The Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS) offers undergraduate and graduate degrees with unique interdisciplinary study programs encompassing Geosciences, Meteorology, Hydrology and Sustainability. Our research and teaching engage students in today’s environmental challenges, including climate change, critical minerals and water resources.
Curiosity led Russell Todd ’81, ’83 to a wide-ranging career that included nuclear subs, weather radar and disease outbreak modeling.
Lena Maria Arango ’19, ’20 loves meteorology.
Earth System Science Ph.D. student Ericka Boudreau is on her way to becoming a triple River Hawk.
Before starting his Ph.D. in atmospheric science at UMass Lowell, Tyler Harrington interned at the Federal Aviation Administration, where he wrote a report for Congress on how extreme weather events affect air travel.
Jamie-Lyn Cavallon won an NSF-funded meteorology internship.
Projected new job growth in environmental scientist careers
Average salary for environmental scientists
