High Meadows Environmental Institute Jump To: Jump To: Overview Founded in 1994, the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) is the interdisciplinary center of environmental research, education and outreach at Princeton University. HMEI's mission is to advance understanding of the Earth as a complex system influenced by human activities, and to inform solutions to local and global challenges by conducting groundbreaking research across disciplines and by preparing future leaders in diverse fields to impact a world increasingly shaped by climate change. HMEI draws strength from more than 120 members of the Princeton faculty, representing 30 academic disciplines, whose research and teaching focus on the scientific, technical, policy and human dimensions of environmental issues. The Institute functions as a central resource for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, alumni and others with an interest in environmental topics. Program Offerings HMEI's principal research centers and programs address complex issues surrounding global change; energy and climate; bio-geochemical cycles; molecular geochemistry; biodiversity; conservation; environmental science and policy; environmental humanities; infectious disease and global health; and sustainable development in impoverished and resource-challenged regions of the world. In 2007, HMEI launched the Grand Challenges Program to address the world's most vexing environmental problems through an integrated research and teaching program. The program involves cutting-edge research conducted locally and around the world and engages a broad cross-section of the University research community. The program's academic mission is advanced through innovations in teaching and learning, including graduate and undergraduate courses, internships and opportunities for research in and around faculty research cooperatives. HMEI offers an array of courses that explore environmental issues through the lenses of the natural sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences. Undergraduate students who wish to demonstrate proficiency in the environmental field may pursue a Minor in Environmental Studies through HMEI's Program in Environmental Studies. As early as the first year, students are eligible to apply for internships with Princeton faculty and for other mentored research opportunities. These paid fellowships provide exposure to cutting-edge research on a wide variety of environmental topics. Additionally, HMEI provides support for field research connected to independent work in the junior and senior years. The ENV program and related opportunities are open to all students regardless of academic major. HMEI offers several novel programs and opportunities for graduate students, including the HMEI-STEP Fellowship Program, the Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars Program (PECS) and the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies. Additional information about HMEI is available on the Institute's website. Faculty Director Gabriel A. Vecchi Faculty Advisory Committee João Biehl Thomas S. Duffy Mario I. Gandelsonas Simon E. Gikandi William A. Gleason Katharine B. Hackett, ex officio Melissa Lane Simon A. Levin Jonathan M. Levine Stephen Pacala Catherine A. Peters Howard A. Stone Corina E. Tarnita, ex officio Gabriel A. Vecchi, ex officio Bess Ward Elke U. Weber Sits with Committee Jeanne Altmann Jay B. Benziger Samuel A. Cohen Chris Greig Isaac M. Held Karl E. Kusserow Eric D. Larson Ramanan Laxminarayan Venkatachalam Ramaswamy Alexander J. Smits Robert H. Socolow Professor Allison Carruth Curtis A. Deutsch Lars O. Hedin Reed M. Maxwell Anne McClintock Rob Nixon Michael Oppenheimer Amilcare M. Porporato Anu Ramaswami Gabriel A. Vecchi Gabriele Villarini Bess Ward David S. Wilcove Associate Professor Ian C. Bourg Luc Deike Assistant Professor Laure Resplandy Jerry C. Zee Xinning Zhang Associated Faculty Sigrid M. Adriaenssens, Civil and Environmental Eng Stanley T. Allen, Architecture Craig B. Arnold, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng José L. Avalos, Chemical and Biological Eng Julien F. Ayroles, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Bonnie L. Bassler, Molecular Biology Charles R. Beitz, Politics João Biehl, Anthropology Göran Magnus Blix, French & Italian Andrew B. Bocarsly, Chemistry Elie R. Bou-Zeid, Civil and Environmental Eng M. Christine Boyer, Architecture Benjamin H. Bradlow, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs D. Graham Burnett, History Curtis G. Callan, Physics Shane C. Campbell-Staton, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Vera S. Candiani, History René A. Carmona, Oper Res and Financial Eng Emily Ann Carter, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng Michael A. Celia, Civil and Environmental Eng Miguel A. Centeno, Sociology Paul J. Chirik, Chemistry Christopher F. Chyba, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Jonathan M. Conway, Chemical and Biological Eng Angela N. Creager, History Janet M. Currie, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Sujit S. Datta, Chemical and Biological Eng Rachael Z. DeLue, Art and Archaeology Pablo G. Debenedetti, Dean for Research, Office of Adji Bousso Dieng, Computer Science Jacob S. Dlamini, History Andy P. Dobson, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Thomas S. Duffy, Geosciences Stephan A. Fueglistaler, Geosciences Agustin Fuentes, Anthropology Mario I. Gandelsonas, Architecture Filiz Garip, Sociology Maria E. Garlock, Civil and Environmental Eng Hanna Garth, Anthropology Alexander Glaser, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs William A. Gleason, English Claire F. Gmachl, Electrical & Comp Engineering Andrea J. Goldsmith, Engineering & Applied Science Robert J. Goldston, Astrophysical Sciences Andrea L. Graham, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Bryan T. Grenfell, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs John T. Groves, Chemistry Kelsey B. Hatzell, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng Bernard A. Haykel, Near Eastern Studies John A. Higgins, Geosciences Allan Hsiao, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Alison E. Isenberg, History Peter R. Jaffé, Civil and Environmental Eng Amaney A. Jamal, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Jesse D. Jenkins, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng Jennifer L. Jennings, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Yiguang Ju, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng Bruce E. Koel, Chemical and Biological Eng Emmanuel H. Kreike, History Melissa Lane, Politics Chung K. Law, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng Simon A. Levin, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Jonathan M. Levine, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Paul Lewis, Architecture Ning Lin, Civil and Environmental Eng Adam C. Maloof, Geosciences Syukuro Manabe, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Margaret R. Martonosi, Computer Science Denise L. Mauzerall, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Erika L. Milam, History Helen V. Milner, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Ryo Morimoto, Anthropology Paul B. Muldoon, Lewis Center for the Arts Satish C. Myneni, Geosciences Elizabeth Niespolo, Geosciences Guy J.P. Nordenson, Architecture Stephen Pacala, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Catherine A. Peters, Civil and Environmental Eng H. Vincent Poor, Electrical & Comp Engineering Rachel L. Price, Spanish & Portuguese Rodney D. Priestley, Dean of the Graduate School Robert M. Pringle, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Kristopher W. Ramsay, Politics Barry P. Rand, Electrical & Comp Engineering Z. Jason Ren, Civil and Environmental Eng Jennifer Rexford, Computer Science Christina P. Riehl, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Carolyn M. Rouse, Anthropology Daniel Rubenstein, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Michele L. Sarazen, Chemical and Biological Eng Blair Schoene, Geosciences Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Chemistry Jacob N. Shapiro, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Daniel M. Sigman, Geosciences Frederik J. Simons, Geosciences Peter A. Singer, Center for Human Values Jaswinder P. Singh, Computer Science James Smith, Civil and Environmental Eng Mary C. Stoddard, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Howard A. Stone, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng Sankaran Sundaresan, Chemical and Biological Eng Corina E. Tarnita, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Eric Tate, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Elke U. Weber, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Marissa L. Weichman, Chemistry David Wentzlaff, Electrical & Comp Engineering Jeffrey Whetstone, Lewis Center for the Arts Claire E. White, Civil and Environmental Eng Jennifer A. Widner, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Gerard Wysocki, Electrical & Comp Engineering Mark A. Zondlo, Civil and Environmental Eng Lecturer Anne M. Kraepiel-Morel Visiting Professor Deborah Popper Frank Popper Visiting Associate Professor Kevon Rhiney For a full list of faculty members and fellows please visit the department or program website. Courses ENV 102A - Climate: Past, Present, and Future (also GEO 102A/STC 102A) Not offered this year SEN ENV 102B - Climate: Past, Present, and Future (also GEO 102B/STC 102B) Not offered this year SEL ENV 206 - Designing Sustainable Systems (also ARC 208/EGR 208/ENE 202) Fall SEL ENV 207 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering (also CEE 207) Fall QCR ENV 219 - Catastrophes across Cultures: The Anthropology of Disaster (also ANT 219) SA ENV 300 - Environmental Engineering and Energy (also CEE 304/ENE 304) Not offered this year ENV 304 - Disease Ecology, Economics, and Policy (also ECO 328/EEB 304/SPI 455) Fall SEN The dynamics of the emergence and spread of disease arise from a complex interplay among disease ecology, economics, and human behavior. Lectures will provide an introduction to complementarities between economic and epidemiological approaches to understanding the emergence, spread, and control of infectious diseases. The course will cover topics such as drug-resistance in bacterial and parasitic infections, individual incentives to vaccinate, the role of information in the transmission of infectious diseases, and the evolution of social norms in healthcare practices. One three-hour lecture, one preceptorial. C. Metcalf ENV 305 - Topics in Environmental Studies Fall SA Special topics courses related to the broad field of environmental studies. F. Popper, D. Popper ENV 306 - Topics in Environmental Studies Spring HA Special topics courses related to the broad field of environmental studies. Seminar. J. Ruderman ENV 308 - Documentary Filmmaking in Kenya (also AFS 312/GLS 312/VIS 310) Not offered this year LA ENV 310 - Environmental Law and Moot Court Spring SA Examining the relationship between law and environmental policy, this course focuses on cases that have established policy principles. The first half of the seminar will be conducted using the Socratic method. The second half will allow students to reargue either the plaintiff or defendant position in a key case, which will be decided by the classroom jury. L. Mehranvar, D. Greenhouse ENV 318 - Hydrology: Water and Climate (also CEE 306) Spring SEN ENV 319 - Environmental Economics (also ECO 329/SPI 306) Fall SA ENV 326 - Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate (also GEO 202) Spring SEN ENV 328 - Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World (also EGR 328/ENE 328/MAE 328) Not offered this year SEN ENV 331 - Environmental Chemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems (also CHM 331/GEO 363) Fall SEN ENV 334 - Global Environmental Issues (also CEE 334/ENE 334/SPI 452) Spring SEN ENV 339 - Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, Policy (also ENE 366/GEO 366/SPI 451) Spring SEN ENV 349 - Writing about Science (also JRN 349/STC 349) Fall SEN ENV 350 - The Environment: Science and Policy (also SPI 350) Not offered this year SEN ENV 356 - Topics in Environmental Justice in the Geosciences (also GEO 360) Spring SEL ENV 361 - Earth's Atmosphere (also CEE 360/GEO 361) Fall SEN ENV 362 - Earth History (also GEO 362) Spring SEN ENV 365 - Conservation Biology (also EEB 308) Fall SEN ENV 370 - Sedimentology (also CEE 370/GEO 370) Spring SEN ENV 384 - Ecology: Species Interactions, Biodiversity and Society (also EEB 321) Fall SEL ENV 388 - Environmental Materials Chemistry: Researching in Field and Laboratory (also GEO 369/MSE 369) Spring SEN ENV 403 - Advanced Seminar in American Studies (also AMS 403/ART 406) Not offered this year CDLA ENV 406 - Energy and Form (also ARC 406) Not offered this year ENV 417A - Ecosystems, Climate Change and Global Food (also EEB 417A) Fall SEN ENV 417B - Ecosystems, Climate Change and Global Food (also EEB 417B) Not offered this year SEL ENV 431 - Solar Energy Conversion (also ECE 431/EGR 431/ENE 431) QCR ENV 432 - Environment and War (also HIS 432) Fall HA ENV 472 - Environmental Chemistry of Soils (also CHM 470/GEO 470) Spring ENV 474 - Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (also CEE 474) Fall SEN ENV 492 - Topics in the Formal Analysis of the Urban Structure (also ARC 492/URB 492) Spring
