Our Team
Meet our multi-disciplinary team from five participating universities.
Principal Investigator (MTU)
David Watkins
Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Researcher (MTU)
Robert Handler
Operations Manager/Senior Research Engineer, Sustainable Futures Institute
Researcher (UMN)
Timothy Smith
Director of the NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise at the Institute on the Environment
Co-Principal Investigator (MTU)
Chelsea Schelly
Researcher (MTU)
Daisuke Minakata
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Affiliated Assistant Professor Depts. of Chemistry and Physics
Researcher (DC)
Elizabeth Wilson
Director of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society
Researcher (MTU)
Kathleen Halvorsen
Professor of Natural Resource Policy, SFRES
Social Sciences and SFRES
Researcher (MTU)
Charles Wallace
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Researcher (Rutgers)
Cara Cuite
Assistant Extension Specialist, Department of Human Ecology
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Co-Principal Investigator (ASU)
Datu Buyung Agustdinata
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability
Graduate Student (MTU)
Jessica Daignault
PhD Student
Graduate Student (PSU)
Drew Polasky
PhD Student
Post Doctoral Researcher (UMN)
Mo Li
Post Doc
Co-Principal Investigator (PSU)
Jennifer Evans
Director, Institute for CyberScience
Professor of Meteorology
Researcher (USFS)
Kristin Floress
Research Social Scientist
U.S. Forest Service
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Graduate Student (ASU)
Muhammed Adnan Hanif
PhD Student
Graduate Student (MTU)
William Lytle
PhD Student
Researcher (PSU)
Jose Fuentes
Professor of Meteorology
Graduate Student (MTU)
Jacob Slattery
PhD Student
Graduate Student (Rutgers)
Holly Berman
PhD Student
Graduate Student (MTU)
Nichole Mackey
MS Student
Post Doctoral Researcher (UMN)
Yi Yang
Post Doc
Household Intervention Team
Associate Professor
Department of Human Ecology
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