Our Team
Meet our multi-disciplinary team from five participating universities.
Household Intervention Team

FEWCON Project Manager (MTU)
Ryan
Cook

Co-Principal Investigator (Rutgers)
Rachael Shwom
Associate Professor
Department of Human Ecology
848-932-9235

Co-Principal Investigator (MTU)
Chelsea Schelly

Researcher (USFS)
Kristin Floress
Research Social Scientist
U.S. Forest Service
224-999-4051

Researcher (MTU)
Kathleen Halvorsen
Professor of Natural Resource Policy, SFRES
Social Sciences and SFRES
906-487-2824

Researcher (Rutgers)
Cara Cuite
Assistant Extension Specialist, Department of Human Ecology
848-932-4544


Graduate Student (MTU)
William Lytle
Graduate Student (Rutgers)
Holly Berman
Graduate Student (MTU)
Jacob Slattery
PhD Student
PhD Student
PhD Student
Full Research Team

Principal Investigator (MTU)
David Watkins

Co-Principal Investigator (PSU)
Jennifer Evans

Researcher (PSU)
Jose Fuentes
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


Director, Institute for CyberScience
Professor of Meteorology
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


Professor of Meteorology
Researcher (MTU)
Charles Wallace
Associate Professor, Computer Science

Co-Principal Investigator (ASU)
Datu Buyung Agustdinata
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability

Graduate Student (MTU)
Jessica Daignault
Graduate Student (ASU)
Muhammed Adnan Hanif
Graduate Student (PSU)
Drew Polasky
PhD Student

Post Doctoral Researcher (UMN)
Mo Li
Post Doc
PhD Student

Post Doctoral Researcher (UMN)
Yi Yang
Post Doc
PhD Student

Graduate Student (MTU)
Nichole Mackey
MS Student