Faculty

  • Kirk R. Barrett, Director, Passaic River Institute (Ph.D. Northwestern University). Resource Management.
  • Paul A. X. Bologna, Associate Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology, Program Director Aquatic and Coastal Sciences (Ph.D. University of South Alabama). Marine biology, aquatic ecology, habitat restoration.
  • Stephanie A. Brachfeld, Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Ph.D. University of Minnesota). Marine geology, paleoclimatology with emphasis on polar regions, paleomagnetism.
  • Mark J. Chopping, Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies (Ph.D., University of Nottingham). Remote sensing, GIS.
  • Huan Feng, Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies (Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook). Estuarine and coastal environmental quality assessment and management; Behavior, transport and fate of land-based contaminants in aquatic systems and sediments; Biogeochemical cycle of trace elements in riverine, estuarine and coastal environments.
  • Lisa Hazard, Assistant Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology
  • Scott L. Kight, Associate Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology (Ph.D. Indiana University). Evolutionary biology, aquatic entomology, ecology, animal behavior.
  • Stephen J. Koepp, Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology (Ph.D. North Texas State University). Diatoms, microanatomy, electron microscopy.
  • John Korky, Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology (Ph.D. University of Nebraska). Amphibian zoology, ecology.
  • Michael A. Kruge, Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies, (Ph.D., UC Berkeley). Geochemistry of organic contaminants in sediments.
  • Lee Lee, Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology (Ph.D. City University of New York). Microbiology, metal toxicity.
  • Kirsten Monsen, Assistant Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology
  • Kevin Olsen, Instrumentation Specialist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (M.S. Montclair State). Sediment contamination, mass spectroscopy, water quality monitoring technology.
  • Duke U. Ophori, Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies (Ph.D., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). Hydrogeology, groundwater flow modeling in fractured reservoirs, nuclear waste disposal.
  • Sandra Passchier, Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies
  • Gregory A. Pope, Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies (Ph.D., Arizona State University). Geomorphology, physical geography, geographic information systems applications in physical geography, human impacts on the environment, global change, geoarchaeology.
  • Robert S. Prezant, Professor, Biology and Molecular Biology and Dean, College of Science and Mathematics (Ph.D. University of Delaware). Aquatic ecology, marine biology, biodiversity, malacology.
  • Nicholas Smith-Sebasto, Associate Professor Earth and Environmental Studies. (Ph.D. Ohio State University). Environmental Education, Sustainable Development.
  • John Thiruvathukal, Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies (Ph.D., Oregon State University). Oceanography.
  • William H. Thomas, Director, New Jersey School of Conservation (Ph.D., Arizona State University). Ethno-ecology, conservation and traditional ecological wisdom of indigenous people.
  • Neeraj Vedwan, Assistant Professor, Anthropology (Ph.D. University of Georgia). Environmental values and behavior, environmentalism, water resources management, natural resources management policy.
  • Danlin Yu, Assistant Professor Earth and Environmental Studies. (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee). Geographic Information Sciences (GIS), Spatial Data Analysis, Urban Geography, Environment Simulation and Management.