Environmental Earth System Science
Chair: Scott Fendorf
Associate Chair: Kevin Arrigo
Professors: C. Page Chamberlain, Robert B. Dunbar, Scott E. Fendorf, Chris Field,* Steven M. Gorelick, Pamela A. Matson†, Paul Switzer**
Assistant Professors: Christopher Francis, Leif Thomas
Acting Assistant Professor: Alexandre Boucher
Courtesy Professors: Stephen Monismith, Peter M. Vitousek
Courtesy Associate Professor: Ken Caldeira
Courtesy Assistant Professor: Gregory P. Asner
Visiting Professors: Carlota Escutia, Ruth Blake, Ruben Kretzschmar, Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Brian McAdoo, Roy Wogelius
* Joint appointment with Biology
† Joint appointment with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
** Joint appointment with Statistics
Department Offices: Yang & Yamazaki (Y2E2), Room 135
Mail Code: 94305-4215
Phone: (650) 724-3293
Email: tilich@stanford.edu
Web Site: http://pangea.stanford.edu/eess
Courses offered by the Department of Environmental Earth System Science have the subject code EESS, and are listed in the "Environmental Earth System Science [EESS] Courses" section of this bulletin.
Environmental Earth System Science studies the planet's oceans, lands, and atmosphere as an integrated system, with an emphasis on changes occurring during the current period of overwhelming human influence, the Anthropocene. Faculty and students within the department use the principles of biology, chemistry, and physics to study problems involving processes occurring at the Earth's surface, such as climate change and global nutrient cycles, providing a foundation for problem solving related to environmental sustainability and global environmental change.