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U.S. Department of Labor: Job Outlook for Environmental Scientists/Specialists
Employment of environmental scientists and specialists is projected to grow 15% from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average for all occupations in the U.S. Heightened public interest in the hazards facing the environment, as well as the increasing demands placed on the environment by population growth, is expected to spur demand for environmental scientists and specialists. The median annual wage for environmental scientists and specialists was $63,570 in May 2012 in the U.S.For more information, please visit the United States Department of Labor-Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm
SIUE Fastest Growing Illinois Public Institution in 20 Year Period
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is the fastest growing public institution in Illinois over the past 20 years. According to the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), SIUE has demonstrated a 26.8% growth in total enrollment from 1996 to 2016.
2017 Environmental Research Retreat
The Environmental Sciences Program at SIUE and the Environmental Resources and Policy Program at SIUC have sucessfully organized the first Environmental Research Retreat. The retreat was held on 5-6 May 2017 in Maryville-Edwardsville, with 37 participants from Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses and 11 oral and 16 poster presentations by faculty and graduate students.
Congratulations to Dr. Bill Retzlaff who recently has been awarded as Fellow of Illinois State Academy of Science.
Congratulations to Lalita Mazgaeen and Molly McCready who received the Outstanding Environmental Sciences Graduate Award in 2017. The Environmental Sciences Program at SIU Edwardsville is now offering a cooperative doctoral program - PhD in Environmental Resources and Policy (ERP) - in collaboration with the Environmental Resources and Policy Program at SIU Carbondale. Please visit ERP program website for additional information (Click here).
Congratulations to Hannah Fyfe and Jun Wang who received both the Outstanding Environmental Sciences Graduate Award and the Julia E. Walker Award in Environmental Sciences in 2016.
Welcome Dr. Ben Greenfield, Assistant Professor in Environmental Health
Dr. Ben Greenfield will join the Environmental Sciences Program in Fall 2016, as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Health. Dr. Greenfield graduated from the School of Public Health (the Environmental Health Sciences Division) at the University of California at Berkeley. He will teach Occupational Health, Environmental Health and Waste Management, Topics of Environmental Health and Toxicology, and Statistics for Environmental Sciences courses.
Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences
The Environmental Sciences Program has started a new undergraduate major program - BA/BS in Environmental Sciences - in Fall 2016. This new undergraduate program has three specializations: (1) Environmental Health, (2) Environmental Toxicology, and (3) Environmental Management. For more information, please click here or contact the Environmental Sciences Program office.
ENSC Students' activities during SIUE Hands-On Day on 22 September 2015
Dr. Kyong Yoon studies outbreak of treatment-resistant head lice
Click here to read more about his research findings
Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Best Poster and Best Oral Presentation Awards at 2015 Annual Meeting Illinois State Academy of Science on 10-11 April 2015 in Macomb, IL.
Best Poster Presentation Award: Allyssa Decker
Best Oral Presentation Award: Ashley Keely
Congratulations to the following graduate students for receiving the Research Grants for Graduate Students Award in 2015:
- Ayomipo Adeyemo
- Hannah Fyfe
- Vineet Garlapally
- Lalita Mazgaeen
- Kathleen Siech
- Kelsey Tharp
- Ranjitha Uppala
- Jun Wang
Congratulations to Stephanie Matthew, the recipient of 2015 Outstanding Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Award.
Recent Publications (student author)
Hughes, M.F., Chan, M.P.L., Starr, J.M., Shafer, T.J., Scollon, E.J., DeVito, M.J. Extrapolating dose in vitro to dose in vivo of a neurotoxic pyrethroid pesticide using empirical approaches and a PBPK model. In: Parameters for Pesticide QSAR and PBPK/PD Models for Human Risk Assessment; Knaak J., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C; 2012: 229-241.
Hussar, E., Richards, S., Lin, Z.-Q., Dixon, R.P., and Johnson, K.A. 2012. Human Health Risk Assessment of 16 Priority Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 223(9): 5535-5548.
Theodorakis, C. W., Bickham, J., Donnelly, K. C., McDnnald, T., and Willink, P. 2012. DNA damage in cichlids from an oil production facility in Guatemala. Exotoxicology. 21: 496-511.
Guehlstorf, N. P. and Hallstrom, L. K. 2012. Participatory Watershed Management: A Case Study from Maritime Canada. Journal of Environmental Practice. 14(2): 143-153
News - 2014
Students' activities during SIUE Hands-On Day on 16 September 2014
Our students were busy explaining and demonstrating experiments to visitors at the booth.
Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) Award in 2014:
- Keith Flaugher
- Ashley Keely
- Stephanie Matthew
- Iyabode Ogunkuade
- Kimberly Phillips
- Mohammad Rashid
- Sahar Zeinali
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Chan, the recipient of 2014 Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award. Dr. Chan's project focuses on how the blood brain barrier could potentially impact absorption of potentially harmful consumer products, such as pesticides or pharmaceuticals products from blood to the brain. The objective of the study is to understand the physiological representation of the in vitro system and whether consideration of the blood brain barrier is important. This research is important because she anticipates that the preliminary results from the proposed project could be used to improve laboratory methods and to develop useful tools/biomarkers for public health risk assessment. For more information, please visit:
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2014/8/spotlight-formerpostdoc/index.htm
http://siuedwardsville.tumblr.com/post/90584252956/siue-2014-vaughnie-lindsay-new-investigator-award-to
Congratulations to Julianne Epplin, the recipient of 2014 Outstanding Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Award and Julia E. Walker Award in Environmental Sciences.
Mr. Vincent Giammaria recently gave an oral presentation entitled Environmental Justice in Urban Development Planning: Mobility and Accessibility in the Transportation Corridor at 2014 SIUE Graduate Symposium that was held on April 1, 2014, and won the first place for oral presentation. Vincent is a MS graduate student in the track of Environmental Policy and Public Administration under the supervision of Dr. Nicholas Guehlstorf.
News - 2013
Dr. Melissa Chan, has recently been awarded a BRIDGE Fellowship Award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to conduct her research and study in Japan in 2013-2014.
In 2013 Mr. John Gemoules was awarded the "Outstanding Graduate Student in Environmental Sciences" Award and received $100.
Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) Award in 2013:
- Adam Paige
- Vincent Giammaria
- Swechhya Singh
