22 faculty and 0 courses in Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of California, Merced.
- Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Professor h-index 57
Effect of climate changes on storage and stabilization of soil organic matter - Nano-scale biogeochemistry of iron oxides - Erosion and terrestrial carbon sequestration - Political ecology of land degradation and ownership Education: - Ph.D., 2006 - Univers
- Joshua Viers, Professor h-index 43
Agroecology and Conservation Agriculture Planning and Implementation - Climatic and Hydrological Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies - Ecosystem Service and Biodiversity Inventory, Assessment, and Restoration - Geospatial Technologies
- Martha Conklin, Professor Emeritus h-index 37
Surface water/groundwater interactions - Watershed hydrology - Forest management/water interactions - Natural tracers for water movement - Stakeholder engagement - K-12 environmental education Education: - Ph.D., 1986 — California Institute of Technology
- Thomas Harmon, Professor h-index 27
Contaminant transport in aquatic systems - Soil and groundwater remediation - Development and use of environmental sensors Department: Dean's Office Education: - Ph.D., 1992 — Stanford University - M.S., 1986 — Stanford University - B.S., 1985 — The Johns H
- Erin Hestir, Professor h-index 25
Water and food security/biodiversity/ecosystem services - Geospatial analytics - Hyperspectral and satellite remote sensing - Sensor networks in inland and coastal waters and wetlands Education: - Ph.D., 2010 - UC Davis, Geography - B.A., 2004 - UC Berkeley
- Mark Matsumoto, Professor Emeritus h-index 21
Water and wastewater treatment, especially land-based treatment systems - Hazardous waste site remediation Department: Dean's Office Education: - B.S., 1977 — UC Irvine - M.S., 1980 — UC Davis - Ph.D., 1982 — UC Davis Awards - ELI. Lily Foundation Fello
- Sam Markolf, Assistant Professor h-index 17
Sustainability and Resilience of Urban and Infrastructure Systems - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation - Interconnected Social-Ecological-Technological Systems (SETS) - Systems Thinking and Risk Analysis under Uncertainty Education: - Ph.D., 2015 — Ca
- Tapan Pathak, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension h-index 15
Applied climate in agriculture Education: - Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, University of Florida. 2010 - M.S. Irrigation Engineering, Utah State University. 2004 - B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Gujarat Agricultural University. 2000 Departments: Civil & E
- Abbas Ghassemi, Teaching Professor and Executive Committee Chair
Risk-based decision-making - Renewable energy (solar, wind and geothermal) - Bio-based fuels and water desalination - Carbon management and sequestration - Energy efficiency - Pollution prevention, multiphase flow and process control Education: - Ph.D., 199
- Colleen Naughton, Assistant Professor
Food-Energy-Water Systems (FEWS) - Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) - Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in developing communities - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Integration of Anthropology and Engineering - Science Policy Education
- Josué Medellín-Azuara, Professor
Large scale hydro-economic modeling for water management and policy analysis - Water management for agricultural, environmental and urban uses - Agricultural production adaptation to drought and climate change - Sustainable agroecosystems for water and food
- Marc Beutel, Professor and Department Chair (CEE)
Surface Water Quality - Lake and Reservoir Management - Mercury Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems - Natural Treatment Systems Education: - Ph.D., 2000 — University of California, Berkeley - M.S., 1994 — University of California, Berkeley - B.S., 1990 — Universi
- Marina Garcia Lopez-Arias, Assistant Professor
Sustainable construction materials - Concrete and advanced cementitious composites - Carbon dioxide capture and mitigation of environmental pollutants using construction materials - Proactive and multifunctional properties of construction materials - Therma
- Rakesh Goel, Professor and Dean
Seismic safety of marine structures - Seismic analysis of bridges in fault-rupture zones - Use of supplemental damping to improve seismic behavior of structures - Performance-based seismic engineering of buildings - Earthquake analysis and design of plan-wi
- Robert Rice, Associate Teaching Professor
Snow science - Mountain hydrology - Water resources - Sensor networks - Remote sensing - Climate change Education: - Ph.D., 2004 — University of Utah - Master's of Science, 1998 — University of Utah - Bachelor's of Arts, 1986 — Hobart College Departments:
- Roger Bales, Professor Emeritus
Ecosystem climate solutions; Water resources; Hydrology
- Roland Winston, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Solar power and renewable energy - Elementary particle physics - Non-imaging optics Education: - Ph.D., 1963 — University of Chicago - M.S., 1957 — University of Chicago - B.S., 1956 — University of Chicago Departments: Civil & Environmental Engineering (C
- Safeeq Khan, Associate Professor
Disturbance & Global Change Hydrology - Integrated Modeling - Nature-Based Climate Solutions (NbS) - Remote Sensing - Climate Change Education: - Ph.D, University of Hawai'i at Manoa (USA) - M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India) - B.Tec
- Samuel Traina, Professor Emeritus
Chemical transformations of pollutants in soils, surface and ground water Education: Ph.D., 1983 — University of California, Berkeley B.S., 1978 — University of California, Berkeley Departments: Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE
- Siddaiah Yarra, Assistant Teaching Professor
Pedagogic research - Forensic engineering education and dissemination - Recruitment, Retention and graduation of first generation and economically disadvantaged students - Advanced materials to improve sustainability and resilience of civil engineering cons
- Thomas Peterson, Professor Emeritus
Atmospheric aerosols Education: - Ph.D., 1977 – California Institute of Technology - M.S., 1973 – University of Arizona - B.S., 1972 – Tufts University (Magna Cum Laude) Departments: Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE
- Visar Farhangi, Assistant Teaching Professor
Design optimization of deep foundations - Anomalies in drilled shafts - Soil-structure interaction - AI-based optimized models for sustainable and improved concrete - Effects of extreme environmental and load conditions on concrete structures Education: - P
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.