The Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has a long history of highly respected water and environmental research. From its inception as a hydrodynamics laboratory in the 1950s, the lab has evolved into a multidisciplinary research center focused primarily on natural waters and the environment.

The well-being, prosperity and sustainability of the human enterprise relies on the functioning of Earth’s natural systems and their complex physical, chemical and biological processes. Water is a central theme in terrestrial, oceanic, atmospheric, agricultural and industrial systems alike.

Environmental Chemistry

• Philip Gschwend-environmental organic chemistry
• Colette Heald-environmental atmospheric chemistry
• Harold Hemond-environmental chemistry and wetland geochemistry
• Benjamin Kocar-soil science
• Jesse Kroll-environmental atmospheric chemistry

To learn more, visit the Environmental Chemistry page.

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Coastal Engineering

• E. Eric Adams-environmental fluid mechanics and water quality
• Lydia Bourouiba-fluid mechanics
• Ole Madsen-fluid mechanics, coastal engineering
• Chiang Mei-fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics
• Heidi Nepf-environmental fluid mechanics
• Roman Stocker-fluid mechanics and microfluidics

To learn more, visit the Environmental Fluid Mechanics page.

Environmental Microbiology

• Sallie W. Chisholm-biological oceanography
• Edward DeLong-microbiology and environmental genomics
• Martin Polz-environmental microbiology
• Roman Stocker-fluid mechanics and microfluidics
• Janelle Thompson-environmental microbiology

To learn more, visit the Environmental Microbiology page.

Hydrology and Hydroclimatology

• Elfatih Eltahir-hydrology and hydroclimatology
• Dara Entekhabi-hydrology and remote sensing
• Charles Harvey-hydrogeology, geochemical processes
• Ruben Juanes-energy resources engineering, CO2 sequestration
• Dennis McLaughlin-hydrology, data assimilation
• Daniele Veneziano-stochastic hydrology

To learn more, visit the Hydrology and Hydroclimatology page.

For information on the Parsons Lab Administration please visit our About CEE section.