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Environmental Sciences
Ensuring a Sustainable Global Community
Why Environmental Sciences?
The Environmental Sciences research program and concentration in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is focused on environmental quality and natural resource systems. Our mission is to:
- advance student and stakeholder knowledge,
- create new knowledge and build relationships,
- and enrich lives to ensure a sustainable global community.
Our vision is to maintain a diverse perspective with relevant priorities to ensure quality research and educational opportunities and successes for our students.
The College hosts an impressive faculty in the Environmental Sciences with a wide range of expertise across the research, extension, and teaching mission areas who work to solve the problems facing Tennessee, the United States, and the world.
Our Expertise
- Award-winning faculty engage undergraduate and graduate students in laboratory and field research
- High-impact research features new and effective approaches
- Every course instructor engages in research
- Excellent laboratory facilities and equipment
- All courses involve hands-on training
Careers
Wildlife Manager • Horticulturist • Zoologist • Microbiologist • Soil & Plant Scientist • Ecologist • Sustainability Consultant • Waste Management Officer • Water Quality • Scientist • Nature Conservation Officer • Wetland & Stream Ecologist • Natural Resources Specialist • Land Use Planner • GIS Technician • Environmental Safety • Officer • Invasive Species Specialist • Seasonal Aquatic Biologist • Park Ranger • Geologist • Environmental Compliance Manager • Environmental Geologist
What Classes are needed for an Environmental Sciences Concentration?
Financial Assistance
The College of Agriculture offers several financial awards designed to assist students with funding their education. Students can apply for the Dean’s Scholars or Leadership Development programs.
Faculty and Graduate Students
Focus Areas:
- Applied Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) (Dr. Solomon Haile, Dr. Reginald Archer)
- Applied remote sensing (Dr. Clement Akumu, Dr. Reginald Archer)
- Bioenergy (Dr. Jason de Koff)
- Climate change (Dr. Jianwei Li)
- Environmental soil chemistry (Dr. Sudipta Rakshit)
- Forest biomass modeling (Dr. Bharat Pokharel)
- Forest ecology (Dr. Sarah Neuman)
- Plant Nutrition (Dr. Dharma Pitchay)
- Urban forestry (Dr. De’Etra Young)
- Urbanization and environmental change (Dr. Reginald Archer)
- Water quality (Dr. Sam Dennis)
- Wetlands and bioremediation (Dr. Tom Byl)
- Wildlife ecology (Dr. William Sutton)
For Additional Information
Dr. De'Etra Young, Program Advisor
dyoung23@tnstate.edu
Dr. Sam Nahashon, Department Head
(615) 963-2575 | snahashon@tnstate.edu