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Department

Ronald Amundson

Ronald Amundson

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

soils, environmental science, isotope biogeochemistry, pedology, environmental history & ethics, soilsbiogeochemistry, ecosystems

Mary K. Firestone

Mary K. Firestone

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

soils, miicrobial biology, environmental science

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

biogeochemistry, iron reduction, metals and contaminants, soil aggregates, selenium kinetics of organic matter degradation, nitrate reduction, soil and environmental biogeophysics, biogeochemical cycles, fate and transport of nutrients, sulfate reduction, wetland soils, littoral sediments, spatial variation in biogeochemical processes

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

agroecology, soil ecology, biogeochemistry, plan-soil-microbe interactions

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

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

life cycle assessment, LCA, sustainability, green design, buildings, transportation, water, construction, biofuels, energy, environmental management, infrastructure systems

Richard S. Dodd

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental policy, environmental science, forestry, wildlife, plant biology

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

wastes and the circular economy, global environmental governance, climate change politics, globalization, environmental politics and policy, environmental movements

Daniel A. Farber

environmental law, constiutional law, freedom of speech

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

globalization, sustainability, labor and environmental policy, supply chains, consumers, information-based regulation, environmental justice, sustainability transitions, disruptive innovation

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

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

atmospheric modeling, exposure monitoring, environmental justice applications, community resilience, climate adaptation and disaster resilience

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, infrastructure, soil/structure interaction, monitoring, heritage conservation, masonry structures

Fotini Chow

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

environmental fluid mechanics, wind energy applications, clouds, large-eddy simulation, turbulence modeling, atmospheric boundary layer flow, flow over complex terrain, wildfire smoke transport, methane emissions, urban dispersion modeling, urban air quality

Rachel Morello-Frosch

Rachel Morello-Frosch

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental health, environmental justice, climate change and health, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

Portrait of Danielle Rivera

Danielle Rivera

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

environmental justice, environmental and climate justice, urban planning, urban design, Puerto Rico, Borderlands, California, adaptation to flooding

Dr. Chris Schell sets a wildlife camera trap in the East Bay, CA. His lab uses these devices and other techniques (e.g., GPS collars, roadkill collections) to monitor how wildlife populations adapt to life in cities.

Christopher Schell

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

behavioral ecology, urban ecology, One Health, social-ecological dynamics, environmental justice

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dept of Geography

hydroecology, geomorphology, complex systems, restoration ecology, environmental modeling, wetlands, sediment transport, environmental fluid mechanics

Paolo D'Odorico wearing a blue shirt, with unfocused greenery in background

Paolo D'Odorico

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

hydrology, ecohydrology, water resources, Water and Society, environmental sciences, Drylands, Desertification

Mark Stacey

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

coastal climate change and adaptation, interaction between environmental processes and built infrastructure and social systems, local/regional interdependence

Image of a white disabled woman in her forties. She is speaking into a microphone giving a presentation. Image is of Sunaura Taylor.

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

disability studies, disability crip theory, ableism, animal studies, animal ethics, multispecies justice, environmental humanities, ecofeminism, environmental justice

Paige Weber

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice

Dept of Demography

human populations, migration, fertility and fecundity, environmental change

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

economics, environmental policy

Walter Hood

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

urban design, community development, landscape architecture, environmental planning, landscape design, citizen participation, design of architecture and landscape