The Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory (UEBL) is a college-level user facility within the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics (FCSM). It supports student and faculty research as well as classroom and laboratory instruction in FCSM. The laboratory welcomes outside users on a collaborative and/or fee basis.
UEBL is available for faculty research and for undergraduate and graduate teaching in FCSM natural science departments (Biology; Chemistry; Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences) and programs (Environmental Science & Studies). The facility is run by a full-time lab manager and also has a faculty coordinator.
From the founding of UEBL (see more in About Us), collaborative research has been at its core. The cutting-edge instrumentation and facilities in UEBL supports research for faculty spanning several disciplines and provides hands-on experiences for students. UEBL was started with a goal of informing environmental policy and best management practices related to urbanization in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and beyond. As new faculty have joined FCSM, its scope has expanded to include a wide range of research from study of disinfection by-products to how magmas are produced and the earth has evolved over 4.5 billion years.
UEBL is spread across several rooms in the Science Complex. The facility includes capabilities for
Many of the instruments were newly purchased and installed following completion of the Science Complex in 2022. The facilities and instrumentation are described in detail on the Facilities/Instrumentation page.