The Science Internship Program 

The Science Internship Program website allows students to find internship and research opportunities, provides guidance for students to obtain academic credit for their internship, access online resources, and sign up for individualized internship advising. Please contact science_internships@csumb.edu for more information. 

Education and Outreach Partnerships

Many Applied Environmental Science faculty members are conducting grant-funded outreach and education projects in various fields related to our graduate and undergraduate programs. Through these partnerships, faculty provide unique hands-on opportunities for collaborative student research and education/outreach in a variety of communities. 

Sustainable City Year Program
Habitat Stewardship Project

Research Labs

Eight research labs operate within the Department of Applied Environmental Science at CSUMB. Undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students work with their Principal Investigators (P.I.s) in research labs as interns, researchers, and research assistants, contributing to cutting edge research and gaining valuable experience in their field of interest.

The Engagement Lab, Dr. Victoria Derr

Areas of Research: Education, participation, and planning for just sustainability

CSUMB environmental science students and faculty examine a fallen tree in a coastal habitat during an outdoor field lesson.

The Fernandez Lab, Dr. Dan Fernandez

Research Areas: Statewide fog water collection and spatial, temporal, and chemical analysis of fog water

CSUMB environmental science students take notes while listening to faculty during an outdoor field lesson in a coastal habitat.

Watershed Environments & Ecology (WEE) Lab, Dr. John Olson

Research Areas: Aquatic ecology, remote sensing, watershed sciences

Watershed Geology Lab, Dr. James Guilinger

Research Areas: Watershed hydrology, process geomorphology, sediment dynamics, terrestrial remote sensing, and geospatial analysis

Portrait of a smiling AES faculty member amidst a backdrop of grass and trees.

Watson Lab, Dr. Fred Watson

Research Areas: Conservation, plant ecology, wildlife ecology, land use, recreation planning, remote sensing, statistics, and hydrology