Participants
Directors
Karen Fisher-Vanden
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Director, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES)
Robert Nicholas
Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Director, Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management (CLIMA)
John Weyant
Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Senior Personnel
Danielle Grogan
Research Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Iman Haqiqi
Senior Research Economist, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Murali Haran
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Penn State
Thomas Hertel
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Klaus Keller
Hodgson Distinguished Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Richard Lammers
Research Associate Professor, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Sheila Olmstead
Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Wolfram Schlenker
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Vivek Srikrishnan
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Ryan Sriver
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ian Sue Wing
Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston University
Mort Webster
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
Douglas Wrenn
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Penn State
Research Scientists
Stanley Glidden
Information Technologist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Lidiia Iavorivska
PCHES Project Manager
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Jing Liu
Research Economist, Department
of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Femeena Pandara Valappil
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Joseph Perla
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
Alexander Prusevich
Research Scientist, Earth Systems Research Center,
University of New Hampshire
Kelsey Ruckert
Coastal Climate Extension Specialist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Shantar Zuidema
Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Postdocs
Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University
Edouard Mensah
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Penn State
Adam Pollack
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Students
Thomas Braun
Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Hande Nur Celebi
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department, The University of Texas at Austin
Sizhuo Chen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Spencer Guerrero
Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
David Lafferty
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
Yifan Luo
Ph.D. Student, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Tiemeng Ma
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Duc Nguyen
M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
Julian Plough
Ph.D. Candidate, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Yasmin Romitti
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Samantha Roth
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, Penn State
Charu Samantula
MS Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
Nicolas Schneider
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Mingzhou Shen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Katerina Tang
Ph.D. Student, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
Jiameng Zheng
Ph.D. Student, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Roberto Zuniga
Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Consultants
Katie Daenzer
Research Scientist, Independent Consultant
Qin Fan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Fresno
Jeff Nucciarone
R&D Engineer, Institute for Computational and Data Science, Penn State
Staff
Matthew Lisk
Scientific Programmer, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Pamela McCroskey
Assistant to Director, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University
Polly Yan
Administrative Associate, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Alumni, Collaborators, and Affiliates
Atieh Alipour (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Physical Scientist, Lynker, Affiliate of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Salvi Asefi-Najafabady (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Climate Scientist, Environmental Resources Management
Sitara Baboolal (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Formerly Research Programmer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Uris Baldos (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Seth Blumsack
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
Jesse Bukenberger (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Bob Caccese (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Counsel, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Kate Calvin
Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor, NASA
Jared Carbone
Associate Professor, Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines
Juan-Carlos Ciscar
Senior scientist, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Noah Diffenbaugh (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Professor, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Chris Forest
Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Penn State
Lara Fowler
Director, Penn State Sustainability
Chief Sustainability Officer, Penn State
Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law
Steve Frolking
Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Michael Goss (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Statistical Atmospheric Scientist, ERT
Florian Grosset (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Mohamad Hejazi
Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Emily Hogan (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions
Jill Horing (PCHES Student Alumnus)
CCST S&T Policy Fellow, Office of Chair Hochschild, California Energy Commission
Iman Hosseini-Shakib (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Technical Specialist in Water Practice, Michael Baker International
Harshanee Jayasekera (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Zhenong Jin (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
H. Allen Klaiber
Professor and Graduate Studies Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University
Katerina Kostadinova
Formerly Administrative Support Coordinator, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Vijay Kumar (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Data Scientist, Procter and Gamble
Jonathan Lamontagne (PIAMMDI Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
Ben (Seiyon) Lee (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University
Cicero Lima (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Temporary Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of Pelotas
David Lobell (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Associate Professor, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University
Suhail Mahmud (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Atmospheric Data Scientist, Karen Clark & Company
Erin Mansur
Revers Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Faculty Director, Revers Center for Energy, Dartmouth College
Verena McClain (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Economist, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Robert Mendelsohn
Edwin Weyerhaeuser Professor, School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University
Erwan Monier (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
Rachel Morrison
Formerly Research Scientist, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire
Richard Moss (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jared Oyler (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Geospatial Scientist, Jupiter Intelligence
Darrah Peklak (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Associate Economist, Moody's Analytics
Brian Reed (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Machine Learning Engineer, Rhizome
Patrick Reed (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Renata Rimsaite (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute & National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Joel Roop-Eckart (PCHES Research Assistant Alumnus)
Technical Account Manager, Qualtrics
Charles Rougé (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Lecturer in Water Resilience, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield
Ali Sarhadi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Sanjib Sharma (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Howard University
Alexander Shiklomanov (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
James Shortle (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Caitlin Spence (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Climate Resilience Engineer and Data Scientist, Kleinfelder
Wenjing Su (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
Shanxia Sun (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Shanghai University
Brayam Valqui (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
Nathalie Voisin
Chief Scientist, Earth System Predictability, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Affiliate Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Haochen Ye (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Research and Development Scientist, Rain and Hail Insurance
Mahkameh Zarekarizi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Research Scientist, Amazon
Bining Zhao (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Application Engineer, Hitachi Energy