Faculty and Administration
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Maurie McInnis, President of the University
Scott Strobel, Provost of the University
Ingrid C. Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean
Mark S. Ashton, Senior Associate Dean of the Forest School
Michelle Bell, Senior Associate Dean of Research
Ken Gillingham, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Robert Klee, Senior Associate Dean of Professional Practice
Peter Boyd, Academic Director, Career and Professional Development
Danielle Dailey, Chief of Staff and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
Annise Dobson, Director of Research Programs
Kevin Doyle, Executive Director, Office of Career and Professional Development
Sonya Forrester, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Kristin Floyd, Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Services
Wendi Hicks, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid
Denny Kalenzaga, Director of Finance and Administration
Melanie Quigley, Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives
Matthias Schildwachter, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Paige Stein, Executive Director of Strategic Communications
Board of Permanent Officers
Maurie McInnis, Ph.D., President of the University
Scott Strobel, Ph.D., Provost of the University
Ingrid C. Burke, Ph.D., Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean and Professor of Ecosystem Ecology
Mark S. Ashton, Ph.D., Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology and Senior Associate Dean, The Forest School
Michelle L. Bell, Ph.D., Mary E. Pinchot Professor of Environmental Health and Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health; Senior Associate Dean of Research; and Director of Doctoral Studies
Mark A. Bradford, Ph.D., E.H. Harriman Professor of Soils and Ecosystem Ecology
Craig R. Brodersen, Ph.D., Howard and Maryam Newman Professor of Plant Physiological Ecology; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Co-Director, Yale College Environmental Studies Program
Liza S. Comita, Ph.D., Davis-Denkmann Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Michael R. Dove, Ph.D., Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology; Professor of Anthropology; Curator of Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Natural History; and Coordinator, YSE/Anthropology Degree Program
Daniel C. Esty, J.D., Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy; Clinical Professor, Law School; Professor, School of Management; and Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Justin Farrell, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and Department of Sociology
Eli Fenichel, Ph.D., Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics
Kenneth T. Gillingham, Ph.D., Grinstein Class 1954 Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics; Professor, School of Management and Department of Economics; and Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
David Keiser, Ph.D., Professor of Water Resources Management and Policy
Matthew J. Kotchen, Ph.D., Langdon K. Storm Professor of Economics and Professor, School of Management
William Lauenroth, Ph.D., Joseph F. Cullman 3rd ’35 Professor
Xuhui Lee, Ph.D., Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Meteorology and Director, Yale Center for Earth Observation
Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D., JoshAni-TomKat Professor of Climate Communication and Director, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
Narasimha Rao, Ph.D., Professor of Energy Systems
Peter A. Raymond, Ph.D., Oastler Professor of Biogeochemistry; Professor of Geology and Geophysics; and Co-Director, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture
James E. Saiers, Ph.D., Clifton R. Musser Professor of Hydrology; and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Oswald J. Schmitz, Ph.D., Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Karen Seto, Ph.D., Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science and Director, Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability
David K. Skelly, Ph.D., Frank R. Oastler Professor of Ecology; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Dorceta E. Taylor, Ph.D., Wangari Maathai Professor of Environmental Justice and Director, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative
Gerald Torres, J.D., Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice and Faculty Director, Yale Center for Environmental Justice
John P. Wargo, Ph.D., Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Environmental Health and Politics
Yuan Yao, Ph.D., Manufacturer’s Association Professor of Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Systems and Director, Center for Industrial Ecology
Julie B. Zimmerman, Ph.D., Liliane and Christian Haub Professor of Green Engineering; Professor of Environmental Engineering; Vice Provost for Planetary Solutions; and Deputy Director, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
Ladder Faculty
Paulo Brando, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture
Karl Aspelund, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Brianna Castro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urban Sustainability
Nyeema Harris, Ph.D., Knobloch Family Associate Professor of Wildlife and Land Conservation
Sara Kuebbing, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Temperate Forest Resilience
Sparkle Malone, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture
Arianna Salazar Miranda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Data Science
Luke Sanford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance
Resident Teaching Faculty
Paul T. Anastas, Ph.D., Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment; Director, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering; Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health; Professor in the Practice, School of Management; and Senior Research Scientist in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Shimon C. Anisfeld, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist in Water Resources and Environmental Chemistry
Peter Boyd, B.A., Lecturer and Academic Director, Career and Professional Development Office
Amity Doolittle, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer II in Political Ecology
Marlyse C. Duguid, Ph.D., Thomas G. Siccama Senior Lecturer II in Environmental Field Studies; Research Scientist; and Director of Research, The Yale Forests
L. Kealoha Freidenburg, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
Michael Kern, M.P.A., Bataua Professor in the Practice of Collaborative Solutions
Robert Klee, J.D., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
Simon A. Queenborough, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer; Research Scientist; and Mrs. John Musser Director, Tropical Resources Institute
Jonathan D. Reuning-Scherer, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Data Science
Research Faculty
Maya Almaraz, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Reem Khalifa AlMealla, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist and Dorothy S. McCluskey Fellow in Conservation
Giuseppe Amatulli, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Ashley Bell, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Luke Meyer Browne, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Sir Peter Crane, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
Annise Dobson, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist and Director of Research Programs
Matthew Goldberg, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Seulkee Heo, Ph.D., Research Scientist
J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Nohemi Huanca-Nunez, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Robert Javonillo, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Reid J. Lifset, M.S., M.P.P.M., Research Scholar; Associate Director, Industrial Environmental Management Program; and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Industrial Ecology
Leandro Maracahipes dos Santos, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Jennifer Marlon, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist and Executive Director, Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions
Florencia Montagnini, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist and Director, Program in Tropical Forestry of the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
Emily Oldfield, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Predrag Petrovic, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Lars Ratjen, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Barbara Reck, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
Jiyoung Son, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Fengchao Sun, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Talbot Trotter III, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Elisabeth Ward, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Stephen Wood, Ph.D., Research Scientist and Lecturer
Bingquan Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
Lecturers and Instructors
Jessica Bacher, J.D., Lecturer
Susan Biniaz, J.D., Lecturer
David Cordero Heredia, J.S.D., LL.M., Visiting Professor
Todd Cort, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, School of Management
Sinead Crotty, Ph.D., Lecturer
Lindsay Crum, M.E.M., Chief Manager of Sustainability Operations and Strategic Data and Lecturer
Douglas Daly, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct)
Stuart DeCew, M.E.M., M.B.A., Executive Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment and Lecturer
Mary Beth Decker, Ph.D., Lecturer
A. Scott Denning, Ph.D., Visiting Professor
Gary Dunning, M.F., Executive Director, The Forest School and Lecturer
Austin Dziki, M.F., Lecturer
Tagan Engel, B.A., Lecturer
Hanno Erythropel, Ph.D., Lecturer and Research Scientist, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Michelle Gabriel, Ph.D., Lecturer
Eva Garen, Ph.D., Program Director, ELTI and Lecturer
Elena Grewal, Ph.D., Lecturer
Daniel Gross, M.E.M., M.B.A., Lecturer
J. Morgan Grove, Ph.D., Lecturer
Walker Holmes, M.E.M., Lecturer
Jill Kelly, Ph.D., Lecturer, Yale School of Public Health and Lecturer, Yale School of Architecture
Lawrence Kelly, Ph.D., Professor Adjunct
Margaret Kerr, Ph.D., Visiting Professor
Melissa Kops, M.A., Lecturer
Amir Mehr, M.B.A., Lecturer
Fabian Michelangeli, Ph.D., Professor Adjunct
Colleen Murphy-Dunning, M.S., Lecturer
Harini Nagendra, Ph.D., Coleman P. Burke Distinguished Visiting Professor
Joe Orefice, Ph.D., Director of Forest and Agricultural Operations and Lecturer
Anastasia O’Rourke, Ph.D., Lecturer
David Pilz, J.D., Lecturer
Haille Rae, Ph.D., Associate Director of Research Programs and Academic Affairs and Lecturer
John Rhodes, M.P.P.M., Lecturer
Chris Savos, Ph.D., Lecturer
Sara Smiley Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Provost, Planetary Solutions and Lecturer
Deborah Spalding, M.A., M.B.A., M.F., Lecturer
Amy Vedder, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
A. William Weber, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
Aïcha Woods, M.Arch., Urban Program Manager, Yale Urban Initiative and Lecturer
Faculty Emeriti
Gaboury Benoit, Ph.D., Grinstein Class of 1954 Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry
Susan G. Clark, Ph.D., Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Professor Adjunct Emeritus of Wildlife Ecology and Policy
Marian R. Chertow, Ph.D., Manufacturer’s Association Professor Emeritus of Industrial Ecology
Gordon Geballe, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus of Urban Ecology
Bradford S. Gentry, J.D., Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy
John C. Gordon, Ph.D., Pinchot Professor Emeritus of the Environment
Thomas E. Graedel, Ph.D., Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Industrial Ecology
Timothy G. Gregoire, Ph.D., J.P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Forest Management
Robert O. Mendelsohn, Ph.D., Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor Emeritus of Forest Policy
Chadwick Dearing Oliver, Ph.D., Pinchot Professor Emeritus of the Environment
William H. Smith, Ph.D., Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Forest Biology
Secondary Appointments
Anthony Acciavatti, Ph.D., Diana Balmori Assistant Professor, School of Architecture
Sunil Amrith, Ph.D., Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History and Director, MacMillan Center
Ruth Elaine Blake, Ph.D., Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Chemical Engineering
Nicole C. Deziel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Erika Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Botany at the Peabody Museum; and Director of Marsh Botanical Gardens
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
Drew R. Gentner, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Jaehong Kim, Ph.D., Henry P. Becton Sr. Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Douglas A. Kysar, J.D., Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law, Law School
Joseph G. Manning, Ph.D., William K. and Marilyn Milton Simpson Professor of Classics and History and Senior Research Scholar, Law School
Anya Nakhmurina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management, School of Management
Maya Prabhu, M.D., L.L.B., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor Adjunct of Law
Paul Sabin, Ph.D., Randolph W. Townsend, Jr. Professor of History and Professor of American Studies
Eric Sargis, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Ph.D., Dinakar Singh Professor of India and South Asia Studies and Professor of Anthropology
Vasilis Vasiliou, Ph.D., Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Harvey Weiss, Ph.D., Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Ernesto Zedillo, Ph.D., Professor in the Field of International Economics and International Relations and Frederick Iseman ’74 Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization