Research Labs
The Department of Environmental Science and Technology is developing into a world-class center of discovery and teaching that will innovate and educate to deal with increasingly complex environmental conditions.
The Department serves the campus community as a key, foundational unit of its increasingly broader emphasis on the environment. It is unique among campus units because it is comprised of a critical mass of faculty fully involved in environmental science and problem solving. Explore our labs and research centers to learn more about the faculty and graduate student research across a spectrum of environmental fields:
| Name | Coordinator |
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| Applied Spatial Wildlife Ecology Lab Human, animal and environmental interactions |
Dr. Jennifer Mullinax |
| Aquatic Toxicology Lab Ecotoxicology |
Dr. Lance Yonkos |
| Bioenergy and Bioprocessing Technology Lab Waste to Energy |
Dr. Stephanie Lansing |
| Dr. Paul Leisnham | |
| Ecosystem Engineering Design Lab | Dr. David Tilley |
| Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Lab | Dr. Adel Shirmohammadi |
| Joint Analytical Services Lab | Dr. William Bowerman |
| Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry Lab | Dr. Stephanie Yarwood |
| Pedology Research Lab | Dr. Martin Rabenhorst |
| Physiology and Genetics Lab Plant growth and development |
Dr. Wendy Peer |
| Soil Chemical Interfaces (W-SCI) Lab Soil systems and cycles within the Earth’s climate |
Dr. Jared Wilmoth |
| Soil Quality Lab Physical, chemical and biological aspects of soil quality |
Dr. Ray Weil |
| Soil and Water Geospatial Analysis Lab | Dr. Brian Needelman |
| Urban X Nature Lab Urban environment effects on species populations and behaviors |
Dr. Travis Gallo |
| Wetland Ecology and Engineering Lab | Dr. Andrew Baldwin |
Research Centers
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CENTER FOR ALGAL ECOTECHNOLOGY The Algal Ecotechnology Center (AEC) is an organizational unit for advancing the design and implementation of ecologically-engineered, algal-based technologies for water quality management and economic development. |
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Under a grant from Northeast SARE, a team of research scientists, extension agents and farmers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are working to develop new systems of no-herbicide no-till planting of early vegetables into a seedbed prepared by low-residue winter-killed cover crops such as forage radish. |
