Welcome To EEOS

The University of Massachusetts Boston is "The Environmental Campus" of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system, and the Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department (EEOS) is the campus' premier interdisciplinary environmental department. EEOS was officially established in September of 2004, from the merger of Environmental, Coastal and Ocean Sciences (EEOS), Earth and Geographic Sciences (E&GS) and the undergraduate Environmental Studies Program (uESP). EEOS, together with another newly-formed entity, the campus-wide Center for Environmental Health, Science and Technology (CEHST), are the two cornerstones of the University's vision for national preeminence in environmental research and academic programs.

The Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department (EEOS) integrates the natural and social sciences to generate and apply new knowledge about the quality of our environment and the sustainable use of its resources. It focuses on promoting integrated science, planning, policy, and education for understanding earth-system processes and managing the impacts of urbanization on linked watershed and coastal marine systems. The department's strong interdisciplinary makeup (natural and social sciences within the same department) and its focus on linked watershed-coastal systems are unique in the country.

Department facilities include the Applied Geographical Information Science (GIS) Center, the Center for Estuarine and Coastal Observation (CECO), the Trace Element analysis Facility, and the Laboratory of Theoretical, Computational and Observational Oceanography.  In addition, the Department houses specialized laboratories for earth, ocean and environmental sciences, including state-of-the-art facilities for GC/MS, CHN analysis, forensic environmental analysis, hydrogeology, coastal geology, environmental toxicology, stable isotope sample preparation, benthic ecology and zooplankton analysis, as well as inshore/near shore research vessels.

*******Spring 2008 Semester seminar Series!*******

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The Large Pelagics Research Center at the University of New Hamphire presents the Nelson "Hammer" Beideman Seminar Series

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Vacancy Announcement: Chair of the Environment, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department

We are seeking a new Chair of the Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department at UMassBoston. The EEOS Chair will lead a newly merged department to grow interdisciplinary research programs in coastal ocean and watershed sciences to national and international prominence and to develop excellent undergraduate and graduate academic programs to fulfill academic, government, and industrial workforce needs at the only university in Massachusetts located on the ocean (Boston Harbor). The EEOS department is an interdisciplinary environmental department that integrates the natural and social sciences to generate and apply new knowledge about the quality of our environment and the sustainable use of its resources. It focuses on promoting integrated science, planning, policy, and education for understanding earth-system processes and managing the impacts of urbanization on linked watershed and coastal marine systems. The department's strong interdisciplinary makeup (natural and social sciences) and its focus on linked watershed-coastal systems are unique in the country.

If you have any questions or would like to suggest someone for us to contact, please call or email Bob Chen.

If you would like to apply, please send a statement of interest and a CV to:

Bob Chen
Professor and Search Chair, EEOS
UMassBoston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
617-287-7491
bob.chen@umb.edu
http://www.es.umb.edu

For more information and application requirements go to Vacancies.

EEOS Association

A link to the EEOS Graduate Student Association is now available on this site.

Check it out periodically for department events as well as GSA news which always contains important and useful information for graduate students......