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

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)

Website: https://sasn.rutgers.edu/academics-admissions/academic-departments/earth-environmental-science

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

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

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)