Personnel

Staff & Faculty Members

PRI Staff

• Kirk Barrett, Director
• Patti McNicholas, Administrative Assistant

PRI Steering Committee

• Chair: Robert Prezant, Dean of College of Science & Mathematics, MSU
• Vice Chair: Kirk Barrett, Director of PRI
• Michael Kruge, Professor of Earth & Environmental Studies
• Huan Feng, Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Studies, MSU
• Eric Stern, USEPA Region 2
• Michael Weinstein - Director, MSU Institute of Sustainability Studies

PRI Member Research Interests (MSU Affiliated Unless Specified)

PRI Staff

• Barrett, Kirk Wetland & surface water hydrology, hydraulics & water quality

Earth & Environmental Studies

• Brachfeld, Stefanie Marine geology & geophysics, paleoclimatology
• Chopping, Mark Remote sensing of the environment and GIS
• Feng, Huan Behavior, transport and fate of contaminants in aquatic systems
• Galster, Josh Geomorphology, Surficial hydrology, GIS, Watershed studies
• Gorring, Matthew Quantitative analysis of minerals and metals in environmental samples
• Kruge, Michael Sediment geochemistry of organic contaminants
• Ophori, Duke Hydrogeology, Simulation of groundwater flow, and contaminant transport in groundwater systems
• Pope, Gregory Soil science
• Sarkar, Dibeyndu Environmental Geochemistry, Remediation, Lead, Arsenic
• Sato, Yoko Groundwater, GIS
• Singh, Harbans Environmental assessment
• Taylor, Robert Environmental management, brownfields
• Yu, Danlin GIS and Remote Sensing, Social Geography

Biology & Molecular Biology

• Bologna, Paul Aquatic vegetation and ecology
• Hazard, Lisa C  Ecological and evolutionary physiology of reptiles and amphibians                     
• Kight, Scott Aquatic ecology, aquatic insects
• Korky, John Ecology. morphology, and systematics of amphibian adults and  larvae
• Lee, Lee Aquatic microbiology
• Prezant, Robert Environmental monitoring, ecology, marine and aquatic biodiversity
• Smallwood, John Ornithology, Ecology, Research in Ecology of the American Kestrel
• Vanderklein, Dirk Ecology and physiology of trees and plants; Water transport in trees

Chemistry & Biochemistry

• Berger, John Natural product and water chemistry
• Olsen, Kevin Analytical chemistry, maritime history of northeastern NJ

Computer Science

• Hubey, Mark Simulation of flow, contaminant diffusion, convection
• Robila, Stefan Remote sensing
• Herbert, Katherine Bioinformatics, science informatics, data quality and integration

School of Business

• Phillip Lebel Economics

School of Conservation

• Thomas, William H. Anthropology, ethno-ecology, conservation and traditional ecological wisdom of indigenous people

Anthropology

• Vedwan, Neeraj Cultural ecology, climatic change and society

Members Affiliated With Other (Non-MSU) Institutions

• Stern, Eric (USEPA) Environmental management, decontamination technology
• Weinstein, Michael (Director, MSU Institute of Sustainability Studies) Estuarine and marine ecology, especially fish and salt marsh
• Weis, Peddrick (UMDNJ) Estuarine ecotoxicology, especially mercury and other metals
• McClary, Marion Fairleigh Dickinson University Behavioral/Physiological Ecologist
• Benzing, Paul Fairleigh Dickinson University Biochemistry and Ecology of wetlands
• Pardi, Richard William Paterson University, Geochemist
• Weis, Judith Rutgers Universtiy, Estuarine Ecology and Ecotoxicology
• Levandowsky, Michael Pace University, Marine Microbial Ecologist
• Jones, Keith Brookhaven National Lab Senior Physicist