Environment
Clinton Andrews
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Rutgers Center for Green Building
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: Human behavior in the built environment, energy efficiency, energy policy, environmental management, coastal risk management, public informatics
Clinton J. Andrews, AICP, PE, PhD, is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. His expertise is in how people use the built…
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Anthony Broccoli
Distinguished Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Key topics: Atmospheric science, climatology, global climate, global warming, paleoclimatology, weather.
Anthony J. Broccoli, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of environmental sciences. He is currently the director of the Center for Environmental Prediction, and co-organizer of the Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative. His…
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Steven Decker
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Key topics: Weather forecasting, weather predictions, severe weather, atmospheric optics
Interested in the weather since childhood, Steve Decker is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and director of the Meteorology Undergraduate Program. Steve obtained a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences…
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Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Key topics: Urban sprawl; SmartGrowth; growth management; "growth vs. environment"; regional planning; zoning and local land use policy; property tax reform; differences in economic welfare between suburbs and central cities; regional and city development; agriculture in New Jersey
Paul D. Gottlieb, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. He is also an extension specialist, with college-wide responsibilities related to smart growth,…
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Wolfram Hoefer
Associate Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Key topics: Adaptive re-use of brownfields as potential elements of the public realm; community outreach in New Jersey (CUES); cultural interpretations of landscapes; cross cultural comparison of brownfield design in North America and Europe; design theory of landscape architecture
Dr. Wolfram Hoefer joined the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey as an Assistant Professor in 2006.
In 1992 he earned a Diploma in Landscape Architecture from the Technische Universität…
Lisa Klein
Distinguished Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
School of Engineering
Key topics: Alternative energy, materials processing, women in engineering
As both the first female faculty member in the Rutgers School of Engineering and the first female professor in her department, Dr. Lisa C. Klein has encouraged women for more than 30 years to choose engineering as a discipline and a career. Her…
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Michael Kornitas
Director of Sustainability and Energy
Facilities Maintenance & Operations
Key topics: Energy conservation, green design and sustainable practices
Michael Kornitas is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional since 2003, and a Certified Energy Manager. Kornitas is also a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning…
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Richard Lutz
Professor and Assistant Director
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Key topics: Marine ecology and paleoecology; shellfish ecology and biology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents; deep-sea ecology and biotechnology; oceonography
Professor Lutz's current primary research interests are focused on the ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents throughout the world's oceans. Of particular interest has been documentation of biological and geological succession in these…
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Kevin Lyons
Assistant Professor/PP
Supply Chain Management; Rutgers Business School Public Private Community Partnerships
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
Key topics: Supply Chain and Climate Change Impacts, Supply Chain Archaeology, Green Purchasing, Recycling Markets Development, Supply Chain Management, Source/Buy Local Economic/Social Impact Development Strategies and Program Development, Corporate Social and Environmental Reporting, Purchasing and Equity Investment Disparity Studies, Hackathon Facilitation
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Project Engineer
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Key topics: Energy management, renewable and alternative energies, greenhouse design, agricultural engineering, stormwater management
Thomas Manning has worked on innovative energy projects for 30 years, with an emphasis on alternative energy and conservation. He also has extensive experience in the design of greenhouses and other facilities for housing plants and animals.
Kenneth Miller
Distinguished Professor
Earth and Planetary Sciences
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Climate and Sea Level Rise in NJ: Should I sell my shore house; death of the dinosaurs; geology of the New Jersey coastal plain and Jersey shore.
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Anton Nelessen
Professor
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Anton C. Nelessen has been teaching Urban Design and professional practice first at Harvard and currently at Rutgers for the past 39 years. He has emerged as one of the nations most respected urban visionaries. He has more than 40 years of…
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County Agent
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension
Key topics: Gardening with children, community beautification programs, community tree planting, environmental education, and the 4-H Youth Development Program
James Nichnadowicz is the Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Agent for Union County. He has expertise in teaching children about gardening and the environment, and experience in community beautification and tree planting programs. He has been a 4-…
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Mark Robson
Professor and Director
Department of Entomology, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences/NJAES
Key topics: Pesticides, toxicology, human health, environmental health, risk assessment, international and global environmental issues.
Dr. Robson is Director of the NJ Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) and Professor of Entomology at Rutgers and Professor of Environmenal Health at UMDNJ School of Public Health. Dr. Robson is an expert in the field of environmental and…
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