Faculty and Advisors

Food Safety, Food Processing, and Renewable Energy

Biofuels and high value chemicals from bacteria and algae, Biofertilizers for aquaculture and nitrogen based agriculture

Agricultural Policy, Air and Water Pollution, Common Property Resources, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy and Regulation, Poverty and Welfare, Water Economics

Marketing and Management of Biobased Products, Circular Economy, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Environmental certification

Environmental politics, policy, governance, and decision-making; social-ecological systems; forest policy and administration; public management; public participation in democratic decision-making; 3rd world development, particularly India and Mexico

Energy Program Specialist

Circular economy and product stewardship

Air quality; Bioenergy; Climate change; Energy; Food; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability

Bioprocess development, Environmental remediation

Building Science, Building Systems, Building Performance, High-Performance Homes, Energy Systems, Residential Ventilation, Energy Efficient Design, Building Durability, Indoor Air Quality

Food Systems, Systems Thinking, Alternative Cropping Systems, Life Cycle Analysis, Sustainability Literacy, Quantitative Literacy, Cropping System Diversification

Historian of modern biomedical and life sciences, with specialization in the historical ecology of disease, comparative and veterinary medicine, and environment and health

Natural Resources Economics, Policy, and Administration

Explores and implements the use of cutting-edge technology in virtual design and construction in areas such as constructability analysis, trade coordination, estimating, and construction sequencing

Biological wastewater treatment, wastewater microbiology, environmental microbiology, structure-function relationships in mixed microbial communities, microbial ecology, microbial evolution, antibiotic resistance

Application of viscoelasticity and fracture mechanics concepts to asphalt materials characterization, and the development of simple, implementable laboratory testing methods based on complex material characterization analyses

Renewable Engineering and Environment, and Food Engineering

Water management and quality for agricultural systems

Renewable Energy 

Fluid handling components, Material testing, Plastic Failure Analysis

Corporate sustainability, product stewardship, sustainable systems policy and market adoption

Historic renovation projects, industrial facilities, retail malls, office buildings, hospitals and medical facilities, and parking structures. Manages the construction of retail, office, and cultural facilities; historic renovations and restorations; and religious and industrial projects

Nanocellulose/nanocomposites, materials and adhesives from biomass solid wastes

Water Resources and Ecological Engineering

System biology; Genome editing and large-scale phenotyping; Genetic engineering; Plant biomass conversion; Wood decay fungi; Bioremediation