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The mission of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is to be a premier applied Earth Science program offering unique geoscience education and research opportunities in the northeast. Unlike nearby Earth Science departments, we have a strong applied-environmental focus that we consider attractive to students wishing to pursue a career in the growing environmental consulting sector that is particular strong in New Jersey.
Our expanding faculty have strengths in atmospheric chemistry, soil geochemistry, near surface geophysics, ocean biogeochemistry and structural geology. The graduate PhD program in Environmental Science is now firmly established, with seven graduates within the last six years and eleven students currently enrolled full-time.
We collaborate closely with the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers (Busch Campus) and the School of Environmental & Biological Sciences at Rutgers (Cook Campus) to offer broad educational-research opportunities for both faculty and students
The department is also heavily engaged in educational outreach programs that offer unique opportunities for minority high schools students within the Newark Public Schools system.