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Our affiliated faculty come together to conduct collaborative and innovative research, support undergraduate and graduate training, and promote educational and outreach programming. They include our core faculty in the Environmental Studies Program, as well as environment- and sustainability-focused faculty from across USC’s schools and departments.<\/p>\n

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Applebaum, Scott<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Studies<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: Sustainable aquaculture, marine physiological and biochemical adaptation<\/p>\n

\u00c1rvai, Joseph<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nDana and David Dornsife Chair, Wrigley Institute Director and Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Judgment and decision-making about environmental issues and sustainability, consumer perceptions and behaviors sustainable products and technologies, perception and management of environmental and climate change risks
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Bar, Fran\u00e7ois<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Communication and Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: IDEA, Information and Communication Technologies, New Media, and Public Policy<\/p>\n

Berelson, Will<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nPaxson H. Offield Professor in Coastal and Marine Systems and Professor of Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies and Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Chemical oceanography, coastal environmental chemistry, and sediment and water-column biogeochemistry<\/p>\n

Bottjer, David<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Fossils, origin of animal life, mass extinctions and evolution in the oceans<\/p>\n

Bradforth, Stephen<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Chemistry
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Physical chemistry, ultrafast dynamics of chemical reactions in solution and in complex condensed phase systems<\/p>\n

Bruine de Bruin, W\u00e4ndi<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProvost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science<\/b>
\nAreas of expertise: Public perceptions of climate change, climate change communications, psychology of risk, behavior change interventions<\/p>\n

Capone, Douglas G.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nWilliam and Julie Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, nitrogen fixation, biocomplexity, mangrove, ecosystem, bacteria<\/p>\n

Caron, David A.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Harmful algal blooms, microbial ecology, marine food webs and trophic relationships among microorganisms, especially protists (microalgae and protozoa)<\/p>\n

Chatterjee, Monalisa<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nLecturer of Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Environmental policy, energy and sustainability, environmental economics, environmental risk analysis and conservation<\/p>\n

Chung, Eunji<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy<\/strong>
\nAreas of Expertise: Biomaterials and nanomaterial design, alternative plastics, gene therapy, drug delivery, diagnostics<\/p>\n

Corsetti, Frank<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor of Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Geobiology, early life on Earth and mass extinctions<\/p>\n

Dean, Matthew<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Evolutionary biology<\/p>\n

Deverell,\u00a0William<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nDirector, Institute on California and the West; Professor of History<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: Political, social, and environmental history and culture of nineteenth and twentieth century American West<\/p>\n

Dilkina, Bistra<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nDr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science; Co-director, USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS)<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: Machine learning-based analysis and creation of solutions for biodiversity conservation planning and urban planning<\/p>\n

Dodd, Lynn<\/b>
\nProfessor of the Practice of Religion and Spatial Sciences<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: Archaeology and society; ancient innovation and social change; archaeology of the Amuq Valley, Tigris River, and California Native American sacred sites<\/p>\n

Dutton, Jessica<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAdjunct Associate Professor (Research), Environmental Studies Program
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine invertebrate biology, coastal policy, sustainability, science communication
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Eckle, Sandy<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Statistical methods and applications in environmental epidemiology, climate, and health<\/p>\n

Edmands, Suzanne<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine biology and ecology, evolution and population genetics, molecular genetic techniques and conservation biology<\/p>\n

Ehrenreich, Ian<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Quantitative genetics, genomics, genetics, population genomics, next generation sequencing, adaptation, ecological genomics, microbiology, microorganisms<\/p>\n

Fawcett, James Alan<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAdjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine science and policy; marine transportation and seaport operations
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Feakins, Sarah<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Compound-specific hydrogen and carbon isotopic analysis, paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, paleoecology, isotope biogeochemistry, organic geochemistry<\/p>\n

Fieser,\u00a0Megan<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nGabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: Catalyst development for the synthesis of degradable plastics and degradation of current polymers.<\/p>\n

Finkel, Steven<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Microbiology, bacteriology, microbial evolution, microbial survival, and microbial fuel cells<\/p>\n

Fraser, Scott<\/b>
\n<\/b><\/a><\/span>Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Convergent Bioscience, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: Advanced imaging techniques of intact biological systems; embryonic development and medical diagnostics<\/p>\n

Fu, Feixue<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Nitrogen fixation, cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms, global climate change, nutrient limitation<\/p>\n

Fuhrman, Jed<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nMcCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Aquatic microbial ecology, marine viruses, marine bacteria, microbial biodiversity, biological oceanography, water quality and biological contaminants in ocean waters<\/p>\n

Garcia, Erika<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Environmental epidemiology, role of airborne environmental contaminants in human disease<\/p>\n

Gibson,\u00a0Shannon<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor (Teaching) of International Relations and Environmental Studies<\/b>
\nAreas of Expertise: global environmental politics, globalization, global public health, non-state actors and social movements<\/p>\n

Gil, Yolanda<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nResearch Professor of Computer Science and Associate Division Director at the Information Sciences Institute
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Knowledge-based planning and problem solving, semantic workflows, metadata capture, social knowledge collection, computer-mediated collaboration and automated discovery<\/p>\n

Gilliard-AbdulAziz, Kandis Leslie<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nWiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Circular carbon economy; carbon capture, sequestration, and utilization; waste and biomass valorization; heterogenous and homogeneous catalysis<\/p>\n

Ginsburg, David<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor (Teaching) of Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Physiology and ecology of marine organisms, coastal marine policy, and water quality and management<\/p>\n

Gomez Consarnau, Laura<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: microbial functions in the ocean and their environmental implications, bacterial genomics and physiology, environmental metagenomics\/metatranscriptomics<\/p>\n

Gracey, Andrew<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Effects of temperature, oxygen concentration and salinity on physiological processes of animals, evolutionary development of stress tolerance, hibernation, gene expression during environmental change, coping with extreme cold, genomics of surviving change, marine inter-tidal zones, sudden summer mortality syndrome in oysters and adaptations to climate change<\/p>\n

Gruskin, Sofia<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nDirector of the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Law
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Preventative medicine; conceptual, methodological and empirical links between health and human rights<\/p>\n

Hammond, Douglas E.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Environmental geology, geobiology, and chemical oceanography<\/p>\n

Hedgecock, Dennis<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nPaxson H. Offield Professor in Fisheries Ecology and Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Population genetics, quantitative genetics, evolutionary genetics and conservation genetics of marine fish and shellfish; oyster aquaculture and genetics, impact of large hatchery programs on genetic diversity of wild populations, design of marine reserves and the impact of non-native species on ecosystems and fishery management issues<\/p>\n

Heidelberg, John<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Microbial genomics; genetic, biochemical and metabolic properties of naturally occurring planktonic assemblages; use of DNA sequencers to study the genomes of marine bacteria<\/p>\n

Heidelberg, Karla<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of the Practice of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine and environmental microbiology and ecology; genetic, biochemical, and metabolic properties of naturally occurring planktonic assemblages; environmental genomics<\/p>\n

Hutchins, David<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine ecology, phytoplankton, the effects of climate change on the ocean, the effects of carbon dioxide and temperature increases on ocean food webs, organisms that benefit from \u201cgreenhouse ocean,\u201d the role of iron in marine food chain, harmful and toxic algal blooms, geobiology, marine ecology, and biogeochemistry<\/p>\n

Jacobson, Myrna<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine biogeochemistry, artificial reef technology, plant-sediment interactions, nutrient cycling in coastal environments, wetland biogeochemistry enzymes as indicators of environmental response; use of cartoons to teach fundamental principles of science<\/p>\n

John, Seth<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Oceanography, ocean modeling, climate, marine carbon capture, isotope geochemistry<\/p>\n

Kagan, Jeremy<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Cinematic Arts
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Film and television production; production techniques for strategic, high-impact, socially relevant media<\/p>\n

Kahn, Matthew E.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProvost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Urban economics, microeconomics, economics and the environment, climate change adaptation<\/p>\n

Kejriwal, Mayank<\/strong><\/a>
\nResearch Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Principal Scientist at Information Sciences Institute<\/strong>
\nAreas of Expertise: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social impact; knowledge graphs and human-AI collaboration; computational social science and science of science; trustworthy and explainable AI systems; AI applications in public health, enterprise, and national security.<\/p>\n

Kenkel, Carly<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nWilford and Daris Zinsmeyer Early Career Chair in Marine Studies and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Coral ecology, local adaptation, evolution of symbioses, and translational ecology for conservation management<\/p>\n

Kensek, Karen<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nProfessor of the Practice and ACSA Distinguished Professor of Architecture
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Building information modeling (BIM), BIM and sustainability, BIM and digital simulations, virtual reconstruction of ancient places, solar envelopes, digital design<\/p>\n

Kiefer, Dale<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine microbiology and biological oceanography, phytoplankton ecology and physiology, marine optics, and Antarctic seas<\/p>\n

Kim, Diane<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAdjunct Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Area of Expertise: Microbiology, oceanography, STEM education, kelp propagation and application in alternative biofuels<\/p>\n

Knowles, Jason<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAdjunct Associate Professor of the Practice of Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: 3D modeling and visualization, pattern and predictive analytics, complex geospatial modeling and design, spatio-temporal and multi-variate analysis, cost surface modeling, remote sensing analysis, cartographic visualization, field GPS data collection, and enterprise GIS design and implementation<\/p>\n

Levine, Naomi<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nGabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Climate-ecosystem interactions, marine carbon and nutrient cycling, microbial ecosystem dynamics, numerical ecosystem models, dimethylsulfide, climate change<\/p>\n

Lloyd, Karen G.<\/strong><\/a>
\nWrigley Chair in Environmental Studies, Professor of Earth Sciences, Professor of Marine and Environmental Biology<\/strong>
\nAreas of Expertise: geomicrobiology, subsurface biogeochemistry, oceanography, hot springs, permafrost<\/p>\n

Manahan, Donal<\/b>
\n<\/b><\/a><\/span>Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Environmental physiology of marine animals, biological adaptations to environmental change (global warming), life in extreme environments including Antarctica and deep-sea vents, aquaculture of mollusks including oysters, polar science, International Polar Year, cold biosphere including the deep ocean, science policy and legislation and scientific research in California<\/p>\n

<\/b>Marcos Diaz, Aitor<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of Marketing and Market Research<\/strong>
\nFaculty of Economics and Business, Universidad del Pa\u00eds Vasco (University of the Basque Country)<\/strong>
\nAreas of Expertise: Sustainable consumption, environmental decision-making, consumer behavior, ecological economics, sustainability management<\/p>\n

Marinescu, Smaranda<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nGabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Inorganic chemistry, solar energy conversion with inspiration from biological systems<\/p>\n

Moffett, James<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Civil and Environmental Engineering
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Biogeochemistry in the ocean, speciation and oxidation-reduction chemistry of trace elements in natural waters, interactions of metal and phytoplankton, effects of protozoans on chemicals, and metal precipitation reactions mediated by bacteria<\/p>\n

Noble, Douglas<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Architecture
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Sustainable architectural design, building enclosures, building science and technology, climate-responsive building design, indoor-outdoor relationships in architecture, the built environment, National Parks, tiny homes<\/p>\n

Nuzhdin, Sergey<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Population genetics, quantitative genetics, transposable elements, genomics, bioinformatics; life spans of\u00a0Drosophila melanogaster<\/i>,\u00a0Medicago truncatula<\/i>, and pea aphids<\/p>\n

Oliva, Paulina<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nProfessor of Economics and Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Air pollution, avoidance behavior, environmental technology adoption, environmental policy evaluation<\/p>\n

Petryshyn, Victoria<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nLecturer of Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Geology, geochemistry and paleoclimatology<\/p>\n

Robador Ausejo, Alberto<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Ecological energy flow and metabolism in natural microbial communities
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Robinson, Alexander<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor in Landscape Architecture & Urbanism
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Landscape architecture design, landscape infrastructure, landscape performance, design research, digital and physical media for landscape architecture modeling, research and design<\/p>\n

Ruddell, Darren<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Climate and society, human development and socio-ecological interactions across landscapes, human health and urban sustainability<\/p>\n

Sanders, Kelly<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nDr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Resource management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate change and energy systems<\/p>\n

Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Sergio<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Environmental biogeochemistry, influence of bioactive substances on specific biological processes such as carbon and nitrogen fixation, and the impact of anthropogenic processes on environmental quality<\/p>\n

Schwartzman, Julia<\/a>
\nGabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine microbial ecology, host-microbe interactions, evolution of multicellularity<\/p>\n

Schwarz, Norbert<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProvost Professor of Psychology and Marketing
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Consumer judgment and decision making; effects of contextual influences on consumer behavior, health behavior, and political preferences<\/p>\n

Sellers, Jefferey<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Political Science, International Relations, and Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Environmental politics and policy; multilevel governance and federalism; urban politics and policy; comparative politics, European politics, and American politics<\/p>\n

Shen, Wei-Min<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nResearch Associate Professor of Computer Science
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Autonomous underwater robots, artificial intelligence, machine learning and computational learning, robotics and intelligent systems, autonomous learning agents and robots, self-reconfigurable robots (mobile agents that can autonomously learn from their environment based on their own actions, perceptions and missions)<\/p>\n

Sigurdsen, Trond<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Teaching) of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Phylogenetics and evolutionary origins of amphibians, birds, and mammals; functional anatomy<\/p>\n

Silva, Sam<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Atmospheric composition, air quality and the environment, earth data science and machine learning<\/p>\n

Sinatra, Gale<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Psychology and Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Climate science education, evolution education, learning theory, knowledge construction, conceptual change learning, literacy acquisition, assessment, public understanding of science<\/p>\n

Smith, Kathy<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor and Chair of the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Animation, sound design, and painting<\/p>\n

Sofian, Sheila<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Cinematic Arts
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Filmmaking that investigates social issues utilizing a unique hybrid of animation and documentary<\/p>\n

Sohm, Jill<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Biological oceanography and microbial ecology, nitrogen fixation and the nitrogen cycle, sediments<\/p>\n

Stanford, Craig B.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Human evolution, primatology, primate behavior, primate societies and human behavior, tropical forest conservation, science vs. creationism, biological anthropology<\/p>\n

Steen, Drew<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Subsurface microbiology, geomicrobiology, environmental applications for machine learning<\/p>\n

Stott, Lowell<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Earth Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Climate change, paleoclimatology and paleo-oceanography, fossil evidence of climate and ocean history, micropaleontology, microscopic fossils, stable isotope geochemistry, marine geology and monsoon history<\/p>\n

Sukhatme, Gaurav S.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Robotics, mobile robotics, artificial intelligence, embedded systems (hand-held computers), intelligent agents and virtual reality<\/p>\n

Sullivan, Cornelius<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Oceanography and marine biology of polar region environments, structure and function of the ice covered ocean ecosystems in the context of global change, biological oceanography, marine biology, microbial physiological ecology, satellite remote sensing of polar oceans, and microbial communities in sea ice<\/p>\n

Thrash, J. Cameron<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine microbial physiology, genomics, and ecology; coastal hypoxia; bioremediation<\/p>\n

Ting, Selwyn<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Director, Master of Architecture Programs and Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Architecture design and integration, architecture technology; sustainable strategies
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Titus, Alexander<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nPrincipal Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Divison, Information Sciences Institute
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, quantitative and computational biology, bioinformatics, genomics, public policy, national security<\/p>\n

Vos, Robert<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor (Teaching) of Spatial Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Industrial ecology, regional materials flow analysis, eco-industrial park planning, lifecycle assessment and sustainability indicators, GIS measurements of carbon footprints<\/p>\n

Wang, Clay C. C.<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Space biology, gene regulation in fungi, pharmacology, fungal and bacterial genomes, natural products drug discovery, metabolic engineering<\/p>\n

Wang, Qiming<\/b><\/span><\/a>
\nStephen Schrank Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Bioinspired manufacturing, mechanics of novel materials and structures, infrastructure resilience, carbon dioxide sequestration, plastic waste processing<\/p>\n

Webb, Eric<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Physiology and ecology of marine and freshwater cyanobacteria, especially the mechanisms they use to acquire an essential element, iron, from the environment<\/p>\n

West, Joshua<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Marine studies and Earth sciences<\/p>\n

Wetzer, Regina<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nAdjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Evolutionary hypotheses involving previously unexplained life history traits, homoplastic morphological features, and biogeographic distributions<\/p>\n

Williams, Travis<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Chemistry
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Organic and organometallic chemistry, new catalysts and conditions to manipulate hydrides; conceptually novel chemical tools for research and clinical use<\/p>\n

Wilson, John<\/b><\/a><\/span>
\nProfessor of Sociology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Spatial Sciences, Architecture, and Preventive Medicine
\n<\/b>Areas of Expertise: Geographical Information Systems (GIS), topographic analysis programs, geostatistics, terrain analysis, soil erosion, crop productivity and water quality modeling; quantifying spatial patterns of climate, soil, vegetation and land use; spatial predictions of population growth and habitat change in Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"parent":402,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1439","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAffiliated Faculty - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/about-the-wrigley-institute\/people\/affiliated-faculty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Affiliated Faculty - 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