ENV Faculty
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Vice Provost for Academic Planning
Fred and Claire Sauer Professor of Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Environmental microbiology and ecology, Biotransformation, Wastewater contaminants, Molecular & isotopic techniques, Microbial communities
Joshua Apte
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Air quality engineering, Atmospheric aerosols, Air pollution, Climate change mitigation, Environmental justice
Roger Bales
Adjunct Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Water resource management, Climate change, Policy implementation, Hydrology
Maya Carrasquillo
Assistant Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Urban water infrastructure, Green stormwater infrastructure, Food-energy-water nexus, Infrastructure justice, Decision-making and policy, Community science and engagement
Fotini Katopodes Chow
Fred & Claire Sauer Chancellor's Chair in Environmental Engineering
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Large-Eddy Simulation, Wind Energy, Urban Dispersion, Air Quality, Wildfire Smoke, Turbulence Modeling, Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Paolo D'Odorico
Thomas J. Graff Professor of Natural Resources
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Surface hydrology, Ecosystem ecology, Aeolian Processes, Desertification, Nonlinear environmental dynamics
Ashok Gadgil
Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Chair Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation
Professor of the Graduate School
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics of indoor air and pollutant transport, Simulation methods for complex non-linear systems, Energy efficiency in buildings, Biomass Cookstoves, Drinking water treatment, Development Engineering
Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi
Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Ecohydrology, Remote sensing, Satellite experiments, Stable isotopes, Plant biology, Surface hydrology
Allen Goldstein
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Atmospheric chemistry, Terrestrial biogeochemistry, Biosphere-atmosphere exchange, Atmospheric composition
Robert Harley
Carl W. Johnson Professor in Civil Engineering
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Air pollution & air quality, Atmospheric chemistry, Motor vehicle emissions, Sustainable transportation, Photochemical air quality modeling
Slav W. Hermanowicz
Professor of the Graduate School
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Biological water and wastewater treatment processes, Biofilms and their development, Analysis of full-scale treatment reactors, Nutrient control, Sustainable development
Cesunica Ivey
Assistant Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Air pollution assessment, Air quality modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Community-centered resilience, Community-led climate adaptation, Exposure monitoring, Environmental justice applications
Khalid Kadir
Continuing Lecturer
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Engineering pedagogy & engineering expertise, Water & sanitation, Poverty action
Thomas W. Kirchstetter
Adjunct Professor
Scientific Division Director, Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Pollutant emissions and controls, Climate and environmental impacts of transportation, Pollutant measurement technologies and community monitoring, Atmospheric aerosol chemical & optical properties
Laurel Larsen
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Hydroecology, Landscape dynamics, Complex environmental systems, Environmental restoration
Baoxia Mi
Wood-Calvert Chair in Engineering
Associate Professor
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Membrane separation, Desalination, Water purification, Wastewater reuse, Environmental applications of nanomaterials
Kara L. Nelson
Blum Chancellor's Chair in Development Engineering
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Pathogen detection & removal (in water and sludge), Water reuse, Nutrient recovery, Drinking water and sanitation in low-resource regions, Wastewater-based surveillance
Amy Pickering
Blum Center Distinguished Chair in Global Poverty and Practice
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Disease transmission, Water, Public health surveillance, Zoonotic infectious disease, Community-acquired antimicrobial resistance
Yoram N. Rubin
Chancellor's Professor Emeritus
Professor of the Graduate School
Environmental Engineering, GeoSystems Engineering
Research Interests:
Groundwater hydrology, Inverse modeling, Modeling of flow & contaminant transport, Environmental risk assessment, Hydrogeology, Geostatistics
David L. Sedlak
Vice Chair for Graduate Studies
Plato Malozemoff Professor
Director of the Berkeley Water Center
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, Water reuse & recycling, Urban water infrastructure, Engineered treatment wetlands
Mark Stacey
Henry and Joyce Miedema Professor of Environmental Engineering
Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate, Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Coastal and Estuarine Physics and Ecology, Climate Adaptation, Infrastructure Systems
Evan A. Variano
Professor
Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
Environmental fluid dynamics, Novel imaging for flow measurements, Mixing & transport by turbulence, Flow & transport in wetlands, Hydrodynamic effects on aquatic organisms, Aerosol transport, Inquiry & inclusive education, Mental wellness