Location: Geoscience Building, Room 107,
500 Yates St., Arlington, TX 76019
Mailing address: P.O. Box 19049
Phone: 817-272-2987
Fax: 817-272-2628
Email: ees@uta.edu
Research
The UTA Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences features a robust research profile with faculty and students conducting cutting-edge research in a wide array of areas. Our faculty members’ research programs are funded by grants from state, national, and international sources including the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, ConTex, and many others. Our faculty provide excellent training for master’s and doctoral students as well as for undergraduate students, who are encouraged to become involved in research early in their college careers.
Much of the department’s research encompasses broad themes emphasized by UTA in its role as an R-1 Research Institution (Carnegie Foundation) and a Tier I Texas research institution. This includes conducting research in the following four areas and seeking solutions to the issues corresponding to each:
SUSTAINABILITY
- Energy Resources
- Earth and Materials
- Infrastructure
- Waste Reduction
- Green Technologies
CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPACT
- Sea Level Rise
- Flooding and Droughts
- Heat Waves
- Severe Weather
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- Exposure Risk
- Contaminant Transport
- Environmental Toxicology
- Vector Diseases
GEOHAZARDS
- Landslides/Rockfalls
- Debris Flows
- Earthquakes
- Volcanic Eruptions
- Tsunamis
Faculty Research Areas
Geochronology
Nathan Brown, assistant professor
Tectonics and Paleoclimate
Majie Fan, associate professor
Climate Change
Oceanography and Paleoclimate
Arne Winguth, professor
Cornelia Winguth, associate professor of instruction
Nano-Petrophysics
Qinhong “Max” Hu, professor
Environmental Geochemistry
Andrew Hunt, associate professor
Environmental Health
Hyeong-Moo Shin, assistant professor
Environmental Chemistry
Un-Jung Kim, assistant professor
Biostratigraphy
Merlynd Nestell, professor
Galina Nestell, adjunct research professor