Environmental Science and Engineering

Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering

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
Harold Hemond-environmental chemistry and wetland geochemistry
Jesse Kroll-environmental chemistry

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Coastal Engineering

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

Environmental Microbiology

Eric Alm-computational and systems biology
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

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

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