Personnel

Download our Statement of Qualifications with project descriptions and One-page resumes for all PRI members in Adobe PDF format: Qualifications & Resumes Passaic River Institute, Montclair State University.pdf

Staff & Faculty Members

PRI Staff (Director Position Available)

MSU is currently seeking a dynamic and innovative individual to lead the Passaic River Institute. The Director will also serve as a tenure track Associate or Full Professor with a reduced teaching load within the College of Science and Mathematics, reporting directly to the Dean of the College as program Director and to the Chair of the home department.

Full details of the position can be downloaded in Adobe PDF format from the following link: Director of the Passaic River Institute

PRI Steering Committee

• Chair: Robert Prezant, Dean of College of Science & Mathematics, MSU
• Vice Chair: Open
• 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)

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

MSU Institute of Sustainability Studies

• Weinstein, Michael (Director, MSU Institute of Sustainability Studies) Estuarine and marine ecology, especially fish and salt marsh

Members Affiliated With Other (Non-MSU) Institutions

• Stern, Eric (USEPA) Environmental management, decontamination technology
• 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