation

Photo of Ron Cohen

Ronald C. Cohen

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Earth and Planetary Science

climate, greenhouse gases, air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, environmental chemistry, analytical chemistry, ozone, nitrogen oxides, CO2, clouds, Atmospheric Aerosol

David Sedlak standing in pool with sculpture to his right.

David L. Sedlak

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

fate and transport of and transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, water reuse and water recycling, urban water infrastructure, engineered treatment wetlands

Joshua Apte in back of vehicle looking at laptop

Joshua Apte

School of Public Health

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

air pollution, Atmospheric Aerosol, exposure assessment, risk assessment, environmental justice, environmental engineering, environmental sensors, climate change mitigation, environmental issues in developing countries

Vasugi Kailasam

Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies

Tamil studies, film and digital culture, South Asia, South and Southeast Asian studies, cultural studies of Southeast Asia, South Asian Literature and Culture

Assistant Professor Bronwyn Lucas stands with arms crossed next to a Zeiss Crossbeam cryo-FIBSEM.

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

biochemistry, biophysics, Structural Biology