This immersive one-week Environmental Chemistry Summer Camp introduces students to the chemistry behind air, water, and soil. Students will explore real-world environmental challenges through hands-on experiments, field sampling, and laboratory analysis. Morning sessions focus on core concepts in environmental chemistry, while afternoons emphasize applied learning through data collection and experimentation. Participants will work alongside university researchers, gaining insight into how chemistry is used to solve environmental problems. This camp is ideal for students who have completed high school chemistry and are curious about STEM careers and environmental sustainability.

 

Program Dates and Audience

• July 5-10, 2026 (Rising 9-12 grade students)
  
  

Program Fees

	Residential	Commuter
Early Bird (1/28 - 2/28)	$1,150	$675
Regular (3/1 - 4/30)	$1,200	$700
Late (5/1 - 7/6)	$1,250	$750

Meet Your Instructor

Wendell Walters

Education

B.S. Chemistry, 2012, University of Maryland College Park
Ph.D. Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 2016, Purdue University

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Honors and Awards

Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS XIV), Selected Participant, Brookhaven National Lab, 2017; NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016; Bisland Dissertation Fellowship, 2016; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2013.