ESE UCLA Environmental Science and Engineering Program

Faculty
As an interdepartmental program, the ESE Program draws on faculty from twelve different departments across the UCLA campus. Participating faculty represent departments from the College of Letters and Science, School of Public Health, School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Law, and School of Public Affairs. Many of the participating faculty have national and international stature in their respective fields.

Core Faculty

Dr. Richard F. Ambrose
Restoration ecology, especially for coastal marine and estuarine environments, wetland ecology, long-term ecological monitoring, ecological impacts of contaminants in coastal habitats.

Dr. Mel Suffet
Aquatic chemical analysis and fate of hazardous chemicals or chemicals causing off-odors in the environment or during water or water reuse treatment. Effect of humic substances (natural organic matter) on pollutants - MTBE, nitrosoamines, PCBs, pesticides, pharmaceuticals.

Participating Faculty

Additional participating ESE Program Faculty hold primary appointments in other UCLA departments, including engineering, the physical and biological sciences, urban planning and policy and other social sciences. Together with the rest of the faculty of the EHS Department and faculty from across the UCLA campus, they bring to the ESE Program a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, knowledge and research skills. Associated faculty teach many of the courses taken by ESE students and assist with student advising and research.