# Media Resources for Earth Day 2025: Experts on Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Issues Montclair faculty experts are available to offer commentary on a range of climate-related topics ![Picture of a sunflower. ](/sites/default/files/styles/660x400/public/2026-03/071323_7878_MSU-Campus-Community-Garden.jpg?h=f03d1f75&itok=tPBU16Uv) The theme for Earth Day 2025 is “Our Power, Our Planet,” and Montclair State University has several faculty experts available (see below) who can speak on this and other climate-change and sustainability related story topics, including: - Climate change - Environmental policy - Urban environmental issues - Ecology - Freshwater biology - Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) - Physical geography To set up an interview, please contact the Media Relations team: **Andrew Mees** Media Relations Director Email: meesa@montclair.edu Phone: 973-655-3101 Cell: 201-317-1361 **Elyse Fernandez** Media Relations Coordinator Email: toribioe@montclair.edu Phone: 973-655-4334 Cell: 201-416-9588 ## Montclair’s Earth Day Experts ![Woman smiling with red hair posing for a headshot.](/sites/default/files/styles/editor_100/public/2026-06/tuiningaheadshot102017.jpg?itok=fQEeR2qu) [**Amy Tuininga**](/faculty-staff/amy-tuininga "Amy Tuininga") is Director of the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies in the College of Science and Mathematics, growing partnerships among faculty, students, administrators, government agencies, private corporations, and community groups to solve sustainability problems. Her research focuses on how ecosystems respond to human perturbations such as climate change, invasive species and urbanization. **Key topics:** Building sustainable communities, ecosystems, natural resources **Recent media:** [**Think Tank with Steve Adubato, “Sustainability Challenges Facing the Garden State.”**](https://www.pbs.org/video/sustainability-challenges-facing-the-garden-state-av95oc/) ![Man smiling with a hat on, behind him green leaves and fog behind him.](/sites/default/files/styles/editor_100/public/2026-06/img3078copy.jpg?itok=JNL6CZ2w) [**Matthew Schuler**](/faculty-staff/matthew-schuler "Matthew Schuler") is Assistant Professor of Biology, and uses experimental and observational approaches to understand how patterns of community assembly, coexistence, and diversity are altered by human-induced changes to the environment. List background and expertise here. Recent research includes how anthropogenic stressors such as salinization, climate change, and invasive species affect freshwater environments, as well as an investigation into the **impact of road salts** on heavy metal contamination in private drinking wells in New Jersey. **Recent Media:** [**NJ.com Opinion**](https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/04/what-we-can-do-to-keep-the-garden-state-beautiful-opinion.html) **Key topics:** Ecology, Limnology, Aquatic Ecology, Community Ecology, Freshwater Pollution, Wildlife Management, Road Salt Management ![Man in water smiling with contraption for collecting samples.](/sites/default/files/styles/editor_100/public/2026-06/2017-07-24_joshua-galster.jpg?itok=SWCdeilA) **Joshua Galster** is Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies. His current research is focused on rivers and watersheds and how we interact with them. Projects including flood mitigation, river surveys, and watershed-scale GIS projects. **Recent Media:** [**Governing, “The Racial Dynamics Involved in Flood Risk Aren’t What You’d Expect”**](https://www.governing.com/resilience/the-racial-dynamics-involved-in-flood-risk-arent-what-youd-expect) **Key topics:** Rivers, Watersheds ![Meiyin Wu smiling with a black button down.](/sites/default/files/styles/editor_100/public/2026-06/Meiyin_Wu.jpg?itok=mRdvJ9TD) [**Meiyin Wu**](/faculty-staff/meiyin-wu "Meiyin Wu") is Director of the New Jersey Center for Water Science and Technology and Professor of Biology, and is an expert on ecological restoration, invasive species, and the Passaic River. **Recent Media:** [***The Record,*** **NorthJersey.com.**](https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/west-milford/2019/07/25/greenwood-lake-nj-toxic-algae-bloom-could-last-months/1817972001/) **Key topics:** Lake and River Management, Harmful Algal Blooms, Water Quality, Drinking and Recreational Water Safety, Habitat Connectivity ![Greg Pope headshot smiling in glasses and a pink button down.](/sites/default/files/styles/editor_100/public/2026-06/headshot2sept2023.jpg?itok=xCsI58bz) [**Greg Pope**](/faculty-staff/greg-pope "Greg Pope") is Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies, with expertise in physical geography, forest fires, environmental geology, and glacial New Jersey. **Recent Media:** [**CBS News,**](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-city-air-quality-climate-change) [**NJ Spotlight News**](https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/canadian-wildfire-smoke-blankets-new-jersey-east-coast) **Key topics:** Earth surface processes, Physical Geography, Environmental Geology, Geo-archaeology Published March 28, 2024 Type [Faculty Voices](/news-media/news-stories?type%5B71%5D=71) Topic - [Science and Technology](/news-media/news-stories?topic%5B87%5D=87) School or College [College of Science and Mathematics](/news-media/news-stories?school%5B594%5D=594) ## More News & Stories - ![Hawk statue in front of Cole Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/750x500/public/2026-07/062525_07015_Students_Around_Campus_Summer-LAROSA.jpg?h=926d89e9&itok=004F9K9S) Press Release [ 2027 College Rankings: Montclair Among Nation’s Best in U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges](/news-media/news-stories/2027-college-rankings-montclair-among-nations-best-us-news-world-report-best-colleges) September 22, 2026 - ![Man posing in front of two brown delivery trucks](/sites/default/files/styles/750x500/public/2026-08/kaan-alumni-voices.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=uR32bCl5) Student Outcomes [ Alumni Voices: How a Montclair Information Technology Graduate Built a Career at UPS](/news-media/news-stories/alumni-voices-how-montclair-information-technology-graduate-built-career-ups) July 23, 2026 - ![President Jonathan Koppell and University leadership pose with shovels at the building groundbreaking](/sites/default/files/styles/750x500/public/2026-07/072126_2065_ISB%2520Groundbreaking_MP%20%281%29.jpg?h=f03d1f75&itok=UUu80O8K) Press Release [ Montclair Breaks Ground on $120 Million Interdisciplinary Science Building](/news-media/news-stories/montclair-state-university-breaks-ground-120-million-interdisciplinary-science-building) July 21, 2026 [All News & Stories](/news-media/news-stories)