Environmental Science | Faculty & Staff Directory

Researcher in Residence

Beehler received his PhD from Princeton University and undergraduate degree from Williams College. He currently serves as Senior Director for Biodiversity Assessment at Conservation International. His current research focuses on the impacts of ongoin... [More]

Department Chair, Environmental Science

Albert Cheh received a BA in Chemistry from Columbia and a PhD in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. His research focuses on the biochemistry of enzymatic digestion of biomass to produce cellulosic ethanol biofuel. He recently supervised two NIH postdocs... [More]

Professor

David C. Culver did his undergraduate work at Grinnell College and his PhD at Yale University.The author or editor of five books and over 100 articles, he has studied many aspects of the biology of subterranean animals, especially cave animals.His fi... [More]

Associate Professor

Dr. Kim is a marine ecologist specializing in tropical coral reefs of the Caribbean. He received his PhD at the University of Buffalo and did his post-doctoral work at Cornell University. His research focuses on the role of diseases in coral populati... [More]

Assistant Professor

Working in biogeochemistry and ecology, Stephen E. MacAvoy has been particularly interested in areas where marine and freshwater systems interface such as those that appear in tidal aquatic environments. He studies how nutrients flow through and are ... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Jesse Meiller is an aquatic ecologist and toxicologist. Jesse received her PhD from the University of Maryland in the Marine, Estuarine, Environmental Sciences (MEES) program after doing her undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University. She receive... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor

Robert W. Jernigan holds a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida and is a Professor of Statistics at AU. He was formerly Senior Statistician, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Statistical Policy Branch and Visiting Researcher at the Smithson... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Nisbet is a social scientist who studies the role of communication in policymaking and public affairs, focusing on debates related to science, sustainability, and public health. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed studies, book ... [More]