Faculty Experts
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Environment
David O. Carpenter
Director
Institute for Health and Environment
Professor
Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences
Human health effects of environmental contaminants, including metals and organic compounds.
Vincent P. Idone
Associate Professor and Chair
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Lightning; atmospheric electricity; thunderstorms
Indumathi
Energy Manager
Department of Facilities Management
Energy efficiency and conservation; sustainability; building energy performance
Andrei G. Lapenas
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Global warming; climate change; climatology; Russia
Mary Ellen Mallia
Director
Office of Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability; ecological economics; recycling; education; formulating and implementing sustainable practices
Richard R. Perez
Senior Research Associate
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Solar and renewable energy; environment; economics
Claudia J. Ricci
Lecturer
Department of Journalism
Journalism; blogging; health and environmental reporting; creative writing; fiction writing; writing and healing
George Robinson
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Botany; forest ecology; watershed ecology; disease ecology; biological conservation; ecological restoration; invasive plant species; science of fall color; origins of chocolate; Campus Environmental Task Force
James J. Schwab
Research Professor
Atmospheric Science Research Center
Air pollution; airborne particulate matter; stratospheric ozone depletion; ground level ozone pollution; global warming/climate change; environment
Kendra Smith-Howard
Assistant Professor
Department of History
History of dairy farming; history of food; history of public health; history of pesticides/antibiotics in agriculture
Christopher J. Walcek
Senior Research Associate
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Air Pollution; ozone pollution; global warming; energy and pollution; clouds and climate; cloud physics; acid rain formation
Wei-Chyung Wang
Professor of Applied Sciences
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Climate modeling and data analysis; global warming; impact of climatic changes on social and economic activities and their policy implications
Igor G. Zurbenko
Professor
Department of Biometry and Statistics
Trend analysis; forecast; nonparametric profiling; multivariate analysis; applications in economy; public health; environment pollutions; global warming
