People

Faculty

Professor

Kurt Pennell, P.E., Ph.D., University of Florida Department Chair Groundwater Remediation Technologies, Fate and Transport of Emerging Contaminants, Neurotoxicity of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Engineered Nanomaterials

Linda Abriola, Ph.D., Princeton University Dean, School of Engineering Groundwater Hydrology; Mathematical Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport in Porous Media

Steven Chapra, Ph.D., University of Michigan Louis Berger Chair in Computing and Engineering Water Quality Modeling, Numerical Methods, Advanced Computer Applications in Environmental Engineering

Lewis Edgers, P.E., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Geosystems Engineering - Geohazards (Landslides) and Offshore Foundations (Wind Turbines)

Grant Garven, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of British Columbia Professor, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences Groundwater Geology and Hydrology

Jeffrey Griffiths, Adjunct, M.D., Albert Einstein, M.P.H & T.M., Tulane University Professor, Tufts School of Medicine Public Health and Family Medicine

Mark Kachanov, Adjunct, Ph.D., Brown University Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Solid Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Shafiqul Islam, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow Water Diplomacy, Hydroclimatology, Hydroepidemiology, Remote Sening, Climate Change

Elena Naumova, Ph.D., Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Immunogenetics, Nutrition and Growth

Masoud Sanayei, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Structural Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges, Floor Vibrations for Human Comfort and Sensitive Equipment, Nondestructive Testing of Full-Scale Structures

Richard M. Vogel, Ph.D., Cornell University Water Resources, Hydrology, Hydraulics and Environmental Statistics

Associate Professor

Laurie Gaskins Baise, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Geosystems Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Mapping

Wayne Chudyk, P.E., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana Drinking Water Quality and Toxic Materials, Groundwater Monitoring

Luis Dorfmann, P.E., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Mathematical Models of Material Behavior, Nonlinear Magneto- and Electromechanical Interactions, Biomechanics of Soft Materials, Rubber Elasticity and Inelasticity.

John Durant, P.E., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Environmental Engineering, Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Surface Water and Air

David M. Gute, Ph.D., Yale University Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Environmental Health and Safety

Stephen H. Levine, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst Environmental, Ecological, and Economic Systems Modeling

Andrew Ramsburg, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Innovative Technologies for Site Remediation; Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Subsurface Environment

Christopher Swan, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Environmental Geotechnology, Geotechnical Engineering

Assistant Professor

Daniele Lantagne, Ph.D., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Water treatment, developing countries, emergencies, water quality

Babak Moaveni, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Structural health monitoring, system and damage identification of civil structures, experimental modal analysis, signal processing, uncertainty quantification

Robert C. Viesca, Ph.D., Harvard University Applied mathematics and mechanics for geophysical and engineering problems

Professor of the Practice

Brian Brenner, P.E., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Structural Engineering, Concrete Design, Bridge Analysis and Design, Structural Analysis/Design

Rachid Hankour, Ph.D., Tufts University Geosystems Engineering, Lab and Field Instrumentation and Monitoring, Foundation Engineering

Eric Hines, P.E., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Steel Design, Concrete Design, Structural Systems Design

Research Assistant Professor

Natalie Cápiro, Ph.D., Rice University Environmental biotechnology and bioremediation applications, fate and transport of persistent organic groundwater contaminants

David Small, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Global hydrologic processes, environmental impacts of climate change

Eric Thompson, Ph.D., Tufts University Geosystems engineering, engineering seismology, hazard mapping

Yonggang Wang, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Nanotechnology environmental applications, Nanomaterial fate and transport, Particle-soil surface interactions, Groundwater remediation

Senior Lecturer

Lee R. Minardi, M.S., Tufts University Computer Aided Design, Geometric Modeling, Engineering Mechanics

Mark A. Woodin, Sc.D., Harvard University School of Public Health Epidemiologic Methods

Lecturer

Anne Marie C. Desmarais, M.S.P.H., University of Massachusetts, Amherst Environmental Health

Visiting Scholar

Richard P. Hooper, Ph.D., Cornell University Hillslope hydrology and catchment biogeochemistry, information systems, community-based research infrastructure

Annette T. Huber-Lee, Ph.D., Harvard University Economics of water, poverty and water, integrated water and land planning, impact pathways and futures studies

Paul H. Kirshen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated water resources planning and management, climate change impacts and adaptation