Are you interested in doing sustainability related research, or do you want to get connected to University of Rochester faculty who share an interest in sustainability? At the U of R, there are over 70 professors that are either conducting research in a field related to sustainability, or teaching courses related to the subject. And don’t be discouraged if your major doesn’t appear to be directly related to sustainability – you don’t have to be an environmental science major to get academically involved in sustainability! Courses and research associated with sustainability are available in subjects such as dance and philosophy.
Check out the list faculty either teaching or doing sustainability-related research:
Anthropology
Anthony Carter
Ayala Emmett (emeritus)
Kristin Doughty
Robert Foster
Joseph Lanning
Maryann McCabe
Lois Metcalf
John Osburg
Dan Reichman
Art and Art History
Cary Peppermint
Joan Saab
Biology
James Fry
Richard Glor
Robert Minckley
John Jaenike
Anthony Olek
John Werren
Chemical Engineering
Mitch Anthamatten
Eldred Chimowitz
Ben Ebenhack (emeritus)
R Jiang
Jacob Jorne
Doug Kelley
Ching Tang
David Wu
Matt Yates
Chemistry
Kara Bren
Todd Krauss
Udo Schroeder
Computer Science
Michael Scott
Dance
Robert Loughridge
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Karen Berger
Rory Cottrell
Cindy Ebinger
Udo Fehn (emeritus)
Penny Higgins
John Kessler
Vasilii Petrenko
Bob Poreda
John Tarduno
Economics
Mike Rizzo
R Tomaszewsk
Michael Wolkoff
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thomas Jones
English/Sustainability
Leila Nadir
History
Theodore Brown
Gerald Gamm
Joseph Inikori
Elias Mandala
Stewart Weaver
International Relations
A Cohon
S Ray
R Stone
Medical Center
Camille Martina
Katrina Korfmacher
David Rich
Jeff Wyatt
Optics
Duncan Moore
Philosophy
Randall Curren
Richard Dees
William Fitzpatrick
Physics
David Douglass
Political Science
Avidit Acharya
Morris Pierce
Lawrence Rothenberg
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
Public Health
Nancy Chin
Susan Fisher
Margie Shaw
Edwin Van Wijngaarden
Katie Van Wert
Warner School
Nancy Ares
David Hursh
To find out more about courses and faculty involved in sustainability, check out this site.
Written by: Ciara McGillivray, Class of 2015
Photo: Students Bring Fresh Perspective and New Technology to Webb Telescope Matthew Bolcar a graduate student from the University of Rochester, N.Y. now works at Goddard full-time. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Chris Gunn
