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