Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Environmental Sciences major offers students the opportunity to get hands on field and laboratory experience in many of their classes. Additionally, many students can find work experience in faculty, adjunct faculty and affiliated faculty member’s laboratories. The list of undergraduate research opportunities can be found here.
Environmental Science’s Faculty Research
Carl Lamborg studies the biogeochemistry of mercury in the ocean, land and cryosphere, at a variety of time and space scales.
Patrick Chuang uses atmospheric physics and chemistry to study the interaction among clouds, aerosols, and climate.
Claudie Beaulieu studies ocean and climate variability and the impacts it has on marine ecosystems.
Andrew Fisher studies surface and groundwater interactions, hydrogeology, and groundwater recharge.
Alli Moreno studies marine biogeochemistry, phytoplankton physiology and deoxygenation.
Alexa Fredston uses data science and modeling to solve environmental problems, particularly in the sea.
Mathis Hain studies Earth systems Biogeochemistry, which explores how the major element cycles of life have changed over the course of Earth history
Adina Paytan studies marine biogeochemical cycles and dynamics in the present and past, and their connection to the Earth system as a whole.
Ari Friedlaender’s research is on using new biotelemetry technology to understand the underwater behavior and ecology of marine mammals.