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
848-932-4544


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
224-999-4051

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
848-932-9235