The Environmental Institute

Research Profile

Research interests include watershed management, water quality, ecological economics, dynamic modeling and optimization, spatial analysis and simulation, institutional economics, GIS-Internet-Simulation interfacing, systems modeling, climate change, land use policy, international trade and development, common pool resource management, nonpoint source pollution, and natural resources policy and management.

Keywords

Climate Change, Contaminants, Green Communities, Natural Resources Management, Water Resources

David A. Reckhow

Professor
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Phone: (413) 545-2508

Email: reckhow@ecs.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research focus on drinking water treatment, natural systems, physical-chemical processes, water quality, and water chemistry, with particular emphasis on disinfection byproducts in drinking water and the use of ozone for water purification. Recent projects include risk-based prioritization of disinfection byproducts, water quality in Massachusetts reservoirs, and BDOC and watershed sources of natural organic matter and BDOCs.

Keywords

Contaminants, Drinking Water Treatment, Environmental Engineering, Monitoring, Water Resources

Paula Rees

Director, Water Resources Research Center and Director of Education and Outreach, ERC for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere
Department: The Environmental Institute

Phone: (413) 545-5528

Email: rees@ecs.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research focus on hydrology, sediment transport and sedimentation processes, watershed modeling and management, and climatic impacts on water resources. Current research focuses on monitoring and modeling of the Blackstone River Watershed.

Keywords

Monitoring, Sensing/Networks, Soils and Sediments, Water Resources

Henry Renski

Professor of Urban Planning
Department: Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning

Phone:

Email: hrenski@larp.umass.edu

Research Profile

Dr. Renskis research focuses on understanding the forces driving regional economic competitiveness and transformation, and building upon this knowledge to improve the effectiveness of economic development policy. His current work examines regional influences on entrepreneurship; empirical tests of agglomeration theory; industrial cluster analysis and cluster-based development strategies; and the application of spatial-analytical techniques to local economic policy decision-making.

Keywords

Urban Sustainability

Michael J. Rhodes

Professor
Department: Geosciences

Phone: (413) 545-2841

Email: jmrhodes@geo.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research interests in the study of Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes in Hawaii, Mount Etna in Sicily, and basalts erupted along the Juan de Fuca ridge in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Runs the University's S-ray Analytical Facility for geochemical research.

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Stephen M. Rich

Department Head
Department: Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences

Phone: (413) 545-1057

Email: smrich@psis.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of parasite and host populations.

Keywords

Plant/Pest Management

Margaret Riley

Professor
Department: Biology

Phone:

Email: riley@bio.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research interests in studies of experimental evolution of microbes, development of novel antimicrobials, and redefining the microbial species concept.

Keywords

Biology, Microbial Ecology

Christine Rogers

Assistant Professor
Department: Public Health

Phone: (413) 545-3051

Email: carogers@schoolph.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research interests in airborne microbial exposure assessment to evaluate role in respiratory diseases such as asthma and other environmental health outcomes.

Keywords

Climate Change, Contaminants, Environmental Health

Christian Rojas

Associate Professor
Department: Resource Economics

Phone:

Email: rojas@resecon.umass.edu

Research Profile

Research interests in industrial organization, applied microeconomics and experimental resource economics.

Keywords

Resource Economics

Eric Rosenfeldt

Assistant Professor
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Phone: (413) 545-5396

Email: rosenfel@ecs.umass.edu

Research Profile

Examine and compare UV and advanced oxidation technologies for treating emerging biologically active contaminants in drinking water. Study methods to determine potential oxidant efficacy in waters. Examine biological stability of treated drinking waters in distribution systems using novel flow cytometry methods. Combine oxidative and microbiological technologies to acheive enhanced removal of biologically active contaminants in water reuse applications. Study repercussions associated with "inadvertent" photolysis of active chlorine species.

Keywords

Contaminants, Drinking Water Treatment, Environmental Engineering, Monitoring, Nanomaterials, Water Resources