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Dr. Deng receiving the WEF Camp Award for 2023

Professor Honored with Prestigious National Research Award

Dr. Yang Deng named the recipient of the 2023 Camp Applied Research Award

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Professor Featured in Ancient Earth Series

Dr. Ying Cui was one of the scientists featured in the fourth episode, “Inferno”

Oluwafemi Soetan with poster at a conference

PhD student selected as finalist for the prestigious Knauss Marine Fellowship

This competitive fellowship selects from an array of early-career graduate environmental professionals and students to serve in the Federal Government for a one-year period in Washington DC.

Cepin in lab examining pollen sample

Hot Summer Days Ignite Scientific Minds

As temperatures soared in July to the hottest in Earth’s modern history, Emily Cepin toiled inside a Montclair State University lab gaining insights into today’s climate crisis by extracting pollen fossils from rock sediment formed 56 million years ago. The work is both tedious and timely.

Qiufeng Lin with poster at NJWEA conference

PhD Student Takes Second Place in 2023 NJWEA Student Poster Competition

dinosaur artwork by Hermann Bermudez

Geological Society of America Awards PhD Student Memorialized Award and Grant

PhD candidate Hermann Bermudez received the award and grant to progress his research

Student receives scholarship from The Land Conservancy NJ

Alum and Sustainability Science and Leadership MS student, Amanda Baksa was one of the five students awarded scholarships this year

dinosaur artwork by Hermann Bermudez

Impact that killed the dinosaurs triggered “mega-earthquake” that lasted weeks to months

PhD candidate Hermann Bermudez discusses the topic of his upcoming presentation at the Geological Society of America’s Annual Conference

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Professor is part of Nature Communication study on ancient marine DNA in Antarctic sediment

The study demonstrates the utility of ancient DNA preserved in ocean floor sediment (sedaDNA) for reconstructing past marine environments and ecosystems

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Professor’s work on coal ash in the environment attracting media attention

Dr. Deng in his lab

Professor’s Research Wins Gold at International Water Association Conference

Dr. Yang Deng received the Project Innovation Award in the Breakthroughs in Research and Development category

map of heat islands in New Jersey; Jersey City, Newark and Elizabeth

Urban heat islands fire up temperatures, day and night

Dr. Greg Pope, Earth and Environmental Studies, speaks with NJ Spotlight News regarding these heat islands