Lori Clark, Ph.D.

Lori Clark is an assistant professor in both the Environmental Studies and Public Health departments.  Her courses survey topics at the intersection of waste management, marine science, environmental and public health.  Her research includes studies of marine systems and communities impacted by urbanization (NY/NJ harbor estuary and Great South Bay, NY), municipal solid waste audits and landfill gas projections for energy, health, and climate accounting, and climate policy related to waste. Before coming to St. Lawrence University, she taught earth, ocean, and environmental science and research in Southern California and New York at Stony Brook University, Moorpark College (Assoc. Prof.), Cal Poly Pomona, Chaffey College, and Mt. San Antonio College.  She was a research instructor for Women in Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University collaborating with Brookhaven National Lab as well as working for the Institute of Gas Innovation and Technology. She is a former researcher for the Hudson River Foundation (NYC) tracking PCB contaminated Striped Bass and co-authoring health of the harbor reports. She has surveyed wilderness quality lands and assisted with development and advocacy of America’s Redrock Wilderness Act. She currently serves on the boards of NY Solid Waste Association of North America, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Materials and Energy Recovery Division.

She has presented research on renewable energy technologies at NextGen Cleantech Showcases, Advanced Energy Conferences (NYC) and Renewable Natural Gas Summit.  Her waste related projects have been presented at several conferences hosted by NYSAR3, NY Federation Strive for Sustainability, AASHE, Canadian Waste to Resource and Global Waste Management Symposium. Her work has also been shared with the American Geophysics Union, and local symposiums. She regularly organizes educational webinars for NYSWANA and coordinates scholarships for ASME-MER.

Lori serves as advisor to Close the Loop – a campus club that promotes re-use and oversees the campus thrift store “Barn Good Thrift”. She is an advocate for environmental justice and representation and seeks to support an inclusive program that considers student well-being as an essential part of sustainability.  She has lived abroad as a volunteer in the Republic of South Africa (1994-1995), supporting public health and environmental community organizations through polio vaccinations, TB clinic support, penguin rescue, and social support of individuals living with paralysis.