Past Research Projects

The following are prior research projects at the George Perkins Marsh Institute:

Energy and Materials Intensity of Investment in the Cement Industry
Principal Investigator: David Angel

Differential Effects of ENSO over the Southern Africa Region: Physical and Socioeconomic Manifestations
Principal Investigator: J. Ronald Eastman

A Study of the Effects of Environmental Organizations on the US Gold Mining Industries
Principal Investigator: Jacque Emel

Cooperative Agreement to Disseminate Information, Build Awareness and Stimulate Emerging Industrial Strategies for Sustainable Development
Principal Investigator: Kurt Fischer

Greening of Industry
Principal Investigator: Kurt Fischer

Collaboration to Develop Community-Based Capabilities for Civil Societies
Principal Investigator: Dick Ford

Pixeling the Social: Using Remotely Sensed Information in Social Science Models NASA/New Investigator Program
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Geoghegan

Community Based Hazard Management
Principal Investigators: Robert Goble, Octavia Taylor, and Seth Tuler

Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities
Principal Investigator: Robert Goble

A Comprehensive Study of Visitor Safety in the National Park Safety
Principal Investigator: Dominic Golding

Visitor Risk in the National Parks
Principal Investigator: Dominic Golding

Determinants of Environmental Compliance
Principal Investigator: Wayne Gray

Environmental Regulation and Productivity Benefits in the Paper Industry
Principal Investigator: Wayne Gray

Age-related Differences in Susceptibility to Carcinogenesis
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

Evaluate Differences in Pharmacokinetic Handling
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

Dosimetry
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

Evaluate the Differences in Pharmacokinetic Handling of Chemicals between Children and Adults
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

Evaluate Human Interindividual Variability & Uncertainty in Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Pollutants
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

Methods for Evaluating Human Interindividual Variability and Uncertainty in Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Pollutants
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

PBPK Model Development and Use in Support of the IRIS Assessment for Acrylamide
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

Work with the Department of Public Health (DPH) to evaluate differences in pharmacokinetic handling of chemicals between children and adults
Principal Investigator: Dale Hattis

EcoTarium Clean Energy
Principal Investigator: Scott Jiusto

Industrial Restructuring & Corporate Risk Management
Principal Investigators: Roger E. Kasperson/Wayne Gray

Encouraging the Use of Risk Concepts in Performance-Based Building and Fire Regulation Development
Principal Investigator: Roger E. Kasperson

H.E.R.O. REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates
Principal Investigator: Gil Pontius

Integrated, Ecological-Economic Modeling of Watersheds and Estuaries at Multiple Scales
Principal Investigator: Gil Pontius

Assessment and Development of Census View
Principal Investigators: Samuel Ratick and Colin Polsky

Determining the Vulnerability of Populations to Mercury
Principal Investigator: Samuel J. Ratick

Social Constituencies for Adirondacks Ecologies
Principal Investigator: Dianne Rocheleau

Plan and Development Study of Renewable Energy Education and Outreach
Principal Investigator: Joseph Sarkis

The Application of a Nuclear Risk Management Toolbox to a Consortium of DOE Site Communities
Principal Investigator: Octavia Taylor

Redressing the Shortcomings of Science by Assessing Public Health Studies
Principal Investigator: Octavia Taylor

Pilot Study on Fishing and Related Activities and Environmental Justice Issues in the Northeast
Principal Investigator: Seth Tuler

Center for Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change Project (CIS-HDGC)
Principal Investigator: B.L. Turner II

Land-use and Land-cover Change in the Southern Yucatan Peninsular Region (LCLUC-SYPR)
Principal Investigators: B.L. Turner II

Systems of Integrated Research, Assessment & Decision Support for Global Environmental Change SUST
Principal Investigator: B.L. Turner II

Infrastructure to Develop a Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Network
Principal Investigator: B.L. Turner II