Work Environment

Welcome to the Department of Work Environment, where we prepare you to create a safer, healthier world.
Learn to solve real-life problems using science, with a graduate degree from the Department of Work Environment at UMass Lowell. Since 1987, our internationally renowned faculty has prepared hundreds of professionals for rewarding careers in the health, safety and environment fields. Join us.

David Kriebel, Sc.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Work Environment

Meet Our Faculty & Staff

Manuel Cifuentes, M.D., Sc.D. Associate Professor, Work Environment

Cora Roelofs, Sc.D.Research Faculty, Work Environment, Center for Health Promotion & Research

Kenneth Geiser, Ph.D.Professor, Work Environment

Susan Sama, Sc.D.Research Professor, Work Environment

Margaret M. Quinn, Sc.D. CIHProfessor, Work Environment

Susan Woskie, Ph.D., C.I.H.Professor, Work Environment

David Kriebel, Sc.D.Professor, Department Chair, Co-Director, , Work Environment, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

Michael J. Ellenbecker, Sc.D.Professor, Work Environment

Bryan Buchholz, Ph.D.Professor, Director, Work Environment, Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology ProgramOccupational Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation

Rafael Moure-Eraso, Ph.D., C.I.H.Professor Emeritus, Work Environment

Polly Hoppin, Sc.D.Research Professor, Program Director, Work Environment, Environmental Health Program, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production

Pia Markkanen, Sc.D.Research Professor, Work Environment

Maria Brunette, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Work Environment

Robert A. Karasek, Ph.D., M.Sc., MArchProfessor, Work Environment

Dhimiter Bello, Sc.D., MScAssociate Professor, Work Environment, Nanomanufacturing Center for Excellence, Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology Program