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Masters research thesis:
A traditional two year research thesis program providing solid scientific background and knowledge to enter research positions or prepare for the PhD.

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Doctoral Program:
The Ph.D. program emphasizes interdisciplinary research into complex environmental issues, with projects supervised by faculty from more than one department.

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Masters for Professionals:
A one year (or part-time) non-thesis program designed to provide students and professionals a competitive edge to compete for positions in government, industry, and private-sector organizations, or to enhance thier current career.

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Areas of Study

Purdue offers 12 diverse colleges with many academic areas.

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Faculty Spotlight:

ESE spotlight
Klein Ileleji, Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering.

Dr. Ileleji's research focuses on the production of energy crops, new technology development, biomass characterization, and production, densification and post-harvest technologies for biomass utilization. Dr. Ileleji's Web page.


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Faculty & Areas

Faculty affilated with the Center for the Environment and the ESE program include over 100 researchers from across campus, all of which are interested in interdisciplinary research and education on environmental topics. You may download a list of affiliated faculty to help in your search [excel], [pdf]. Below we show faculty currently mentoring one or more ESE graduate students.

There are many unique and emerging issues in environmental sciences that faculty are pursuing. Use the INDURE database to search for faculty that share your research and educational interests.


Faculty (alphabetical) mentoring current ESE graduate students

Kirk Alter
Department: Building Construction Management
Area: Sustainable construction
Email: alterk[at]purdue.edu
Website

John Bickham
Department: Center for the Environment and Forestry & Natural Resources
Area: Ecotoxicology, Biodiversity, Population genetics
Email: bickham[at]purdue.edu
Website

Ernest (Chip) Blatchley
Department: Civil Engineering
Area: Physio/chemical processes of environmental engineering
Email: blatch[at]purdue.edu
Website

Sylive Brouder
Department: Agronomy
Area: Soil ecology, crop nutrient management, biofuel sources and production impacts on water and soil
Email: sbrouder[at]purdue.edu
Website

Indrajeet Chaubey
Department: Agricultural & Biological Engineering/ Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Area: Ecohydrology, sediment transport, decision support tools
Email: ichaubey[at]purdue.edu
Website

Timothy Filley
Department: Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Area: Biogeochemistry, carbon and nitrogen cycles, climate change
Email: filley[at]purdue.edu
Website
Jane Frankenberger
Department: Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Area: Watershed management, water quality, hydrology, GIS
Email: frankenb[at]purdue.edu
Website
William Hoover
Department: Forestry & Natural Resources
Area: Natural resource economics
Email: whoover[at]purdue.edu
Website
Inez Hua
Department: Civil Engineering
Area: Environmental chemistry and fate, industrial ecology and sustainability
Email: hua[at]purdue.edu
Website

Chad Jafvert
Department: Civil Engineering
Area: aquatic chemistry
Email:jafvert[at]purdue.edu
Website

Linda Lee
Department: Agronomy and Center for the Environment
Area: Environmental chemistry
Email: lslee[at]purdue.edu
Website
Seunghae Lee
Department:Visual & Performing Arts (Interior Design)
Area: Sustainable interior design, LEED building certification
Email: lee30[at]purdue.edu
Website

Charles Michler
Department: Forestry & Natural Resources
Area: Hardwood tree genetics, herbicide resistence
Email: michler[at]purdue.edu
Website

Rabi Mohtar
Department: Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Area: Hydrological/soils modeling
Email: mohtar[at]purdue.edu
Website

Nate Mosier
Department: Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Area: Renewable resources engineering
Email: mosiern[at]purdue.edu
Website

Loring (Larry) Nies
Department: Civil Engineering
Area: Life cycle analysis, sustainability, nanotech impacts, bioremediation
Email: nies[at]purdue.edu
Website

Linda Prokopy
Department: Forestry & Natural Resources
Area: Social dimensions of watershed management
Email: lprokopy[at]purdue.edu
Website

Suresh Rao
Department: Civil Engineering / Agronomy
Area: hydrology, contaminant transport, sustainability
Email: pscr[at]purdue.edu
Website

Paul Schwab
Department: Agronomy
Area: Fate and transport of contaminants in soil
Email: pschwab[at]purdue.edu
Website

Maria Sepulveda
Department: Forestry & Natural Resources
Area: Ecotoxicology and aquatic organisms
Email: mssepulv[at]purdue.edu
Website

Guofan Shao
Department: Forestry & Natural Resources
Area: GIS, large scale land use, international issues
Email: shao[at]purdue.edu
Website

Bernard Tao
Department: Agricultural & Biological Engineering / Food Science
Area: Renewable resource utilization, polymer coating, plant lipids, biosensors
Email: tao[at]purdue.edu
Website

Terry West
Department: Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Area: Engineering geology
Email: twest[at]purdue.edu
Website

Fu Zhao
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Area: Sustainable manufacturing processes, life cycle analysis
Email: fzhao[at]purdue.edu
Website
Download a complete listing of all affiliated faculty to help in your search [excel], [pdf]. ESE will work with faculty not listed currently.