|Curriculum | Faculty|
The Environmental Chemistry track emphasizes significant environmental and public health problems. Research programs in this track are focused on answering the following fundamental questions: What are the most appropriate methods for analyzing chemical contaminants in different environmental media? How should these methods be applied to tracking the movement of contaminants through various pathways into the human population? What chemical and physical processes are involved in the transport and transformation of chemical contaminants? Specific areas of research include: Laboratory and pilot-scale investigations of photochemical and adsorption processes in the aquatic environment; development and application of analytical methods for the detection of inorganic and organic contaminants in environmental media and human tissues; atmospheric processes leading to the development of acid rain; and ozone depletion and smog.
