Participants
Directors
![Karen Fisher-Vanden](/images/participants/fisher-vanden-karen.jpg)
Karen Fisher-Vanden
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Director, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES)
![Robert Nicholas](/images/participants/nicholas-robert.jpg)
Robert Nicholas
Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Director, Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management (CLIMA)
![John Weyant](/images/participants/weyant-john.jpg)
John Weyant
Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Senior Personnel
![Danielle Grogan](/images/participants/grogan-danielle.jpg)
Danielle Grogan
Research Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire
![Iman Haqiqi](/images/participants/haqiqi-iman.jpg)
Iman Haqiqi
Senior Research Economist, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
![Murali Haran](/images/participants/haran-murali.jpg)
Murali Haran
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Penn State
![Thomas Hertel](/images/participants/hertel-thomas.jpg)
Thomas Hertel
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
![Klaus Keller](/images/participants/keller-klaus.jpg)
Klaus Keller
Hodgson Distinguished Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
![Richard Lammers](/images/participants/lammers-richard.jpg)
Richard Lammers
Research Associate Professor, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire
![Sheila Olmstead](/images/participants/olmstead-sheila.jpg)
Sheila Olmstead
Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy, and
Senior Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University
![Wolfram Schlenker](/images/participants/schlenker-wolfram.jpg)
Wolfram Schlenker
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
![Vivek Srikrishnan](/images/participants/srikrishnan-vivek.jpg)
Vivek Srikrishnan
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
![Ryan Sriver](/images/participants/sriver-ryan.jpg)
Ryan Sriver
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
![Ian Sue Wing](/images/participants/suewing-ian.jpg)
Ian Sue Wing
Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston University
![Mort Webster](/images/participants/webster-mort.jpg)
Mort Webster
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
![Douglas Wrenn](/images/participants/wrenn-douglas.jpg)
Douglas Wrenn
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Penn State
Research Scientists
![Stanley Glidden](/images/participants/glidden-stanley.jpg)
Stanley Glidden
Information Technologist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire
![Lidiia Iavorivska](/images/participants/iavorivska-lidiia.jpg)
Lidiia Iavorivska
PCHES Project Manager
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
![Jing Liu](/images/participants/liu-jing.jpg)
Jing Liu
Research Economist, Department
of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
![Femeena Pandara Valappil](/images/participants/pandara-femeena.jpg)
Femeena Pandara Valappil
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
![Alexander Prusevich](/images/participants/prusevich-alexander.jpg)
Alexander Prusevich
Research Scientist, Earth Systems Research Center,
University of New Hampshire
![Kelsey Ruckert](/images/participants/ruckert-kelsey.jpg)
Kelsey Ruckert
Coastal Climate Extension Specialist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
![Shantar Zuidema](/images/participants/zuidema-shan.jpg)
Shantar Zuidema
Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Postdocs
![Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda](/images/participants/cisneros-alfredo.jpg)
Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University
![Edouard Mensah](/images/participants/mensah-edouard.jpg)
Edouard Mensah
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Penn State
![Adam Pollack](/images/participants/pollack-adam.jpg)
Adam Pollack
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
![Jiameng Zheng](/images/participants/zheng-jiameng.jpg)
Jiameng Zheng
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Business and Public Policy (CBPP), Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Students
![Hande Nur Celebi](/images/participants/celebi-handenur.jpg)
Hande Nur Celebi
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department, The University of Texas at Austin
![Sizhuo Chen](/images/participants/chen-sizhuo.jpg)
Sizhuo Chen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
![Spencer Guerrero](/images/participants/guerrero-spencer.jpg)
Spencer Guerrero
Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
![David Lafferty](/images/participants/lafferty-david.jpg)
David Lafferty
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
![Yifan Luo](/images/participants/luo-yifan.jpg)
Yifan Luo
Ph.D. Student, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
![Tiemeng Ma](/images/participants/ma-tiemeng.jpg)
Tiemeng Ma
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
![Duc Nguyen](/images/participants/nguyen-duc.jpg)
Duc Nguyen
M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
![Samantha Roth](/images/participants/roth-samantha.jpg)
Samantha Roth
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, Penn State
![Charu Samantula](/images/participants/samantula-charu.jpg)
Charu Samantula
MS Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
![Nicolas Schneider](/images/participants/schneider-nicolas.jpg)
Nicolas Schneider
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
![Mingzhou Shen](/images/participants/shen-mingzhou.jpg)
Mingzhou Shen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
![Katerina Tang](/images/participants/tang-katerina.jpg)
Katerina Tang
Ph.D. Student, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
![Roberto Zuniga](/images/participants/zuniga-roberto.jpg)
Roberto Zuniga
Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Consultants
![Katie Daenzer](/images/participants/daenzer-katie.jpg)
Katie Daenzer
Research Scientist, Independent Consultant
![Qin Fan](/images/participants/fan-qin.jpg)
Qin Fan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Fresno
![Jeff Nucciarone](/images/participants/nucciarone-jeff.jpg)
Jeff Nucciarone
R&D Engineer, Institute for Computational and Data Science, Penn State
Staff
![Matthew Lisk](/images/participants/lisk-matthew.jpg)
Matthew Lisk
Scientific Programmer, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
![Pamela McCroskey](/images/participants/mccroskey-pam.jpg)
Pamela McCroskey
Assistant to Director, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University
![Polly Yan](/images/participants/yan-polly.jpg)
Polly Yan
Administrative Associate, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Alumni, Collaborators, and Affiliates
![Atieh Alipour](/images/participants/alipour-atieh.jpg)
Atieh Alipour (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Physical Scientist, Lynker, Affiliate of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
![Salvi Asefi-Najafabady](/images/participants/asefi-salvi.jpg)
Salvi Asefi-Najafabady (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Climate Scientist, Environmental Resources Management
![Sitara Baboolal](/images/participants/baboolal-sitara.jpg)
Sitara Baboolal (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Formerly Research Programmer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
![Uris Baldos](/images/participants/baldos-uris.jpg)
Uris Baldos (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
![Seth Blumsack](/images/participants/blumsack-seth.jpg)
Seth Blumsack
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
![Thomas Braun](/images/participants/braun-thomas.jpg)
Thomas Braun (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
![Jesse Bukenberger](/images/participants/bukenberger-jesse.jpg)
Jesse Bukenberger (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
![Bob Caccese](/images/participants/caccese-bob.jpg)
Bob Caccese (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Counsel, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
![Kate Calvin](/images/participants/calvin-kate.jpg)
Kate Calvin
Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor, NASA
![Jared Carbone](/images/participants/carbone-jared.jpg)
Jared Carbone
Associate Professor, Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines
![Juan-Carlos Ciscar](/images/participants/ciscar-juancarlos.jpg)
Juan-Carlos Ciscar
Senior scientist, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
![Noah Diffenbaugh](/images/participants/diffenbaugh-noah.jpg)
Noah Diffenbaugh (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Professor, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
![Chris Forest](/images/participants/forest-chris.jpg)
Chris Forest
Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Penn State
![Lara Fowler](/images/participants/fowler-lara.jpg)
Lara Fowler
Director, Penn State Sustainability
Chief Sustainability Officer, Penn State
Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law
![Steve Frolking](/images/participants/frolking-steve.jpg)
Steve Frolking
Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
![Michael Goss](/images/participants/goss-michael.jpg)
Michael Goss (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Statistical Atmospheric Scientist, ERT
![Florian Grosset](/images/participants/grosset-florian.jpg)
Florian Grosset (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Sustainable Development, Columbia University
![Mohamad Hejazi](/images/participants/hejazi-mohamad.jpg)
Mohamad Hejazi
Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
![Emily Hogan](/images/participants/hogan-emily.jpg)
Emily Hogan (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions
![Jill Horing](/images/participants/horing-jill.jpg)
Jill Horing (PCHES Student Alumnus)
CCST S&T Policy Fellow, Office of Chair Hochschild, California Energy Commission
![Iman Hosseini-Shakib](/images/participants/hosseini-shakib-iman.jpg)
Iman Hosseini-Shakib (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Technical Specialist in Water Practice, Michael Baker International
![Harshanee Jayasekera](/images/participants/jayasekera-harshanee.jpg)
Harshanee Jayasekera (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
![Zhenong Jin](/images/participants/jin-zhenong.jpg)
Zhenong Jin (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
![H. Allen Klaiber](/images/participants/klaiber-allen.jpg)
H. Allen Klaiber
Professor and Graduate Studies Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University
![Katerina Kostadinova](/images/participants/kostadinova-katerina.jpg)
Katerina Kostadinova
Formerly Administrative Support Coordinator, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
![Vijay Kumar](/images/participants/kumar-vijay.jpg)
Vijay Kumar (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Data Scientist, Procter and Gamble
![Jonathan Lamontagne](/images/participants/lamontagne-jon.jpg)
Jonathan Lamontagne (PIAMMDI Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
![Ben (Seiyon) Lee](/images/participants/lee-ben.jpg)
Ben (Seiyon) Lee (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University
![Cicero Lima](/images/participants/lima-cicero.jpg)
Cicero Lima (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Temporary Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of Pelotas
![David Lobell](/images/participants/lobell-david.jpg)
David Lobell (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Associate Professor, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University
![Suhail Mahmud](/images/participants/mahmud-suhail.jpg)
Suhail Mahmud (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Atmospheric Data Scientist, Karen Clark & Company
![Erin Mansur](/images/participants/mansur-erin.jpg)
Erin Mansur
Revers Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Faculty Director, Revers Center for Energy, Dartmouth College
![Verena McClain](/images/participants/mcclain-verena.jpg)
Verena McClain (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Economist, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
![Robert Mendelsohn](/images/participants/mendelsohn-robert.jpg)
Robert Mendelsohn
Edwin Weyerhaeuser Professor, School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University
![Erwan Monier](/images/participants/monier-erwan.jpg)
Erwan Monier (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis
![Rachel Morrison](/images/participants/morrison-rachel.jpg)
Rachel Morrison
Formerly Research Scientist, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire
![Richard Moss](/images/participants/moss-richard.jpg)
Richard Moss (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
![Jared Oyler](/images/participants/oyler-jared.jpg)
Jared Oyler (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Geospatial Scientist, Jupiter Intelligence
![Darrah Peklak](/images/participants/peklak-darrah.jpg)
Darrah Peklak (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Associate Economist, Moody's Analytics
![Joseph Perla](/images/participants/perla-joseph.jpg)
Joseph Perla
Economist, National Center for Environmental Economics, United States Environmental Protection Agency
![Julian Plough](/images/participants/plough-julian.jpg)
Julian Plough (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Coastal Resilience Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
![Brian Reed](/images/participants/reed-brian.jpg)
Brian Reed (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Machine Learning Engineer, Rhizome
![Patrick Reed](/images/participants/reed-patrick.jpg)
Patrick Reed (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
![Renata Rimsaite](/images/participants/rimsaite-renata.jpg)
Renata Rimsaite (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute & National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln
![Yasmin Romitti](/images/participants/romitti-yasmin.jpg)
Yasmin Romitti (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
![Joel Roop-Eckart](/images/participants/roopeckart-joel.jpg)
Joel Roop-Eckart (PCHES Research Assistant Alumnus)
Technical Account Manager, Qualtrics
![Charles Rougé](/images/participants/rouge-charles.jpg)
Charles Rougé (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Lecturer in Water Resilience, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield
![Ali Sarhadi](/images/participants/sarhadi-ali.jpg)
Ali Sarhadi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
![Sanjib Sharma](/images/participants/sharma-sanjib.jpg)
Sanjib Sharma (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Howard University
![Alexander Shiklomanov](/images/participants/shiklomanov-alexander.jpg)
Alexander Shiklomanov (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
![James Shortle](/images/participants/shortle-james.jpg)
James Shortle (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
![Caitlin Spence](/images/participants/spence-caitlin.jpg)
Caitlin Spence (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Climate Resilience Engineer and Data Scientist, Kleinfelder
![Wenjing Su](/images/participants/su-wenjing.jpg)
Wenjing Su (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
![Shanxia Sun](/images/participants/sun-shanxia.jpg)
Shanxia Sun (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Shanghai University
![Brayam Valqui](/images/participants/valqui-brayam.jpg)
Brayam Valqui (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State
![Nathalie Voisin](/images/participants/voisin-nathalie.jpg)
Nathalie Voisin
Chief Scientist, Earth System Predictability, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Affiliate Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
![Haochen Ye](/images/participants/ye-haochen.jpg)
Haochen Ye (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Research and Development Scientist, Rain and Hail Insurance
![Mahkameh Zarekarizi](/images/participants/zarekarizi-mahkameh.jpg)
Mahkameh Zarekarizi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Research Scientist, Amazon
![Bining Zhao](/images/participants/zhao-bining.jpg)
Bining Zhao (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Application Engineer, Hitachi Energy