Participants

Directors


Karen Fisher-Vanden

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

Robert Nicholas
Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Director, Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management (CLIMA)


John Weyant

John Weyant
Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University

Senior Personnel


Danielle Grogan

Danielle Grogan
Research Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire


Iman Haqiqi

Iman Haqiqi
Senior Research Economist, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University


Murali Haran

Murali Haran
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Penn State


Thomas Hertel

Thomas Hertel
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University


Klaus Keller

Klaus Keller
Hodgson Distinguished Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


Richard Lammers

Richard Lammers
Research Associate Professor, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire


Sheila Olmstead

Sheila Olmstead
Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy, and
Senior Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University


Wolfram Schlenker

Wolfram Schlenker
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


Vivek Srikrishnan

Vivek Srikrishnan
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University


Ryan Sriver

Ryan Sriver
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


Ian Sue Wing

Ian Sue Wing
Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston University


Mort Webster

Mort Webster
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Douglas Wrenn

Douglas Wrenn
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Penn State

Research Scientists


Stanley Glidden

Stanley Glidden
Information Technologist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire


Lidiia Iavorivska

Lidiia Iavorivska
PCHES Project Manager
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Jing Liu

Jing Liu
Research Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University


Femeena Pandara Valappil

Femeena Pandara Valappil
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State


Alexander Prusevich

Alexander Prusevich
Research Scientist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire


Kelsey Ruckert

Kelsey Ruckert
Coastal Climate Extension Specialist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Jiameng Zheng

Jiameng Zheng
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, Louisiana State University


Shantar Zuidema

Shantar Zuidema
Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Postdocs


David Lafferty

David Lafferty
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University


Edouard Mensah

Edouard Mensah
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Penn State


Adam Pollack

Adam Pollack
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


Samantha Roth

Samantha Roth
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


Students


Tahsina Alam

Tahsina Alam
Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


Theo Avila

Theo Avila
B.S. Student, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


Jonathan Celaya

Jonathan Celaya
Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering (Operations Research), Penn State


Sizhuo Chen

Sizhuo Chen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Becker (Rebecca) Gibson

Becker (Rebecca) Gibson
Research Assistant, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire


Spencer Guerrero

Spencer Guerrero
Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois


Kelly Kennedy

Kelly Kennedy
PhD Student, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


Keiko Kircher

Keiko Kircher
Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


Zhuoran (Gray) Li

Zhuoran (Gray) Li
Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Yifan Luo

Yifan Luo
Ph.D. Student, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University


Tiemeng Ma

Tiemeng Ma
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Amna Omer

Amna Omer
Ph.D. Student, Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, University of New Hampshire


Nicolas Schneider

Nicolas Schneider
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University


Mingzhou Shen

Mingzhou Shen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Katerina Tang

Katerina Tang
Ph.D. Student, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University


Roberto Zuniga

Roberto Zuniga
Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University


Consultants


Katie Daenzer

Katie Daenzer
Research Scientist, Independent Consultant


Qin Fan

Qin Fan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Fresno


Jeff Nucciarone

Jeff Nucciarone
R&D Engineer, Institute for Computational and Data Science, Penn State

Staff


Matthew Lisk

Matthew Lisk
Scientific Programmer, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Pamela McCroskey

Pamela McCroskey
Assistant to Director, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University


Polly Yan

Polly Yan
Administrative Associate, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Alumni, Collaborators, and Affiliates


Atieh Alipour

Atieh Alipour (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Physical Scientist, Lynker, Affiliate of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Salvi Asefi-Najafabady

Salvi Asefi-Najafabady (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Associate Director, Climate Risk


Sitara Baboolal

Sitara Baboolal (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Formerly Research Programmer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


Uris Baldos

Uris Baldos (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University


Seth Blumsack

Seth Blumsack
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Thomas Braun

Thomas Braun (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University


Jesse Bukenberger

Jesse Bukenberger (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Bob Caccese

Bob Caccese (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Counsel, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission



Jared Carbone

Jared Carbone
Associate Professor, Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines


Hande Nur Celebi

Hande Nur Celebi (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Risk Analyst, Tricon Energy, Houston, TX


Juan-Carlos Ciscar

Juan-Carlos Ciscar
Senior scientist, Joint Research Centre, European Commission


Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda

Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO)


Noah Diffenbaugh

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

Chris Forest
Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Penn State


Lara Fowler

Lara Fowler
Director, Penn State Sustainability
Chief Sustainability Officer, Penn State
Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law


Steve Frolking

Steve Frolking
Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire


Michael Goss

Michael Goss (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Scientist, Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service, NOAA


Florian Grosset

Florian Grosset (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, CREST –ENSAE Paris


Mohamad Hejazi

Mohamad Hejazi
Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)


Emily Hogan

Emily Hogan (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions


Jill Horing

Jill Horing (PCHES Student Alumnus)
CCST S&T Policy Fellow, Office of Chair Hochschild, California Energy Commission


Iman Hosseini-Shakib

Iman Hosseini-Shakib (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Technical Specialist in Water Practice, Michael Baker International


Harshanee Jayasekera

Harshanee Jayasekera (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Zhenong Jin

Zhenong Jin (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota


H. Allen Klaiber

H. Allen Klaiber
Professor and Graduate Studies Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University


Katerina Kostadinova

Katerina Kostadinova
Formerly Administrative Support Coordinator, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kumar (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Data Scientist, Procter and Gamble


Jonathan Lamontagne

Jonathan Lamontagne (PIAMMDI Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University


Ben (Seiyon) Lee

Ben (Seiyon) Lee (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University


Cicero Lima

Cicero Lima (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Temporary Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of Pelotas


David Lobell

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

Suhail Mahmud (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Atmospheric Data Scientist, Karen Clark & Company


Erin Mansur

Erin Mansur
Revers Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Faculty Director, Revers Center for Energy, Dartmouth College


Verena McClain

Verena McClain (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Economist, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion


Robert Mendelsohn

Robert Mendelsohn
Edwin Weyerhaeuser Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University


Erwan Monier

Erwan Monier (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis


Rachel Morrison

Rachel Morrison
Formerly Research Scientist, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire


Richard Moss

Richard Moss (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


Duc Nguyen

Duc Nguyen (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


William Nordhaus

William Nordhaus
Sterling Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Economics; Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Economics, Yale University


Jared Oyler

Jared Oyler (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Geospatial Scientist, Jupiter Intelligence


Darrah Peklak

Darrah Peklak (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Associate Economist, Moody's Analytics


Joseph Perla

Joseph Perla (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Economist, National Center for Environmental Economics, United States Environmental Protection Agency


Julian Plough

Julian Plough (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Coastal Resilience Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Brian Reed

Brian Reed (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Machine Learning Engineer, Rhizome


Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University


Renata Rimsaite

Renata Rimsaite (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute & National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln


Yasmin Romitti

Yasmin Romitti (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University


Joel Roop-Eckart

Joel Roop-Eckart (PCHES Research Assistant Alumnus)
Technical Account Manager, Qualtrics


Charles Rougé

Charles Rougé (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Lecturer in Water Resilience, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield


Charu Samantula

Charu Samantula (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Energy Analyst, Ascend Analytics


Ali Sarhadi

Ali Sarhadi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)


Sanjib Sharma

Sanjib Sharma (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Howard University


Alexander Shiklomanov

Alexander Shiklomanov (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire


James Shortle

James Shortle (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Caitlin Spence

Caitlin Spence (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Climate Resilience Engineer and Data Scientist, Kleinfelder


Wenjing Su

Wenjing Su (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Shanxia Sun

Shanxia Sun (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Shanghai University


Brayam Valqui

Brayam Valqui (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Nathalie Voisin

Nathalie Voisin
Chief Scientist, Earth System Predictability, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Affiliate Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington


Haochen Ye

Haochen Ye (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Research and Development Scientist, Rain and Hail Insurance


Mahkameh Zarekarizi

Mahkameh Zarekarizi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Research Scientist, Amazon


Bining Zhao

Bining Zhao (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Application Engineer, Hitachi Energy