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Ahner

Beth

Bio & Env Eng

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My research in environmental biotechnology explores how organisms adapt to trace metal stress in the environment and how they in turn influence the form of metals in the environment – for example how plants solubilize, take up, detoxify and sequester metals

Water pollution 

Remediation

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

baa7@cornell.edu

Andronicos

Christopher

Earth & Atmos Sci

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Christopher Andronicos studies structural geology and tectonics. He is primarily interested in how mountain belts evolve and how the processes of mountain building relate to processes of crustal growth and destruction.

Water Transfers and Storage

ca98@cornell.edu

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Bain

Mark

Nat Res

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His specialties are fish and macroinvertebrates in lakes, streams and estuaries. Statistics, modeling, and biological assessment are heavily used in most research and teaching.

Ecology

Fish

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

Mark.Bain@Cornell.edu

Baeumner

Antje

Bio & Env Eng

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My research interests focus on the field of biotechnology, with special emphasis on analytical biotechnology. In analytical biotechnology, chemical and biological techniques are combined and integrated into innovatively engineered devices for the detection of hazardous biological and chemical substances in the environment, in food, and in medical diagnostics.

Pathogen Detection

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

ajb23@cornell.edu

Barrett

Chris

Appl Econ & Mgmt

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There are three basic, interrelated thrusts to my research program: The first concerns poverty, hunger, food security, economic policy and the structural transformation of low-income societies; The second considers issues of individual and market behavior under risk and uncertainty; The third revolves around the interrelationship between poverty, food security and environmental stress in developing areas.

Environmental Economics

Water Management Policy

cbb2@cornell.edu

Bedford

Barbara

Nat Res

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Her research focuses on wetland plant diversity, what controls it, how human actions affect it, and how to manage it.

Wetlands

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

blb4@cornell.edu

Bills

Nelson

Appl Econ & Mgmt

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His research program focuses on state and local farmland protection programs, property taxation, farmland markets and values, and regional economic analysis.

Economics

Farmland protection

Water Management Policy

nlb4@cornell.edu

Bisogni

James

Civil & Env Eng

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Our research focuses on the application of chemical, biological, and physical principles to the solution of water-quality problems. Recent research has involved problems associated with acid rain, water-quality control for intensive aquaculture, and control of lead and copper in water-supply distribution systems.

Water Chemistry

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

jjb2@cornell.edu

Blossey

Bernd

Nat Res

Link

Impact of invasive plants on native flora and fauna, biological control of non-indigenous plant species in natural areas, plant-insect interactions, and invasion and conservation biology

Aquatic invasives

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

bb22@cornell.edu

Boisvert

Richard

Appl Econ & Mgmt

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Professor Boisvert’s research program focuses on the application of production economics to agricultural, natural, and human resource problems, with an emphasis on the effects of public policy on agricultural production and income, and the well being of rural residents.

Production

Environmental Economics

Water Management Policy

rnb2@cornell.edu

Booth

Dick

City & Reg Plan

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A lawyer by training, Dick Booth's specialties are land use and environmental law, critical area preservation, environmental politics, and regional land use planning.

Land use

Planning & policy

Water Management Policy

rsb6@cornell.edu

Broussard

Shorna

Nat Res

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Human dimensions of natural resources; conservation related attitudes and behavior; program evaluation

   

Water Management Policy

srb237@cornell.edu

Brutsaert

Wilfried

Civil & Env Eng

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Brutsaert's research interests have broadly covered hydrology and fluid mechanics in the environment. His activities related to atmospheric processes have been mostly with the ultimate objective of developing physically based methods to calculate regional evaporation from natural land surfaces covered with different types of vegetation.

Environmental Technology

Groundwater

Water Transfers and Storage

whb2@cornell.edu

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Cathles

Larry

Earth & Atmos Sci

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We are seeking to understand the driving mechanisms and chemical consequences of fluid movements in the earth's crust. Our approach is two-pronged: First, we seek to model, using finite-difference and finite-element techniques, the movement of fluids and the chemical alteration such movement produces, in a variety of circumstances. Second, we seek to test these model predictions against observations and laboratory experiments

Fluid Movements

Water Transfers and Storage

lmc19@cornell.edu

Colucci

Stephen

Earth & Atmos Sci

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Contribute toward a better understanding of processes governing the behavior of large-scale weather systems in the atmosphere over the earth's middle latitudes. Improved forecasts of these systems and their associated weather conditions. Anticyclonic (high-pressure) weather systems both at the earth's surface and in the middle troposphere where they may participate in blocking flow regimes. Processes controlling the interannual and intraseasonal variability of cyclonic winter storms near the east coast of North America.   

Climate

Water Transfers and Storage

sjc25@cornell.edu

Conrad

Jon

Appl Econ & Mgmt

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Optimal management of renewable resources; the application of optimal stopping models in resource and environmental economics.

Environmental Economics

Water Management Policy

jmc16@cornell.edu

Cook

Kerry

Earth & Atmos Sci

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My research centers on improving our physical understanding of climate variability and climate change to improve prediction on all times scales.  We are developing methodology for using regional models to study climate change, and building a coupled atmosphere/ocean/vegetation regional climate model.  Currently, we emphasize applications over Africa, South America, and the land areas surrounding the Gulf of Mexico (central U.S., Caribbean, Mexico, and central America).

Climate Modeling

Water Transfers and Storage

khc6@cornell.edu

Cowen

Edwin

Civil & Env Eng

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Cowen's research group studies the environmental transport processes in aqueous systems.  He is interested in hydrodynamic circulation, turbulent mixing, sediment transport and resuspension, and the coupling of these processes to biogeochemical processes in aquatic systems.  Examples of his current research include hydraulic residence time, sediment resuspension in reservoirs and lakes, benthic fluxes of nutrients and pollutants, and the interaction of environmental flows and aquatic plant canopies macrophytes

Hydrodynamics

Physical Limnology

Water Transfers and Storage

eac20@cornell.edu

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Degaetano

Art

Earth & Atmos Sci

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Climate Applications: involves the development and dissemination of methods and data sets that provide climatological information to decision-makers in a variety of fields. Observed Climate Variability investigates the interannual variability of such meteorological phenomena as east coast winter storms and extreme temperature occurrence. Such studies look at trends in these data through time as well as casual mechanisms associated with year-to-year variations. Climate Data Quality.

Weather

Water Extremes-Vulnerability and Mitigation

atd2@cornell.edu

Degloria

Stephen

Crop & Soil Sci

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Dr. DeGloria's research interests focus on advancing the development and use of spatial data for meeting the environmental information needs of society both domestically and internationally. His current work focuses on improving the resource inventory process through the use of aerospace imagery; developing spatial models that incorporate multi-spectral and multi-temporal data from Earth-orbiting satellites with edaphic variables for mapping ecological communities; and integrating resource inventory data for use in spatially-explicit models and risk assessments of environmental contamination in mixed use landscapes.

Global Imaging Systems

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

sdd4@cornell.edu

Derry

Lou

Earth & Atmos Sci

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Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry. Evolution of the Carbon Cycle: the appearance and diversification of animals during Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian interval of Earth history was accompanied by dramatic climate variations ("Snowball Earth") and wide fluctuations in indicators of ocean biogeochemistry. Aluminum speciation during soil development

Biogeochem

Water Transfers and Storage

lad9@cornell.edu

Dick

Richard

Civil & Env Eng

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Dick is a past president of the Association of Environmental Engineering Professors and has served on the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the International Association on Water Quality. He was the Distinguished Visiting Scientist at the Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1986 through 1989. Sludge.

Sludge

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

rid1@cornell.edu

Dworsky

Len

Civil & Env Eng

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Dworsky and his colleagues continue to be concerned with a number of real-world problems that involve the interaction of science and technology with public policy and management. These include unified river-basin management, water-quality planning, the management of resources in international boundary areas, and conflict resolution.

Water

Water Management Policy

lbd3@cornell.edu

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Flecker

Alex

Ecol & Evol Bio

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My research focuses on the roles of animals in influencing the structure and function of ecosystems, and the consequences of changes in biodiversity in ecosystems. My current work aims to integrate these themes by asking questions about ecosystem-level effects of species losses and additions. I have focused much of my research on the ecology of tropical river systems.

Streams

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

asf3@cornell.edu

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Geisler

Charles

Dev. Sociology

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Research: Initiate research in the area of war and the environment; complete research on Indian Farmer Discrimination; complete research on In-situ displacement and "Alienage "; plan Special Issue of Cornell University Law Review on American Indian Water Law in the Eastern US.

Watersheds

Indigenous knowledge and water conservation

Water Management Policy

ccg2@cornell.edu

Ghiorse

William

Microbioilogy

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Research in my laboratory focuses on understanding native and introduced microorganisms and their interactions with native communities in natural systems. We employ direct microscopic techniques, nucleic acid extraction, and other methods of molecular and cell biology including molecular probes and fluorescence detection methods.

Microbes in groundwater

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

wcg1@cornell.edu

Gillett

James

Nat Res

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His current research examines (i) food web dynamics of persistent organic chemicals, (ii) evaluation of citizen participation in environmental regulation, and (iii) adapting ecological risk assessment paradigms to other areas of decision making.

Toxicology

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

jwg3@cornell.edu

Goodale

Christy

Ecol & Evol Bio

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We study the effects of human activities (air pollution, climate change, land-use change) on the biogeochemistry of forest ecosystems (vegetation, soils, and streams). Key research questions include: How have changes in climate and N deposition affected forest growth, soil C stocks, and net carbon accumulation; What factors control the spatial and temporal patterns of watershed nitrogen retention; How do the legacies of past disturbances affect current rates of carbon and nitrogen accumulation?

Biogeochemistry

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

clg33@cornell.edu

Gossett

Jim

Civil & Env Eng

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Characterization of the Aerobic Oxidation of cis-Dichloroethene and Vinyl Chloride in Support of Bioremediation of Chloroethene-Contaminated Sites. Laboratory Studies To Support Establishment Of A Treatability Test For Enhanced In Situ Anaerobic Dechlorination

Waste

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

jmg18@cornell.edu

Greene

Chuck

Earth & Atmos Sci

Link

My research interests range from the ecological dynamics of marine animal populations to the effects of global climate change on marine ecosystems. While I am a field-oriented oceanographer, which has led me to focus much of my attention in the past on the spatial scales we are capable of studying from ships, I also take great satisfaction in scaling up our results through collaborative modeling, remote-sensing, and synthesis projects with other scientists.

Oceans

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

chg2@cornell.edu

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Hairston

Nelson

Ecol & Evol Bio

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I study the interaction between microevolutionary, population, community, and ecosystem processes. Virtually all of my research has been on inland-water organisms, especially zooplankton and fish. Microevolutionary processes. Community dynamics. Internally-driven temporal variation. Visual ability and diet choice by fish. Interactions between community composition and nutrient cycling. Effects of grazing on rooted aquatic plants.

Lakes

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

ngh1@cornell.edu

Haith

Douglas

Bio & Env Eng

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Professor Haith’s research is the development and application of mathematical models to aid in the management of environmental pollution. The models are tested with field data and implemented in software packages which are made available to practicing engineers and other environmental professionals.

Environmental Modelling

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

dah13@cornell.edu

Harrington

Linda

Entomology

Link

Medical Entomology Laboratory - Mosquito: Biology and behavior of the dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti; Genetic strategies to control dengue viruses; Host feeding preferences and insecticide resistance status of epidemic mosquito vectors of West Nile virus in New York State; Climate effects, West Nile virus vector development, and transmission risk (NOAA/OGP); Integrated Pest Management for West Nile Virus Mosquitoes in Peridomestic Settings (USDA/CREES). 

Mosquito

Disease

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

lgh4@cornell.edu

Harvell

Drew

Ecol & Evol Bio

Link

Our current research is focused on the form, function, and evolution of defenses of marine invertebrates against their predators and competitors. Using a primarily experimental approach, I and my students are working on projects in temperate and tropical oceans. Our current work is focussed on chemical and structural mechanisms of disease resistance in Caribbean gorgonian corals.

Coral Reef

Marine

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

cdh5@cornell.edu

Hogg

Nelson

Earth & Atmos Sci

 

Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography

Water Transfers and Storage

ngh7@cornell.edu

Howarth

Robert

Ecol & Evol Bio

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Research in the Howarth lab has several foci centering around the role of biogeochemical cycles and physical processes in structuring coastal marine ecosystems and on human perturbations of biogeochemical cycles at the ecosystem, regional, and global scales. SCOPE Biofuels.

Biogeochemistry

Pres-elect, Estuarine Society

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

rwh2@cornell.edu

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Jewell

William

Bio & Env Eng

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Our research can be divided into two general areas: development of new pollution control processes that involve living systems, and development of alternative energy systems. The latter usually involves the recovery of resources from aqueous media, such as the recovery of biogas and/or a soil conditioner from animal wastes.

Microbial waste

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

wjj1@cornell.edu

Jordan

Teresa

Earth & Atmos Sci

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The role of ground water where there is no surface water: the Atacama Desert, Chile. Genesis of the Western Slope of the Altiplano Plateau and Atacama Basi. Tests of Controls on Nonmarine Stratigraphic Sequenes: Iglesia Basin, Argentina. Does Modern Flat-Subduction Cause Subsidence or Uplift? Cornell Andes Project.

Groundwater Geology

Water Transfers and Storage

tej1@cornell.edu

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Knapp

Warren

Earth & Atmos Sci

Link

wwk2@cornell.edu

Knuth

Barbara

Nat Res

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Her current research examines (1) risk perception, communication, and management focused on fisheries affected by chemical contaminants; (2) community-based natural resource management approaches; and (3) factors influencing human stewardship and use of natural resources, particularly fish and wildlife.

Pres American Fisheries Society 

Human dimensions

Water Management Policy

bak3@cornell.edu

Kraft

Clifford

Nat Res

Link

The Adirondack Fishery Research Program investigates ecosystem processes in lakes and streams throughout the Adirondacks that influence coldwater fisheries - with a strong focus on salmonine fishes, including trout, char, and salmon. Our research efforts are designed to provide recommendations for managing and restoring sustainable aquatic ecosystems. Highest priority is given to research projects that will provide information leading to sustainable management of fishery resources.

Fish

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

cek7@cornell.edu

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Lemley

Ann

Textiles

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Degradation of contaminants in water using chemical means is the current focal point of Dr. Lemley's research. Fast, convenient methods to degrade contaminants and decrease toxicity in groundwater, surface water, or wastewater are being investigated. A current project investigates the use of an electrochemical system employing an advanced oxidation treatment system method (Fenton chemistry) to degrade low levels of pesticides and other chemical contaminants in water.

Cancer

Water quality

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

atl2@cornell.edu

Lion

Len

Civil & Env Eng

Link

Our research has focused on improving the scientific understanding of the processes that influence the fate of pollutant compounds in both natural and engineered systems. A unifying theme in this research is that it specifically addresses the interplay between chemical and biological reactions.

Aquatic Pollutants

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

LWL3@cornell.edu

Liu

Philip

Civil & Env Eng

Link

The "Cornell Coastal Research" web site describes and archives research activities and results in the area of coastal ocean science and engineering. On-going research topics include: modeling tsunami propagation and inundation; studies of wave-structure interactions; investigations of wave propagation over various type of seafloor materials; and development of sediment transport models.   

Fluid Mechanics

Water Extremes-Vulnerability and Mitigation

pll3@cornell.edu

Loucks

Peter

Civil & Env Eng

Link

Watershed Information Management System. CD-Web Watershed Information on Cayuga Basin. Classification of health of stream ecosystems in NY State draining into the Great Lakes.

Water Models

Ecosystem Impacts/Services

DPL3@cornell.edu

Lynch

Barbara

City & Reg Plan

Link

International environmental and natural resource politics and policy. Water management. Environmental social movements. Non-governmental organizations as political actors in Latin America and the Caribbean.

International

Water

Water Management Policy

bdl5@cornell.edu

Lynn

Walter

Civil & Env Eng

Link

 

 

Water Engineering

Water Quality-Detection and Remediation

wrl1@cornell.edu

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