Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor John Reinfelder, Environmental Sciences Building, George H. Cook Campus (732-932-9800, ext. 6211)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Tamar Barkay, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland
Microbial transformation of mercury and its role in the geochemical cycling of mercury in the environment

A.J. Both, Assistant Extension Specialist in Plant Biology and Pathology, 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 chemistry of environmental science

Joanna Burger, Professor of Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Behavioral ecology; ecotoxicology; ecological risk

Keith R. Cooper, Professor of Toxicology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Xenobiotic metabolism and diseases of aquatic animals; animal models

Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Professor of Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., CUNY
Wetland ecology; soil ecology; ecosystems ecology; pollution impacts on ecosystems

Paul G. Falkowski, Professor of Geological Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Evolution and ecology of marine phytoplankton and symbiotic algae

ZhiHua (Tina) Fan, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., North Carolina (Chapel Hill) 
Studies of personal and ambient air exposures to air toxins; studies of the association of health effects with personal and ambient air exposures to air toxins

Donna E. Fennell, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Environmental engineering

Susan E. Ford, Assistant Research Professor of Oyster Culture, SEBS; Ph.D., Duke
Invertebrate pathology/parasitology; genetics and mechanisms of resistance to pathogens; physiological ecology of estuarine organisms

Jennifer Francis, Associate Research Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Washington
Polar meteorology; remote sensing; air-sea-ice energy transfer

Michael A. Gallo, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Albany Medical College
Food additives; phototoxins; dermatotoxicology

Panos Georgopoulos, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Environmental modeling; environmental information systems; human exposure and risk assessment

Daniel Giménez, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS;  Ph.D., Minnesota
Soil structure; water movement and solute transport through soils; soil quality

William Goldfarb, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, SEBS;  Ph.D., Columbia
Environmental law and policy; water resources law and policy; hazardous substances law and policy

Maxim Gorbunov, Associate Research Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Moscow State (Russia)
Biophysics; photosynthesis; coral reefs; phytoplankton physiology; ocean optics; scientific instrumentation

Fred Grassle, Director and Professor, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Duke
Ecology of marine bottom-dwelling organisms

Max M. Haggblom, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Helsinki (Finland)
Environmental and applied microbiology; biodegradation and bioremediation

Jun-Yan Hong, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., UMDNJ
Environmental toxicology; human susceptibility to environmental diseases

Weilin Huang, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan Physicochemical processes

Joseph V. Hunter, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Source, fate, and detection of water and soil pollutants

Sastry S. Isukapalli, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Computational modeling of environmental and biological systems for risk assessment

Stanley E. Katz, Research Professor of Microbiology,  SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Antibiotic residues in tissues and soils

Lee Kerkhof, Associate 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; bioreactor landfills; biosolids; life-cycle assessment

Jerome J. Kukor, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Biochemistry of microbial degradation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds

Paul J. Lioy, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Human exposure to pollutants; air pollution; industrial hygiene; risk assessment

Gediminas Mainelis, Assistant 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

George H. Nieswand, Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering,  SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Environmental systems analysis

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, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Utah State
Hydrological modeling; hydrogeology; surface and groundwater dynamics

David A. Robinson, Professor of Geography, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Climate and climate change

Alan Robock, Professor of Atmospheric Science; SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Climate change; climate modeling; nuclear winter 

Mark G. Robson, Professor of Entomology and Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Public health risk assessment; exposure to pesticides; international environmental health

Lisa A. Rodenburg, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Environmental organic chemistry

Sybil Seitzinger, Director of Rutgers/NOAA Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program, SEBS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Biochemistry; nutrient dynamics; land/atmosphere/ocean interactions

Stuart L. Shalat, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard
Epidemiologic studies of environmental toxins' effects on the fetus and the child

Robert M. Sherrell, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal 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

Georgiy L. Stenchikov, Research Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Moscow Physical Technical Institute (Russia)
Climate modeling; cloud modeling; air pollution; computational fluid dynamics; radiative transport; numerical methods

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

Robert L. Tate III, Professor of Soils and Crops, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Soil microbiology

Paul E. Thomas, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Ohio State
Metabolism of drugs and environmental chemicals; cytochrome P-450

Barbara J. Turpin, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Oregon Graduate Institute
Air pollution; the chemistry and physics of atmospheric aerosols

Christopher G. Uchrin, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Modeling of contamination transport in surface and groundwater

Constantino Vetriani, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rome (Italy)
Deep-sea microbiology; thermophiles; microbial adaptations to extreme environments

Christopher P. Weaver, Assistant Research Professor of Meteorology, SEBS; Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Clouds and climate; land-surface/atmosphere interaction; climate modeling

Judith S. Weis, Professor of Zoology, FAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Effects of environmental factors, including pollutants, on development and growth of estuarine organisms

Clifford P. Weisel, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Rhode Island 
Measurement of environmental constituents to assess human exposure

Nathan Yee, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Notre Dame
Temperature geochemistry; geomicrobiology

Lily Y. Young, Professor of Environmental Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Harvard
Anaerobic microbial metabolism of environmental contaminants; microbial ecology

Junfeng Jim Zhang, Professor and Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health, UMDNJ-SPH; Ph.D., Rutgers/UMDNJ
Assessment of pollution exposure and health effects; air pollution chemistry

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

Richard Dunk, Lecturer, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Meteorology; air-sea interaction; sea breezes

Nancy L. Fiedler, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Bowling Green
Neurobehavioral and health effects in human exposure to hazardous substances

Robert Hordon, Associate Professor of Geography, SAS; Ph.D., Columbia
Surface and groundwater hydrology; water quality

Howard Kipen, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., California (San Francisco)
Occupational health

Richard Lathrop, Professor of Environmental Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Remote sensing and spatial modeling of terrestrial aquatic ecosystems

Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty

Norberto J. Palleroni, Research Professor of Agricultural Molecular Biology, SEBS/BCAE; Ph.D., Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of environmentally important bacteria

Alan Stern, Research Scientist, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy; Ph.D., Columbia
Population exposures to metals in the environment