Environmental science research sits at the interface of geological processes and ecosystems. Research in this area is inherently interdisciplinary as workers use many different methods and tools to investigate the environment. As a result, environmental science research happens in many schools and units on campus. In our department, work in this area includes studying carbon cycling in the Arctic, environmental mineral surface reactivity such as the oxidation of sulfide surfaces and its relation to acid mine drainage, mercury cycling and mercury isotopic variations in biotic and abiotic systems, societal resilience and natural hazards.

FacultySpecialtiesAssociated Laboratories and Research Groups
Udo BeckerMineral Surface Science, Computational Mineralogy, Actinide Geochemistry, Principles of Redox Kinetics, BiomineralizationSurface Geochemistry and Computational Mineralogy Group
Rose CoryPhotochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycle, Freshwater, ArcticResearch Website
Greg DickEnvironmental Microbiology, Microbial Mats, Earth's Oxygenation, Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms, Great LakesMichigan Geomicrobiology Lab
Jessica FayneClimate Change, Geomorphology, Remote Sensing HydrologyHYLUCC Lab
Jenan KharbushMicrobial Biogeochemistry, Nitrogen Cycling, Harmful Algal Blooms, Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis, Microbial MetabolomicsMicrobial Biogeochemistry Lab
Nathan SheldonPaleosols, Terrestrial Biogeochemistry, Precambrian Geobiology, PaleoecologyContinental Environments Research Group
Affiliated FacultySpecialtiesPrimary AffiliationAssociated Laboratories and Research Groups
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks Climate and Space Sciences EngineeringCarbon Cycle Research Group
Kerri PrattChemistry, Polar Regions, Snow, AtmosphereChemistryPratt Lab
Allison SteinerRegional Climate, Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Atmospheric ChemistryClimate and Space Sciences EngineeringResearch Group