A joint program between the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) (Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Environmental Science) and Rutgers University–Newark (Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Degree Programs Offered:
Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Both degrees are offered jointly by NJIT and Rutgers University–Newark.)
Graduate
Adviser (Rutgers University–Newark): Lee Slater, Room 137, Smith Hall (973-353-5109; email:lslater@rutgers.edu
Website:
www.ncas.rutgers.edu/ees
Director of Graduate Programs and Adviser (NJIT): Somenath Mitra, Room 332, York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science (973-596-5611; email: somenath.mitra@njit.edu)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Rutgers University–Newark
Professors:
Alexander E. Gates; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Structural geology; tectonics; radon
David Kafkewitz; Ph.D., Cornell
Microbiology
Lee Slater; Ph.D., Lancaster (UK)
Near-surface geophysics
Associate Professors:
Evert Jan Elzinga; Ph.D, Delaware
Environmental soil chemistry
Yuan Gao; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Ocean-atmosphere interactions; air pollution
Claus Holzapfel; Ph.D., Gottigen (Germany)
Community ecology, plant population, and community processes
Assistant Professors:
Mihaela Glamoclija; Ph.D.; Universita G. d'Annunzio (Italy)
Environmental soil geochemistry
Kristina M. Keating; Ph.D., Stanford
Near-surface geophysics
Adam Kustka; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Physiology and biogeochemistry
Ashaki Rouff; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Sustainable and environmental geochemistry
Karina V.R. Schafer; Ph.D., Duke
Ecology and global climate change
Assistant Research Professor:
Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis; Ph.D.; Rutgers
Near-surface geophysics and biogeophysics
New Jersey Institute of Technology Environmental Science Division
Distinguished Professors:
Pierro Armenante; Ph.D., Virginia
Somenath Mitra; Ph.D., Southern Illinois
Robert Pfeffer; Ph.D., New York
Kamalesh K. Sirkar; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana)
Professors:
Lisa Axe; Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
Environmental and geoenvironmental engineering
Basil C. Baltzis; Ph.D., Minnesota
Robert B. Barat; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nancy Jackson; Ph.D., Rutgers
Coastal geomorphology
Lev N. Krasnoperov; D.Sci., Moscow; Ph.D., Novosibirsk (Russia)
Priscilla Nelson; Ph.D., Cornell
Earthquake engineering and geotechnical engineering
Howard D. Perlmutter; Ph.D., New York
Angelo J. Perna; Ph.D., Connecticut
John S. Schuring; Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology
Environmental and geoenvironmental engineering
Sam S. Sofer; Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
