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Peter Alstone Ph.D.  Assistant Professor

Peter Alstone
Contact

E-mail: peter.alstone@humboldt.edu
Phone: (707) 826-3135
Office: Harry Griffith Hall 116C
Website: N/A

Education

PhD in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley, MS in Environmental Systems and Technology from Cal Poly Humboldt, BS in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State Unviersity.

Research and Consulting Interests

Distributed Electricity Technology, Demand Response, Off-Grid Power in the Developing World, Nexus of Information Technology and Energy Systems

Eileen M. Cashman Ph.D.  Professor
Eileen Cashman
Contact

E-mail: emc7001@humboldt.edu
Phone: (707)826-5776 
Office: Harry Griffith Hall 114B
Fax: (707)826-3616

Education

BS, Cal Poly Humboldt,
MS, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research and Consulting Interests

Water Resource Engineering, Watershed Modeling for Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Sediment Transport Modeling (Physical and Numerical), Engineering Education Curriculum Development and Assessment

Tesfayohanes Jacob Ph.D.  Assistant Professor
Contact

Email: yacob@humboldt.edu
Tel: 707-826-3618
Office: Harry Griffith Hall 102

Education

B. Sc. Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Ph. D. Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder

Research and Consulting Interests

Water and wastewater treatment, emerging contaminants, groundwater hydrology, WASH, Urbanization in Developing Countries.

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach Ph.D. Professor
Beth  Eschenbach
Contact

E-mail: Beth.Eschenbach@humboldt.edu
Phone: (707)826-4348
Office: Harry Griffith Hall 101
Fax: (707)826-3616

Education

BA, UC Santa Cruz,
MS, Ph.D. Cornell University

Research and Consulting Interests

Water Resources Planning and Management, Environmental Systems, Stochastic Optimization, Risk Analysis, Engineering Education including  K-12 involvement in engineering, and liberative pedagogies.

Arne Jacobson Ph.D. Professor
Arne  Jacobson
Contact

E-mail: arne@humboldt.edu
Phone: (707)826-4302
Office: Schatz Energy Research Center, Room 203

Education

BA, Earlham College,
MS, Cal Poly Humboldt,
Ph.D. UC Berkeley

Research and Consulting Interests

Renewable Energy Technologies, Solar Power, Offshore Wind Energy, Access to Energy in Off-Grid Areas, Energy Policy, Global Climate Change

Bonnie Ludka PH.D. Assistant Professor
Contact

E-mail: bonnie.ludka@humboldt.edu
Phone: (707) 826-4341
Office: BSS 336
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/coastal-ludka/

Education

B.S. Physics, James Madison University
M.S., Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Research and Consulting Interests

Coastal science, engineering and management (see website for more detail).  

Josephine Archibald PH.D. Assistant Professor
Photo of Dr. Archibald
Contact

E-mail: Josephine.Archibald@humboldt.edu
Phone: 707-826-3608
Office: HGH 116B

Education

BS: Oberlin College
PhD: Cornell University

Research and Consulting Interests

Watershed modeling, nutrient transport, spatial distribution of runoff and soil moisture.

 Sintana Vergara Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Contact

E-mail: vergara@humboldt.edu
Phone: (707) 826-3278
Office: Harry Griffith Hall (HGH) 118D

Education

Ph.D., Energy and Resources, University of California Berkeley, 2012
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2009
M.S., Energy and Resources, University of California Berkeley, 2007
B.S., Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 2004

Research and Consulting Interests

Solid waste management, Composting, Carbon sequestration, Greenhouse gas emissions from biological decomposition, Lifecycle assessment and Soil carbon