School of Earth & Sustainability
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental chemistry studies the processes controlling the distribution and availability of chemical species within the earth’s critical zone. Combining chemistry, hydrology, hydrogeology, soil science, mineralogy, and microbiology, environmental geochemists examine processes including soil chemistry, chemical weathering, solute transport and deposition, and biological uptake and release to track the movement of nutrients and contaminants around the earth’s surface.
Who we are
Faculty and research staff Accordion Open
- Laura Wasylenki – environmental geochemistry of metals, paleoceanography, metal stable isotopes
- James Sample – tectonics, geochemistry, geoscience education
- Roderic Parnell – hydrogeochemistry, river restoration (Emeritus)
For students
Degree programs Accordion Open
- Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Environmental Sciences or Geology
- Master’s degree (MS) in Environmental Sciences & Policy or Geology
- PhD in Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, with an emphasis in Earth Systems or Climate & Environmental Change
Graduate-level courses Accordion Closed
- CHM 440/ENV 430 Environmental Chemistry
- GLG 570 Geochemistry: Earth as a Chemical System
- GLG 575 Environmental Geochemistry
- GLG 575 Stable Isotope Geochemistry