Environmetal Science and Engineering Parsons Lab

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

Desiree Plata
Colette Heald
Jesse Kroll

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Coastal Engineering

Michael Howland
Lydia Bourouiba
Heidi Nepf
Michael Follows

Environmental Microbiology

Sallie W. Chisholm
Cesar Terrer
Darcy McRose
David Des Marais

Hydrology and Hydroclimatology

Elfatih Eltahir
Dara Entekhabi
Charles Harvey