Morningside Campus/Limited Access

Effective immediately, access to the Morningside campus has been limited to students residing in residential buildings on campus (Carman, Furnald, John Jay, Hartley, Wallach, East Campus and Wien) and employees who provide essential services to campus buildings, labs and residential student life (for example, Dining, Public Safety, and building maintenance staff). Read More.

Wade McGillis

Faculty Affiliate, Sustainability Management; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Wade McGillis is a professor and Director of the Center for Rivers and Estuaries at Columbia University, where he and other university scientists conduct research activities using the environment of the Hudson River Estuary to learn more about global biogeochemical processes. His research interests include ocean-atmosphere-land-urban interactions as well as biogeochemical, water, heat, and pollutant cycling in urban and natural environments. Previously, he was an Associate Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering. In addition, McGillis has published articles in numerous publications. 

Education

  • P.h.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley
  • B.S., Northeastern University

Publications

  • Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces (Kyoto University Press, 2011)
  • "Sea surface and pCO2 and O2 in the Southern Ocean during the austral fall, 2008," Journal of Geophysical Research (2011), co-author

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