Degree Programs Offered:
Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy
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
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Rutgers University-Newark
Professors:
Alexander E. Gates; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic
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)