Faculty/Staff By Areas of Expertise
Loyola has a multidisciplinary team of faculty and staff whose research and expertise focuses on themes related to environmental and ecological sustainability, particularly in urban settings. The School of Environmental Sustainability facilitates their collaborative research while students in the Environmental Sciences Department enjoy working and studying alongside these faculty in their labs and classrooms. Below is a partial list of our affiliated faculty and their areas of expertise:
Environmental Science & Ecology | |
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Martin Berg, PhD | Biology, Aquatic Invasive Species and Food Webs |
Paul Chiarelli, PhD | Chemistry, Cancer and Carcinogens |
David Crumrine, PhD | Analytical Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry |
Tham C. Hoang, PhD | Biological Impact of Environmental Toxins |
Timothy Hoellein, PhD | Biology, Aquatic Ecology |
Reuben P. Keller, PhD | Environmental Science, Global Environmental Change, Human Economic Systems, Human Behavior, Invasive Species |
John Kelly, PhD | Microbial Ecology, Soil Microbiology |
Bill Kroll, PhD | Biology, Ecology |
Roberta Lammers-Campbell, PhD | Biology, Ecology of Wetland Ecosystems |
Shane Lishawa, MS | Invasive Species Management, Wetland Biogeochemical Cycling, Plant Ecology |
Fr. Stephen Mitten, SJ | Conservation Biology, Tropical Ecology, Ornithology |
Christopher Peterson, PhD | Environmental Science, Freshwater Algal Ecology |
Alanah Fitch, PhD | Chemistry, Lead in Soils, Clay Chemistry |
Martina Schmeling, PhD | Chemistry, Air Pollution and Global Climate Change |
Carole Szpunar, PhD, MBA | Chemistry, Coal and Fossil Fuel Emissions |
Nancy Tuchman, PhD | Biology, Aquatic Ecosystem Function, Global Climate Change, Invasive Species, Human Impacts |
David J. Treering | Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Analysis |
Computing Systems, Statistical Analysis, and Urban Business | |
Raymond Benton | Business, Sustainable Production and Consumption |
Len Gingerella | Business, Entrepreneurship |
Konstantin Läufer, PhD | Computer Science, Software Architecture, Concurrent and Distributed Systems, Mobile and Embedded Computing |
Nancy Landrum, PhD | Sustainable Business Management, Base of the Pyramid, Corporate Social Responsibility, Strong Sustainability, New Economics, Sustainability Strategy |
Tim O'Brien, PhD | Mathematics and Statistics, Statistical Analyses of Environmental Data |
George K. Thiruvathukal, PhD | Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Scalable Data Management, Mobile/Wireless Environmental Monitoring |
Environmental Policy | |
Louis Cain, PhD | Business, Environmental Policy in Chicago, Water Quality Economics |
John Frendreis, PhD | Political Science, Environmental Policy |
Brett Frischmann, JD | Law, Environmental Law |
Alan Gitelson, PhD | Political Science, Special Interest Groups |
John Pelissero, PhD | Political Science, Urban and State Politics |
Anita Weinberg, JD | Law, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Social Policy, Social Justice, Child Law |
Human/Environment Interactions and Social Justice | |
Daniel Amick, PhD | Anthropology, Human Ecology and Land Use Strategies |
James Calcagno, PhD | Anthropology, Behavioral Ecology |
Anne Figert, PhD | Sociology, Environmental Sociology |
William French, PhD | Theology, Environmental Ethics |
Diana P. Hackbarth, RN, PhD | Nursing, Air Pollution Related Asthma |
Theodore Karamanski, PhD | History, Environmental History of the Great lakes |
Holly Kramer, MD | Department of Public Health Sciences, Renal Epidemiology |
Marilyn Krogh, PhD | Sociology, Urban Studies |
Amy Luke, PhD | Department of Public Health Sciences, Nutritional Epidemiology |
Harold Platt, PhD | History, Historical Environmental Issues, Water Crises in Megacities |
Mark Pollock, PhD | Communication, Environmental Advocacy |
David Shoham, PhD, MSPH | Department of Public Health Sciences, Renal and Social Epidemiology |
Science Education, Outreach, and Chicago Public Service | |
Jo Beth D'Agostino, PhD | Environmental Science, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, CAS; Director, Advanced Placement Summer Institute |
Aaron Durnbaugh | Energy Efficiency, Strategic Planning, Public Outreach |
Phil Nyden, PhD | Sociology, Urban Research and Learning |
David Slavsky, PhD | Science and Math Education |
Zachary Waickman | Biodiesel Production, K-12 Outreach |