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Most of the School of the Environment faculty have appointments in other departments.  Faculty members are listed alphabetically here and are listed by departmental affiliations in the Departmental Directory.  As well as the departmentalized list, faculty are grouped by area of research interest. The numbers following each faculty entry refers to research areas of the faculty member.  

If you are interested in becoming a School of the Environment faculty member, please send a Letter of Application to Madilyn Fletcher, Director.

SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT ADMINISTRATION:

Director:
Madilyn Fletcher, Ph.D. Marine Biology, University College of North Wales; 1975. Professor of Marine Science and Biological Sciences; Coastal ocean processes; ocean observing systems; microbial ecology; bacterial communities on surfaces and biofilms. (1,4, 10,12)

Assistant Director:
Gwendelyn Geidel, Ph.D., J.D., University of South Carolina, 1982, 1989.  Research Professor, Department of Geological Sciences.  Prediction, amelioration and treatment of ground and surface water contamination caused by mining and earth disturbances. (1,9,12)

FACULTY:

Cinnamon Carlarne, J.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2001.  Assistant Professor. Environmental Law, Biodiversity/Natural Resources Law, International Law, Trade & Environmental Law, Comparative Environmental Law, Public International Law. (9)

Jason Murray, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2007.  Assistant Professor. Environmental Economics, natural resource economics, technological change and fisheries.  (5, 12)

Jeffry L. Dudycha, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999.  Assistant Professor.  Evolutionary ecology with freshwater zooplankton (Daphnia), adaptive divergence drawing on ideas of population and community ecology and population, quantitative and molecular genetics. 

Phillip E. Barnes, Ph.D., Erasmus University, Netherlands, 2000.  Research Professor.  Industrial Ecology, Sustainability, Environmental Management Systems Integration, and Brownfield Redevelopment.  (1, 4, 11)

Rudolph "Rudy" E. Mancke, III, B.A., Wofford College, 1967, Doctor Humane Letters, College of Charleston (1990), Winthrop University (1993), and Coker College (1998); Doctor of Science, Wofford College (1992), Presbyterian College (1999) and Clemson University (2007).  Distinguished Lecturer in Natural History.  Natural History, dragonfly systematics, environmental education.  (6, 12)

Dean Emeriti:
Bruce C. Coull, Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1968.  Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Marine Science and Biological Sciences.  Marine benthic ecology; ecotoxicology; education for sustainability. (1,6,11,12)

F. John Vernberg, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1951.  Physiological ecology, pollution ecology.   (1,8,12)

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CENTERS, INSTITUTES & PROGRAMS:

Earth Sciences and Resources Institute:
John M. Shafer, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1979.  Director and Research Professor. Groundwater hydrology, computer modeling, applied optimization, aquifer analysis, and contamination potential mapping.  (1, 3, 7, 12)

Robin (Buzz) Kloot, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2005, Research Associate Professor, Associate Director. Baseline water quality assessment in four South Carolina watersheds (Saluda, South Edisto, Black and Lynches) for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Services in South Carolina. (8, 12)

Michael Waddell, M.S., University of South Carolina, 1982, Research Associate Professor. Near surface seismic reflection, and refraction application to groundwater resources and contaminate studies. The use of high-resolution p-wave seismic reflection methods for detection of DNAPLs. (1, 4, 12)

Longleaf Environmental Learning Center:
Doug Earick, M.S., Education. Project Director.  Environmental education for individuals, communities, and primary schools. 

Master of Earth and Environmental Resources Management (MEERM) Program:
James R. Sweigart, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1976. Associate Professor, School of Management Science; Director of Graduate Studies, MEERM Program.   Air quality modeling. (5)

Undergraduate Minor Program in Environmental Studies:
Joseph M. Quattro, Ph.D., Rutgers, 1991. Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Minor in Environmental Studies.  Population and evolutionary genetics. (1, 12)

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AFFILIATED FACULTY DIRECTORY:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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Aelion, C. Marjorie, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1988.  Associate Dean for Research, Arnold School of Public Health; Professor, Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Marine Science.  Biodegradation of organic contaminants; bioremediation.  (1, 8, 12)

Allen, Dennis M., Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1978.   Research Professor, Department of Marine Science; Resident Director, Belle W. Baruch Marine Field Laboratory. Estuarine ecology, animal population and community dynamics.  (4, 12)

Allen, Wendy B.,  M.Ed., University of South Carolina, 1980. Reserve Manager, North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR; Research Associate; Department of Marine Science. Environmental education; marine education.  (6, 12)

Amiridis, Michael D., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1991. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Dean, College of Engineering & Computing.  Environmental catalysis.  (1, 7)

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Barnes, Phillip E., Ph.D., Erasmus University, Netherlands, 2000.  Research Professor, School of the Environment.  Industrial Ecology, Sustainability, Environmental Management Systems Integration, and Brownfield Redevelopment.  (1, 4, 11)

Bayoumi, Abdel E., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1982.  Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.  Manufacturing science and design.  (7, 11)

Benitez-Nelson, Claudia, Ph.D., MIT/Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, 1999.  Assistant Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Geological Sciences.  Chemical oceanography; marine biogeochemistry.  (1, 8, 12)

Blake, Charles A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1972.  Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology & Anatomy.  Environmental contaminants.  (8)

Bowman, Ann O'M., Ph.D., University of Florida, 1979.  Professor, Department of Political Science. Hazardous waste policy; intergovernmental policy management and implementation.  (10)

Butterworth, A. Keen, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1970.  Associate Professor, Department of English.   Environmental literature/The American Wilderness.  (11)

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Cahue, Laura, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2001.  Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology.  Biocultural anthropology, skeletal biology, bioarchaeology, biogeochemistry, nutritional ecology, health, human adaptation, forensic anthropology.  (2, 8, 12)

Carbone, Gregory J., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1990.  Associate Professor, Department of Geography.  Climatology. (2, 3, 11)

Carlarne, Cinnamon, J.D. University of California at Berkeley, 2001. Assistant Professor, School of Law. Environmental Law, Biodiversity/Natural Resources Law, International Law, Trade & Environmental Law, Comparative Environmental Law, Public International Law. (9)

Carpenter, John R., Ph.D., Florida State University, 1964.  Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences.  Environmental Education.  (6)

Carr, Edward R., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2002; Syracuse University, 2001.  Assistant Professor, Department of Geography.  Human dimensions of environmental change, environmental security.  (10, 11)

Casey, Joanna L., Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1993.  Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology.  Prehistoric archaeology, the relationship between people and environments; environment change; landscapes.  (2, 11, 12)

Chandler, G. Thomas, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1986.  Interim Dean, Arnold School of Public Health; Professor, Departments of Environmental Health Science and Marine Science.  Estuarine/marine toxicology, sediment contaminants.  (1, 8, 12)

Chaudhry, M. Hanif, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1970.  Mr. & Mrs. Irwin B. Kahn Professor, and Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Associate Dean for International Programs and Continuing Education, College of Engineering & Computing.  Computer and physical modeling for environmental hydraulics and water resources.  (1, 3, 7)

Clement, Christopher Ohm, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1995.  Researcher, Institute of Archaeology & Anthropology.  Historical and Plantation Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management, and Remote Sensing and GIS.  (11, 12)

Clements, Kendrick A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1970. Professor, Department of History.  Environmental history.  (11)

Cohen,  Arthur D., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1968.  Professor, Departments of Geological Sciences and Marine Science.  Paleoecology, restoration, and contaminant transport in mangroves and freshwater wetlands.  (1, 12)

Connolly, Kim Diana, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1993.  Associate Professor, School of Law.  Law and policy; natural resources and public lands.  (9, 10)

Coull, Bruce C., Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1968.  Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Departments of Marine Science and Biological Sciences; Dean Emeritus, School of the Environment.  Marine benthic ecology; sediment associated pollutants, ecotoxicology; education for sustainability.  (1, 16, 11, 12)

Cowen, David J., Ph.D., Ohio State University 1971. Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography and NAS national associate.  GIS, remote sensing.  (4)

Cross, Randall E., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1994.  Associate Professor, Department of BIology, USC Beaufort.   Affects of biotic and abiotic factors on estuarine population dynamics and the community.  (12)

Cumberland, F. James, Jr., J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1998.  Environmental Law and Policy. (9, 10)

Cutter, Susan L., Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976. Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography.  Environmental risks and hazards; policy; toxic substances.  (1, 10, 11)

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Davis, Thomas A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1967.  Research Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.  Life cycle analysis; fuel cell power.  (7, 11)

Dean, John Mark, Ph.D.,  Purdue University, 1962.  Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Departments of Marine Science and Biological Sciences; Senior Fellow in Science and Ocean Policy, Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences.  Fisheries ecology; environmental policy; fisheries management; international fisheries.  (10, 11, 12)

Decho, Alan W., Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1987.  Professor, Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Marine Science.  Microbial energy; trophic-toxins; biofilms.  (1, 8)

Dow, Kirstin, Ph.D., Clark University, 1996.  Associate Professor, Department of Geography.  Human dimensions of environmental change; vulnerability to environmental hazards; environmental management and policy.  (1, 2, 10, 11)

Dudycha, Jeff, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999.  Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and School of the Environment.  Evolutionary ecology with freshwater zooplankton (Daphnia), adaptive divergence drawing on ideas of population and community ecology and population, quantitative and molecular genetics. 

Duhé, Sonya F., Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1993.  Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications.  Science journalism and crisis communications.  (1, 13)

Dyer, Andrew R., Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1996.  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Geology, USC Aiken.  Disturbance ecology, phyto-remediation, habitat restoration.  (1, 12)

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Eagle, Joshua, J. D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1990.  Assistant Professor, School of Law and Department of Marine Science.  Environmental and natural resources law and policy; ocean and coastal law.  (9, 10, 12)

Earick, Mary, Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1996.  Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education.  Science and Environmental Education in Cognition, Pedagogy and Socio-cultural Studies. (6)

Edwards, Don, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1981.  Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics.  Environmental Statistics.  (4)

Ely III, Berten E., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973.  Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  Fish population genetics.  (12)

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Feigley, Charles E., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1978.  Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences.  Air pollution; industrial hygiene; exposure assessment and community environmental health impacts.  (1, 8)

Feldman, Paula R., Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974.  C. Wallace Martin Professor of English, Louise Fry Scudder Professor, Department of English.  Environmental poetry and fiction.  (6, 11)

Feller, Robert J., Ph.D., University of Washington, 1977.  Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Biological Sciences; Associate Director, Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences.  Marine ecology; food web interactions.  (4, 12)

Fernandes, Pearl Ramonda, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1993.  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, USC Sumter.  Eutrophication of surface ground water; point and non-point sources of water pollution.  (1, 8)

Ferry, John, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1996.  Associate Professor, Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Marine Science.  Kinetics and mechanisms of free radical reactions, green chemistry, environmental technologies.  (1, 7, 8)

Fletcher, Madilyn, Ph.D., Marine Biology, University College of North Wales; 1975.  Director, School of the Environment; Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Biological Sciences.  Coastal ocean processes; ocean observing systems; microbial ecology; bacterial communities on surfaces and biofilms.  (1, 4, 10, 12)

Flora, Joseph Raymond V., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1993.  Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Water, wastewater, and hazardous waste treatment; biodegradation, computer modeling.  (1, 3, 7)

Folsom, Davis, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1979. Professor, Department of Business Administration, USC Beaufort. Sustainability and Economics.  (5, 11)

Fox, Alvin, Ph.D., University of Leeds, 1976.  Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology.  Microbiology; airborne contaminants.  (8)

Frank, Elaine M., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1988.  Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Science and Disorders; Director, Adult Neurological Disorders Laboratory.  Toxic effects of substances on speech-language and hearing functions.  (8)

Friend, Christy, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1997.  Associate Professor, Department of English.  Environmental rhetoric and education.  (6, 11)

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Gadala-Maria, Francis A., Ph.D., Stanford University, 1979.  Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.  Sustainable chemical design; environmentally conscious manufacturing.  (1, 7)

Gardner, Leonard R., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1968.  Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Departments of Geological Sciences and Marine Science.  Aqueous geochemistry and geomorphology; the geochemistry and mineralogy of soils and saprolites; origin of caliche; geologic and geochemical processes in salt marshes; watershed biogeochemistry; modeling of geochemical processes in aqueous systems.  (4)

Geidel, Gwendelyn, Ph.D., J.D., University of South Carolina, 1982,1989.  Research Professor, Department of Geological Sciences; Assistant Director, School of the Environment.  Prediction, amelioration and treatment of ground and surface water contamination caused by mining and earth disturbances.  (1, 4, 9, 12)

Goode, Scott R., Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1974.  Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.  Analytical chemistry of radioactive waste vitrification.  (1, 8).

Graf, William L., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974.  Educational Foundation Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and NAS national associate .  River processes; geomorphology; public land and water policy.  (1, 10, 12)

Green, Julian W., Ph.D., Harvard University, 1988.  Professor, Division of Natural Sciences & Engineering, USC Upstate.  Environmental geology, ocean processes and environments, maps and mapping, and science information.  (11)

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Harmon, Sarah Michele, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2003. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Geology, USC Aiken. Aquatic toxicology, mercury biogeochemistry, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment.  (1, 8, 12)

Harrison, Kenneth W., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2002.  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Environmental systems analysis and decision support.  (1, 3, 5, 7)

Haselbach, Liv M., Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2000.  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Construction and the environment; hazardous waste, sustainable development; environmental engineering.  (1, 7)

Hebert, James R., Sc.D., Harvard University, 1984.  Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Director, SC Cancer Prevention and Control Program.  Developing methodologies for studying as well as testing the effects of changes in diet and related factors in prevention and control of cancer.  (8)

Helmuth, Brian S. T., Ph.D., University of Washington, 1997.  Associate Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences and Marine Sciences.  Marine ecology, climate change.  (12)

Hodgson, Michael E., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1987.  Associate Professor, Department of Geography.  GIS, remote sensing, geographic change, hazards, analytical cartography.  (1, 4)

Hughes, Austin L., Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984.  Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  Molecular evolution, biodiversity; conservation biology.  (12)

Huhns, Michael N., Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1975.  NCR Professor in Computer Science and Engineering; Director, Center for Information Technology. Environmental information management.  (3, 7)  

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Imran, Jasim, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1997.  Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Sediment and pollutant transport, channel morphology, hydraulics, density current.  (1, 3, 7)

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James, L. Allan, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1988. Associate Professor, Department of Geography. Geomorphology; surface hydrology.  (12)

Janiskee, Robert L., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography.  Watchable wildlife; ecotourism/sustainable tourism.  (11)

Jensen, John R., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1976. Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography. Wetlands; remote sensing; GIS.  (1, 4)

Johnson III, Joseph E., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1968.  Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy.  Large scale matrix models; GIS; computer programming.  (3, 4)

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Kelly, Kenneth G., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995.  Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology.  Cultural concepts of the built and natural environments.  (11, 12)

Kendall, Christopher G. St. C., Ph.D., Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK, 1966.  Professor, Departments of Geological Sciences and Marine Science.  Models of sedimentary stratigraphy.  (3, 12)

Khan, Jamil A., Ph.D., Clemson University, 1988.  Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering.  Hazardous waste reduction and life analysis.  (7, 12)

Kupfer, John, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1995. Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Landscape ecology, biogeography, forest conservation and management, spatial analysis, geographic information science, biostatistics, ecological modeling.  (3, 12)

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Lakshmi,  Venkat, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1995.  Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science.  Global land surface warming; hydrology, water resources.  (1, 2, 4, 12)

Lawson, Andrew B., Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1991.  Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.  Health effects of pollution; environmental epidemiology, statistical mapping.  (1, 4, 8)

Leatherman, Thomas L., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1987.  Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology. Human ecology, medical and nutritional anthropology, environment and development.  (1, 11)

Lekan, Thomas M., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.  Associate Professor, Department of History.  Nature preservation and land use planning, comparative environmental and urban history.  (10, 11)

Lewis, Kevin, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1980.  Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies.  Biblical tradition; response to the landscape in American arts; sustainable issues.  (11, 12)

Lincoln, David E., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1978. Wade T. Batson Professor of Botany, Department of Biological Sciences. Global changes; water pollution; anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems.  (1, 2, 11)

Linnan, David, J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1979.  Associate Professor, School of Law. Trade and environment; environmental law.  (9)

Logue, John F., M.S., University of South Carolina, 1966.  Professor, Department of Biology, USC Sumter.  Plant ecology (community) and floristics.  (12)

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Mancke, III, Rudolph "Rudy" E., B.A., Wofford College, 1967, Doctor Humane Letters, College of Charleston (1990), Winthrop University (1993), and Coker College (1998); Doctor of Science, Wofford College (1992), Presbyterian College (1999), and Clemson University (2007).  Distinguished Lecturer in Natural History, School of the Environment.  Natural History, dragonfly systematics, environmental education.  (6, 12)

Marton, Laszlo, Ph.D., Jozsef Attila University, 1976, Szeged, Hungary.  Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  Phyto-remediation, molecular biology, genetic engineering of plants.  (1, 12)

Matthews, Michael A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1986.  Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering. Supercritical carbon dioxide technology, solvent substitution, pollution prevention, chemical process modeling.  (1, 7)

McAnally, Anthony S., Ph.D., Auburn University, 1989.  Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Corrosion control in water treatment; constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment.  (1, 7, 12)

Meade, Douglas B., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1989.  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics.  Population dynamics with nonlinear diffusion; electromagnetic, seismic and acoustic wave propagation in unbounded domains.  (3)

Meadows, Michael E., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1976.  Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Urban stormwater management, wetlands hydrology, groundwater-surface water interaction, septic tank drainfield performance, field monitoring, site characterization, vadose zone processes, hydraulic structures.  (1, 7, 12)

Millette, Clarke F., Ph.D., The Rockefeller University, 1975.  Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology & Anatomy.  Cell biology and biochemistry of spermatogenesis; reproductive toxicology.  (8)

Mitchell, Jerry T., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1998. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Geography; Director, Center of Excellence for Geographic Education. Resource management, land use planning, environmental hazards.  (1, 4)

Mock, Cary J., Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1994.  Associate Professor, Department of Geography. Paleoclimatology, climatology, historical environments, meteorology, physical geography, environmental change.  (2, 8, 10, 12)

Morehouse, Jeffrey H., Ph.D., Auburn University, 1976.  Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.  Simulation and analysis of alternative energy systems for power production (automotive and stationary) and building's energy use (HVAC).  (7, 11)

Morris, James T., Ph.D., Yale University, 1979. Director, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences; Professor; Departments of Biological Sciences and Marine Sciences. Wetlands ecology, ecosystem modeling.  (2, 3, 12)

Mousseau, Timothy A., Ph.D., McGill University, 1988.  Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  Ecology, evolution; genetics; plant-insect interactions.  (12)

Murray, Jason, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2007.  Assistant Professor, Department of Economics.  Environmental Economics, natural resource economics, technological change and fisheries.  (5, 12)

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Nelson, John B., Ph.D., Florida State University, 1982. Chief Curator, A.C. Moore Herbarium. Botany, plant taxonomy, plant distribution.  (12)

Newman, Lee A., Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1993.  Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences.  Bioremediation; phytoremediation.  (1, 4, 8, 12)

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Peters, Walter H., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978.  Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.  Sustainable design and development solutions; sustainability issues in higher education.  (7, 11)

Pierce, Charles A., Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998.  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Geo-environmental engineering; waste material reuse in construction.  (7, 11)

Pirkle, William A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1972.  Professor, Department of Biology & Geology, USC Aiken.  Environmental monitoring.  (1, 4)

Popov, Branko N., Ph.D., University of Zagreb, 1972.  Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering; Director, Center for Electrochemical Engineering.  Electrochemical decontamination of soils; waste minimization through electrochemical techniques and electrosorption for all media; control technologies.  (1, 7)

Porter, Dwayne E., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1995.  Associate Professor, Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Marine Sciences; Director, GIP Laboratory. GIS, remote sensing and digital image processing; spatial modeling; impact assessment.  (1, 4, 11)

Priest, Susanna Hornig, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1989. Associate Professor and Director of Research, College of Mass Communication and Information Studies. Risk communication/media, public participation models, public opinion studies.  (1, 13)

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Quattro, Joseph M., Ph.D., Rutgers, 1991. Associate Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Biological Sciences.  Population and evolutionary genetics.  (1, 12)

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Ray, Richard P., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983.  Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Soil/contaminant interaction; unsaturated groundwater flow.  (1, 7, 12)  

Ritter, James A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989.  Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.  Waste minimization through adsorption processes.  (1, 7)

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Sawyer, Roger H., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1970.  Senior Associate Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences; Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.  Population and conservation genetics.  (8, 12)

Shafer, John M., Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1979.  Director and Research Professor, Earth Sciences and Resources Institute.  Groundwater hydrology, computer modeling, applied optimization, aquifer analysis, and contamination potential mapping.  (1, 3, 7, 12)

Sharpley, Robert C., Ph.D., University of Texas, 1972.  Professor, Department of Mathematics.  Modeling; numerical simulations.  (3)

Shaw, Timothy J., Ph.D., University of  California, San Diego, 1988.  Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Chemistry & Biochemistry.  Analytical chemistry; chemical oceanography; environmental chemistry.  (1, 8, 12)

Shealy, Jr., Harry E., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1972.  Professor, Department of Biology & Geology, USC Aiken.  Longleaf pine/wiregrass restoration; Carolina bays; rare plants.  (12)

Smith, Garriet W., Ph.D., Clemson University, 1981.  Professor, Department of Biology & Geology, USC Aiken.  Microbial interactions with seagrasses and corals; diseases of hard corals and gorgonians.  (12)

Stancyk, Stephen E., Ph.D., University of Florida, 1974.  Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Biological Sciences.  Invertebrate zoology, benthic ecology.  (1)

Staton, Joseph L., Ph.D., University of Louisiana, 1992.  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, USC Beaufort.  Population genetics, marine ecology, invertebrate zoology.  (6, 8, 12)

Sweigart, James R., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1976. Associate Professor, School of Management Science; Director of Graduate Studies, School of the Environment.   Air quality modeling.  (5)

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Thompson, Stephen L., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2002.  Assistant Professor, School of Education.  Science education for K-higher education.  (6, 11)

Thunell, Robert C., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1978.  Carolina Distinguished Professor, Departments of Geological Sciences and Marine Sciences; Director, Marine Science Program.  Reconstructions of marine paleoenvironments.  (2, 12)

Tompkins, Mark E., Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1981. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.  Environmental policy; policy analysis.  (10)

Torres, Raymond, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1997.  Associate Professor, Departments of Geological Sciences and Marine Sciences.  Hydrology, runoff generation, erosion.  (1, 12)

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Vena, John E., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980.  Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.  Environmental and occupational epidemiology.  (1, 8)

Voros, David W., MFA, Henry Radford Hope School of the Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1994.  Assistant Professor, Department of Art.  Tribal cultures of Indonesia; interrelation of art and environment.  (11)

Voulgaris, George, Ph.D., University of South Hampton, UK, 1992.  Assistant Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Geological Sciences. Coastal sediment dynamics.  (1, 3, 12)

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Wagner, Gail E., Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1987.  Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology.  Paleoethnobotany, anthropogenesis, ethnobotany.  (6, 11, 12)

Walls, Laura Dassow, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1992. John H. Bennett, Jr., Chair of Southern Letters Professor, Department of English.  Nineteenth century concepts of the environment; American nature writing, esp. Emerson, Thoreau; Alexander von Humboldt.  (6, 11)

Wang, Hong, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1992.  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics.  Modeling of groundwater contaminant transfer; disposal of nuclear waste; numerical simulations.  (3)

Weidner, John W., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1991.  Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering & Computing; Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.  Electrochemical treatment of waste; pollution prevention through electrochemical synthesis.  (1, 7)

Weyeneth, Robert R., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1984. Professor, Department of History; Co-Director, Public History Program. American environmental history.  (10, 11)

Whitcomb, Kathleen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1989.  Associate Professor, Department of Management Science.  Applied decision analysis, risk analysis, decision making under uncertainty, decision making for ill-structured problems.  (3, 4, 5)

White, Ralph E., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1977.  Professor, Distinguished Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering. Modeling of electrokinetic migration of chromate ion in soil.   

White, Scott M., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001.  Assistant Professor, Departments of  Geological Sciences and Marine Sciences.  Environmental geophysics and marine/coastal geology.  (1, 2)

Whiteman, David P., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1980. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Director, Green (West) Quad Learning Center.  Ecology and politics; green political entities.  (10, 11)

Williams, Douglas F., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1976.  Professor, Departments of Marine Science and Geological Sciences.  Environmental geochemistry; environmental education.  (2, 6, 12)

Wilson, Alicia, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1999.  Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences.  Hydrogeology.  (1, 12)

Wolf, Matthew B., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1967. Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, & Neuroscience.  Effect of cold on physiological processes.  (8)

Woliver, Laura, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986. Professor, Department of Political Science.  Interest groups and social movements.  (10)

Woodin, Sarah A., Ph.D., University of Washington, 1972.  Carolina Distinguished Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences and Marine Sciences.  Benthic ecology.  (12)

Woodward, Douglas, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1986.  Professor, Department of Economics.  Urban/Regional Economics.  (5)

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ADJUNCT FACULTY

Gaddy, L. L., Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1985.  Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies,  School of the Environment, USC; President, Terra Incognita.  Endangered species surveys and risk assessment; wetland delineations/mitigation plans; vegetation/forest mapping; Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP).  llgaddy@bellsouth.net  (1, 4, 12)

Long, James M., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2000.  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, School of the Environment, USC; Fisheries Biologist, National Park Service, Atlanta, GA.  Population and community ecology of fish; fisheries management; age and growth of fish; stream and reservoir ecology; application of GIS to aquatic environments.  jim_long@nps.gov  (4, 12)

Michel, Jacqueline, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1980. Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, School of the Environment, USC; President, Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, SC. Terrestrial and marine pollution studies, coastal geomorphology, environmental impact assessments. jmichel@researchplanning.com (1, 12)

Helen C. Power, Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1999. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geography.  physical climatology; microclimatology; solar radiation; aerosols and climate; air polution. ()

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