ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Baylor's Department of Environmental Science is
Outstanding Research Facilities
one of the University's most dynamic departments. Our faculty are dedicated to educating students in the cutting evaluate and solve essential environmental problems. Our
Graduate students in Environmental Science have access to advanced instrumentation laboratories, field sites, and mesocosm facilities.
goal is to provide a community where students can learn
Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research
edge scientific principles and techniques that are used to
to be stewards of our natural resources. Current research areas include air and water quality, climate change, environmental toxicology and chemistry, risk assessment, applied ecology, and ecosystem management.
Program Options
(CRASR) The center operates under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved quality management plan. It supports analysis of traditional water quality parameters such as nutrients and total organic carbon. Baylor Experimental Aquatic Research (BEAR) Stream
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science (PhD)
Mesocosm Facility
Designed to engage a wide variety of research topics
This unique resource houses controlled, yet realistic water
and to address complex global environmental problems
research studies in a 30,000 square-foot area. Mesocosms
through an interdisciplinary approach.
allow researchers to control environmental paramters,
78 semester hours, including a 12-hour cognate
chemical concentrations, and evaluate effects on aquatic
specialization and successful completion and defense of a
organisms. The BEAR facility is located at the Lake
dissertation.
Waco Wetlands and features 12 artificial streams and 24
Master of Science (MS)
wetland/pond habitats.
Designed to improve the skills of students with a Bachelor of Science degree before entering the work force or pursuing doctoral studies. 30 semester hours Master of Environmental Studies (MES) Designed to accomodate students who are interested
Mass Spectrometry Center Instruments available at this center are capable of quanitfying analytes at environmentally relevant concentrations and qualitatively determining complex chemical patterns within sample types.
in an applied program with additional opportunities to
Molecular Biosciences Center
specialize coursework in their area of interest.
This center enables, enhances, and expands molecular
30 semester hours, including a thesis or practicum option
bioscience research. Facilites currently allow for DNA sequencing, flow cytrometry, real time-PCR, BSL-1 and
Student Opportunities
BSL-2 cell culture, and more.
n Travel support to present research findings at national
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and international conferences
n Grant funded research assistantships
Sascha Usenko, PhD, and Erica Bruce, PhD
n Internal fellowship and scholarship opportunities
Program Directors
n Distinguished career opportunities (notable alumni
Department of Environmental Science
employers include the Centers for Diseas Control,
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the Environmental Protection Agency, and state
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environmental agencies)
baylor.edu/environmentalscience/
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE GRADUATE FACULTY SUSAN P. BRATTON, PHD
GEORGE COBB, PHD
CHRISTIE M. SAYES, PHD
Environmental Ethics
Fate, Exposure, and Ultra-Trace
Environmental, Health, and Safety
Conservation Ecology
Exposure Assessment
Christian Environmental Theology
Non-Lethal Monitoring
Analytical Methods
Nanotechnology Nanotoxicology
Environmental and Landscape
Fate and Transport of Particles
History
RAMON LAVADO, PHD
Forest Ecology
Aquatic Toxicology
Management of Parks
Biomarkers
REBECCA SHEESLEY, PHD
Biotransformation
Atmospheric Science
Ecotoxicology
Air Quality
and Natural Areas
BRYAN W. BROOKS, PHD
Endocrine Disruption
Carbonaceous Aerosols
Water Quality and Re-Use
Environmental and Molecular
Organic Tracers
Comparative Toxicology
Toxicology
Source Apportionment
Applied Ecology
Multiple Stressors
Sustainable Molecular Design Harmful Algal Blooms
SASCHA USENKO, PHD COLE W. MATSON, PHD
Fate and Transport of Anthropogenic
Aquatic Toxicology
Contaminants
ERICA D. BRUCE, PHD
Biomarkers
Environmental Forensic Chemistry
Human Health Risk Assessment
Conservation Genetics
Bioaccumulation of Persistent
Quantitative Structure-Activity
Ecotoxicology
Relationship (QSAR) Modeling
Environmental, Evolutionary,
In-Vitro and Mechanistic Toxicology
Cell and Tissue Culture
and Nanomaterial Toxicology
Chemicals