Notes from
Ed Bouwer, Chair
"Here at the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, through our work and research, we strive to exemplify a unique mentality of not only "thinking green", but "acting green" every day.
We face many environmental problems. Engineering designs and public decisions must rest upon a sound knowledge of fundamental scientific processes as well as economic policy and social science. While most people are familiar with the more glamorized aspects of what we do (chemical contaminants, bioremediation, risk analysis, sustainable energy, biofuels), most don't realize the crucial "behind-the-scenes" components of our work.
Many of us here work on water resources, water quality, and treatment processes. We work on keeping our water supply clean and usable, and helping to provide water to populations who need it. We determine if the soil under your feet and home is contaminating your water supply or posing a threat to the environment, and we help solve energy issues from a policy and supply point of view, with an eye for preserving our precious environment for our future.
Others in the department work on the modeling and analysis of public policy, including water resources management, energy distribution and markets, simulation of market responses to environmental policies, environmental justice and ethics, and integrated assessment of climate policy and impacts.
Still others in the department focus on the processes at the Earth's surface such as the hydrologic cycle, restoring streams, river dynamics, and historical records of the ecology in sediments.
There is so much variety in our research, and yet we are all working towards the same goal: improving the quality of human life across the globe while maintaining a sense of environmental responsibility.
Every day, we do our best to act green and not just think green."
Faculty
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Hedy V. Alavi
Senior Lecturer
alavi@jhu.edu
410-516-7091
Research Interests: Environmental Engineering, Hazardous and Solid Waste Management
William P. Ball
Professor
bball@jhu.edu
410-516-5434
Research Interests: Environmental Engineering, Contaminant Fate and Transport
John J. Boland
Professor Emeritus
jboland@jhu.edu
410-235-5515
Research Interests: Environmental Economics and Policy
Edward J. Bouwer
Department Chair
Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental Engineering
bouwer@jhu.edu
410-516-7437
Research Interests: Environmental Microbiology, Waste Treatment
Grace S. Brush
Professor
gbrush@jhu.edu
410-516-7107
Research Interests: Ecology, Paleoecology, Plant geography
Kai Loon Chen
Assistant Professor
kailoon.chen@jhu.edu
410-516-7095
Research Interests: Physiochemical Processes, Particle Interaction
J. Hugh Ellis
Professor
hugh.ellis@jhu.edu
410-516-6537
Research Interests: Environmental systems
Seth Guikema
Assistant Professor
sguikema@jhu.edu
410-516-6042
Research Interests:Probabilistic systems modeling techniques, risk analysis, uncertainty modeling, life-cycle assessment, and decision-making under uncertainty
Steve H. Hanke
Professor of Applied Economics
hanke@jhu.edu
410-516-7183
Research Interests: Applied Economics: Micro, Macro & Finance
Markus Hilpert
Associate Professor
markus_hilpert@jhu.edu
410-516-5127
Research Interests: Environmental Flow and Transport Processes
Benjamin F. Hobbs
Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Professor in Environmental Management
bhobbs@jhu.edu
410-516-4681
Research Interests: Environmental, Energy, and Water Systems, Economics
Catherine S. Norman
Assistant Professor
norman@jhu.edu
410-516-5184
Research Interests: Economic growth and environmental quality; Environmental policy design and evaluation
Charles R. O'Melia
Professor Emeritus
omelia@jhu.edu
410-516-7102
Research Interests: Environmental Engineering, Aquatic Chemistry
Erica J. Schoenberger
Professor
eschoenberger@juno.com
410-516-6158
Research Interests: Economic Geography, Regional Development
Eugene D. Shchukin
Research Professor Emeritus
shchukin@jhu.edu
410-516-5079
Research Interests: Colloid and Surface Science
A. Lynn Roberts
Professor
lroberts@jhu.edu
410-516-4387
Research Interests: Environmental Chemistry
Alan T. Stone
Professor
astone@jhu.edu
410-516-8476
Research Interests: Environmental and Aquatic Chemistry
Peter R. Wilcock
Professor
wilcock@jhu.edu
410-516-5421
Research Interests: Mechanics of earth surface processes, Applied geomorphology
M. Gordon Wolman
B. Howell Griswold Professor of Geography and International Affairs
wolman@jhu.edu
410-516-7090
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Water Resources