To set up an interview, please contact the Media Relations team:<\/p>\n
Andrew Mees<\/strong> Elyse Fernandez<\/strong> Amy Tuininga<\/a> 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. Matthew Schuler<\/a> 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<\/a> on heavy metal contamination in private drinking wells in New Jersey. Joshua Galster<\/a> 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. Meiyin Wu<\/a> 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. Greg Pope<\/a> is Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies, with expertise in physical geography, forest fires, environmental geology, and glacial New Jersey.
\nMedia Relations Director
\nEmail: meesa@montclair.edu
\nPhone: 973-655-3101
\nCell: 201-317-1361<\/p>\n
\nMedia Relations Coordinator
\nEmail: toribioe@montclair.edu
\nPhone: 973-655-4334
\nCell: 201-416-9588<\/p>\nMontclair’s Earth Day Experts<\/h2>\n
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\nKey topics:<\/strong> Building sustainable communities, ecosystems, natural resources
\nRecent media: Think Tank with Steve Adubato, “Sustainability Challenges Facing the Garden State.”<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Matthew-Schuler.jpg.1.2x.generic-150x150.jpg\")
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\nRecent Media: <\/strong>NJ.com Opinion<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Key topics:<\/strong> Ecology, Limnology, Aquatic Ecology, Community Ecology, Freshwater Pollution, Wildlife Management, Road Salt Management<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n![\"Joshua](\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/092719_8636_CSAM-Josh-Galster-150x150.jpg\")
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\nRecent Media: <\/strong>Governing, “The Racial Dynamics Involved in Flood Risk Aren’t What You’d Expect”<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Key topics:<\/strong> Rivers, Watersheds<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n![\"Meiyin](\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/Meiyin-Wu-150x150.jpeg\")
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\nRecent Media:\u00a0The Record, <\/em>NorthJersey.com.<\/a><\/strong>
\nKey topics:<\/strong> Lake and River Management, Harmful Algal Blooms, Water Quality, Drinking and Recreational Water Safety, Habitat Connectivity<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n![\"Greg](\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/03\/greg-pope-headshot-150x150.jpeg\")
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\nRecent Media: <\/strong>CBS News,<\/a> NJ Spotlight News<\/a>
\nKey topics:<\/strong> Earth surface processes, Physical Geography, Environmental Geology, Geo-archaeology<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n