AERI is founded on UNT's strong legacy of investigating and addressing environmental issues, which began with the eminent scientist, Dr. J.K.G. "Doc" Silvey, who began water research at UNT. For nearly 80 years, our researchers have been investigating the complex nature of the environment and how people's actions influence it.

The mission of AERI is to foster, facilitate, and conduct collaborative interdisciplinary science-based environmental research that provides an understanding of how human actions impact the environment and then uses that knowledge to suggest scientific, engineering, policy, and/or educational solutions to mitigate real-world environmental problems.

Areas of Expertise

  • Air Quality
  • Water Quality
  • Water Resource Management
  • Environmental Air Pollution Toxicology
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • Climate Change
  • Community Ecology
  • Ecosystems and Conservation Biology
  • Land Use
  • Public Health
  • Sustainable and Equitable Urban Planning
  • Hazard Mitigation
  • Remote Sensing
  • Economics

AERI is directed by Dr. Amie Lund, an environmental toxicologist.