INFEWS ADVISING FACULTY

Alan Barreca

Dept: Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Research: Why people living in certain climates have more economic advantages and better health than others
Trainee: Russell Horowitz
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SIOBHAN BRAYBROOK

Dept: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Research: Generation of form in walled organisms
Trainee: Stephanie Kawecki
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MAGALI DELMAS

Dept: Anderson School of Management
Research: Business strategy, corporate sustainability, and socially responsible investing
Trainees: Emma Barnosky; Russell Horowitz
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PAULA DIACONESCU

Dept: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Design of reactive metal complexes, organic synthesis, polymer formation
Trainees: Shijie (Jenny) Deng; Zach Hern; Yi Shen
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BRUCE DUNN

Dept: Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Synthesis of inorganic and hybrid materials and characterization of their electrical and optical properties
Trainee: Patricia McNeil
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TIM FISHER

Dept: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research: Transport processes by electrons, phonons, photons, and fluids
Trainee: Ujash Shah
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URSULA HEISE

Dept: English
Research: Contemporary literature; environmental culture in the Americas, Western Europe and Japan; narrative theory; media theory; literature and science; and science fiction.
Trainee: Emma Barnosky
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YU HUANG

Dept: Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Mechanistic understanding of nanoscale phenomena and properties of nanoscale materials
Trainees: Benjamin Hoar and Yi Shen
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MONA JARRAHI

Dept: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research: Development of novel high-performance terahertz sources, detectors, spectrometers, reconfigurable meta-films, imaging and spectroscopy systems that leverage photonic, plasmonic, and MEMS concepts
Trainee: Marvin Browne
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JENNY JAY

Dept: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research: Geochemical and microbial processes that govern the fate of contaminants in the environment
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RICHARD KANER

Dept: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Synthesis, properties, and processing of nanostructured conducting polymers
Trainees: Mackenzie Anderson ; Jason Timmons
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CHONG LIU

Dept: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Electrochemical systems for energy, biology, and environments.
Trainee: Benjamin Hoar
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SHAILY MAHENDRA

Dept: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research: Waste water treatment, reactors, emerging contaminants, microbiomes
Trainee: Mackenzie Anderson
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HEATHER MAYNARD

Dept: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Organic materials, nanoscience, material synthesis, analytical chemistry
Trainees: Kathleen Chen; Patricia McNeil; Priera Panescu
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SABEEHA MERCHANT

Dept: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Dynamics of Fe and Cu metabolism, comparative genomics of algae, bioenergy
Trainee: Jack Hoeniges
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LAURENT PILON

Dept: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Bioengineering
Research: Energy conversion, storage and efficiency, materials
Trainees: Shijie (Jenny) Deng; Tiphaine Galy; Zach Hern; Jack Hoeniges; Sophia King
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DEEPAK RAJAGOPAL

Dept: Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Research: Lifecycle assessment, Energy Economics and Policy, Agricultural Economics and Policy, Climate Policy
Trainee: Oscar Neyra
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AMY ROWAT

Dept: Integrative Biology and Physiology
Research: Mechanics and physiology of biological materials, food sciences
Trainee: Stephanie Kawecki
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LAWREN SACK

Dept: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research: Water use efficiency and drought tolerance of urban trees and food crops
Trainees: Kathleen Chen; Priera Panescu
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GAURAV SANT

Dept: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research: Development and design of sustainable low-CO­2 foot-print materials for infrastructure construction applications
Trainee: Jason Timmons
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SARAH TOLBERT

Dept: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research: Nanoscale periodicity using self-organization and nanoscale architecture
Trainees: Tiphaine Galy; Sophia King; Ujash Shah
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KELLY TURNER

Dept: Luskin School of Public Affairs
Research: The relationship between institutions, urban design, and the environment through two interrelated questions: (1) How does urban design relate to ecosystem services in cities? and (2) To what extent do social institutions have the capacity to deliver those services?
Trainee: Oscar Neyra
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