Current Members in the Climate Faculty Group Members

School of Arts and Sciences:

Biology Dept: Erol Akcay (associate prof., evolution of complex biological and social systems), Katie Barott

(assistant professor, ecology and biodiversity with focus on corals).

Chemistry Dept: Zahra Fakhraai (professor)

Earth and Environmental Sciences department: Jane Dmochowski (senior lecturer, satellite specialist and

geophysics); Jon Hawkings (assistant prof, biogeochemistry); Reto Giere (Professor, mineralogy and

hazards); Ileana Perez Rodriguez (assistant professor, microbial ecology); Hugo Ulloa (assistant professor,

environmental fluid dynamics); Leigh Stearns (Professor, Glaciology), Siobhan Whadcoat (lecturer, risk and natural disasters); Anna Cabre (affiliated climate researcher and educator)

Economics Dept: Jere Behrman (WR Kenan Jr professor of Economics and Sociology, The Ronald O.

Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics)

Germanic Languages & Literatures: Simon Richter (professor, specialty: social aspects of the climate

emergency, sea level rise impacts and adaptation)

History and Sociology of Science: Ramah McKay (associate professor, specialty: sociology of health)

Philosophy Dept: Michael Weisberg (Professor, Dept. chair, interim director of the Perry World House)

Physics Dept: Arnold Mathijssen (assistant prof, specialty: environmental fluid dynamics)

Political Science Dept: Will Deneed (researcher); Jeffrey Green (Professor, Director of the Andrea Mitchell

Center for the Study of Democracy); Guy Grossman (Professor, applied political economy); Heather

Huntington (Assoc director of the Penn Development Research Initiative PDRI, specialty: land

administration); Erik Wibbels (Presidential Penn compact professor of Political Science; Penn

Development Research initiative director)

Sociology Dept: Emily Hannum (Professor of Sociology and Education, specialty: Human Development and

Quantitative methods)

 

Annenberg School of Communication

Michael Mann (Presidential Distinguished Professor in EES, climate

scientist, Director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media)

 

School of Design

Dept of Architecture: William Braham (Professor, chair of the Committee of the

Institutional response to the Climate Emergency, Director of the Master of Environmental Building

Design); Dept of City and Regional Planning: Thomas Daniel (Crossways Professor; directs the

concentration in Land Use and Environmental Planning; administers Certificate in Land Preservation and

Ecological Planning); Allison Lassiter (assistant prof, urban water resource management). Landscape

Architecture Dept: Nicholas Pevzner (assistant prof., specialty: ecological systems and climate policy)

Graduate School of Education: Amrit Thapa (Senior lecturer; Policy, organizations, leadership, and

systems Division); Susan Yoon (Presidential Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs);

Sharon Wolf (Associate Professor, Human development and Quantitative methods)

 

School of Engineering:

Dept of Computer and Information Science: Benjamin Pierce (Henri Salvatori

Professor, research in carbon offsets); MEAM: Ani Hsieh (associate prof.); CBE: Russ Composto

(professor)

 

School of Veterinary Medicine

Andrew M. Hoffman (Professor, Dean of Veterinary Medicine)

Perelman School of Medicine: Sammed Khatana (assistant prof of Medicine, res. in health economics

and health policy); Dept of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics: Aimin Chen (prof of

epidemiology; res in environmental epidemiology); Charles Leonard (assistant prof); Sean Hennessy (prof

of epidemiology). Division of Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology: Therese Bittermann

(associate prof., specialty: environmental factors impacting and lung health)

 

Wharton School

Dept of Business Economics and Public Policy: Arthur Van Benthem (Associate Prof,

environmental and energy economics; co-director of the Wharton Climate Center). Dept of Legal Studies

and Business Ethics: Brian Berkey (associate professor, environmental and business ethics); Eric Orts

(Guardsmark Professor, climate and business ethics)