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Emeriti Faculty

Albert Page
Albert L Page
Professor Emeritus of Soil Science & Chemist

Research Areas: 
Soil Chemistry, Ion-Exchange Equilibria, Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements

Departments/Programs:
Environmental Sciences 

Education:
Ph.D., 1960, Univ. of California, Davis (Soil Science)

Andrew C Chang
Andrew C Chang
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science

Research Areas: 
Environmental Chemistry

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1971 

Christopher Amrhein
Christopher Amrhein 
Professor Emeritus of Soil & Environmental Sciences

Research Areas: 
Agricultural Wastewater Management, Oxidation Chemistry, Dissolution and Precipitation Kinetics, Soil Chemistry 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry, 1984, Utah State University

David E Crowley
David E Crowley
Professor Emeritus/Soil Scientist

Research Areas: 
Soil Microbiology, Bioremediation, Microbial Ecology, Plant-Soil Relations 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1986

David Crohn
David Crohn 
Associate Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences
Extension Resource Conservation Specialist 

Research Areas: 
Environmental Optimization, Compost Production and Use, Erosion Control, Soil Nitrogen Management 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1992

David R Parker
David R Parker
Professor Emeritus of Soil Chemistry & Soil Chemist 

Research Areas: 
Geochemistry, Trace-Element Biogeochemistry and Bioavailability, Rhizosphere Chemistry, Plant Toxicities of Metals and Metalloids 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1988 

Henry J Vaux Jr
Henry J Vaux Jr
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Economics

Research Areas: 
Economics of Water Resource, Water Policy

Departments/Programs:
Environmental Sciences 

Education:
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1973

James Oster
James Oster
CE Emeritus Soil and Water Specialist 

Research Areas: 
Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Plant Physiology, Irrigation Water Management, Water Quality 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1964 

James Sickman
James Sickman
Professor Emeritus of Hydrology

Research Areas: 
Biogeochemistry of Rivers, Lakes, and Watersheds, Limnology of High Elevation Lakes, Environmental Isotopes 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Watershed Biogeochemistry, U.C. Santa Barbara, 2001 

Janet Arey
Janet Arey 
Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Chemistry
Research Chemist 

Research Areas: 
Environmental Chamber Studies 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Laney Lund
Laney Lund
Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

Research Areas: 
Soil Morphology and Classification

Departments/Programs:
Environmental Sciences 

Education:
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1971

Marylynn V Yates
Marylynn V Yates
Professor Emerita of Environmental Microbiology

Research Areas: 
Water and Wastewater Microbiology

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1984 

Michael A Anderson
Michael A Anderson 
Professor Emeritus of Soil Chemistry & Soil Chemist 

Research Areas: 
Applied Limnology and Lake/Reservoir Management, Surface Water Quality and Modeling, Fate of Contaminants in Soils, Sediments, and Waters, Environmental Chemistry 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1990

Paul J Ziemann
Paul J Ziemann 
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences

Research Areas: 
Chemistry of Submicron Atmospheric Aersol Particles
Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 
Education: 
Ph.D., Penn State, 1991 

Robert Graham
Robert Graham 
Professor Emeritus of Soil Mineralogy & Soil Mineralogist 

Research Areas: 
Weathering, properties, and behavior of soil minerals, Soil genesis and geomorphology, Ecosystems roles of soils and weathered bedrock, Wildland soils, Morphologic and micromorphologic interpretations of soil age 

Departments/Programs: 
Geosciences, Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1986 

Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez
Roberto Sánchez-Rodríguez
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences 

Research Areas: 
Global Environmental Change, Environmental Issues in Urban Areas, Sustainable Development, Environmental Policies and Practices 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: Ph.D. in Regional and Urban Planning 

Roger Atkinson
Roger Atkinson 
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Chemistry

Research Areas: 
Gas-Phase Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry of Organic Compounds 

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

Education: 
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK 

William Jury
William Jury 
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Soil Physics 

Research Areas: 
Organic and Inorganic Chemical Movement in Field Soils, Organic Chemical Screening Models, Measurement and Modeling of Preferential Chemical Flows, Global Water Management  

Departments/Programs: 
Environmental Sciences 

  • William C. Fairbank*

    Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences

    Research Areas: Agricultural Engineering

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences 

    Education: B.S., UC Davis

  • Walter Farmer*

    Professor Emeritus of Soil Science & Chemist

    Research Areas: Phsicochemical Processes, Organic Compounds and Soil Colloids

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences 

    Education: Ph. D., Purdue University, 1966

  • William T. Frankenberger*
    Keith Knapp

    Distinguished Prof Emeritus of Soil Sci & Soil Microbiology

    Research Areas: Microbial Production of Phytohormones in Soils; Bioremediation of Selenium and Perchlorate.

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences

    Education: Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1980

  • Keith C. Knapp*
    Keith Knapp

    Professor Emeritus of Resource Economics

    Research Areas: Irrigation management, salinity and drainage problems in the San Joaquin Valley; Renewable resource management with an emphasis on groundwater; Agricultural markets and the implications of exhaustible resources for economic growth.

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences 

    Education: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1980

  • John Letey*
    John Letey

    Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Soil Physics and Soil Physicist

    • Former Director, University of California Center for Water Resources
    • Chair, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UCR, 1975-1980


    Research Areas: Transport phenomena in soils; Optimal irrigation water management; Water repellency of soils; Polymers and soil structure; Pesticide transport.

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences 

    Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1959

  • Parker F. Pratt*

    Professor Emeritus of Soil Science

    • Former Chair, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UCR
    • Director, USDA Salinity Laboratory (1986)


    Research Areas: Soil Science

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences 

    Education: Ph.D., Iowa State University

  • Albert L Page*

    Professor Emeritus of Soil Science & Chemist

    • SSSA, Board of Directors
    • President, Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health


    Research Areas: Soil Chemistry

    Departments/Programs: Environmental Sciences 

    Education: Ph.D., University of California, Davis

* Deceased

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