Participants

Directors


Karen Fisher-Vanden

Karen Fisher-Vanden
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Director, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES)

Economic modeling, Water institutions

Robert Nicholas

Robert Nicholas
Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
Director, Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management (CLIMA)

Climate science, Uncertainty quantification

John Weyant

John Weyant
Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University

Uncertainty & Diagnostics in Energy & Env. Modeling

Senior Personnel


Danielle Grogan

Danielle Grogan
Research Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire

Hydrology, Modeling, Agriculture, Water quality

Iman Haqiqi

Iman Haqiqi
Senior Research Economist, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Economics of water resources and climate change

Murali Haran

Murali Haran
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Penn State


Thomas Hertel

Thomas Hertel
Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University


Klaus Keller

Klaus Keller
Hodgson Distinguished Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

Uncertainty and risk characterization, Earth science

Richard Lammers

Richard Lammers
Research Associate Professor, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire

Water resources and hydrological modeling

Sheila Olmstead

Sheila Olmstead
Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy, and
Senior Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University

Environmental & energy economics, Econometrics

Wolfram Schlenker

Wolfram Schlenker
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Environmental & Agricultural Economics, Econometrics

Vivek Srikrishnan

Vivek Srikrishnan
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Uncertainty characterization, coupled natural-human systems

Ryan Sriver

Ryan Sriver
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Climate/Weather extremes and Uncertainty

Ian Sue Wing

Ian Sue Wing
Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston University

Energy/environmental/resource economics, CGE modeling

Mort Webster

Mort Webster
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Douglas Wrenn

Douglas Wrenn
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Penn State

Research Scientists


Stanley Glidden

Stanley Glidden
Information Technologist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire


Lidiia Iavorivska

Lidiia Iavorivska
PCHES Project Manager
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State

Hydrology, Modeling, Agriculture, Water quality

Jing Liu

Jing Liu
Research Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Damage from flooding, Water economics, Water pollution

Femeena Pandara Valappil

Femeena Pandara Valappil
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State

Ecohydrology, Modeling, Water quality, Optimization, Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Alexander Prusevich

Alexander Prusevich
Research Scientist, Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire


Kelsey Ruckert

Kelsey Ruckert
Coastal Climate Extension Specialist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Jiameng Zheng

Jiameng Zheng
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, Louisiana State University


Shantar Zuidema

Shantar Zuidema
Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Postdocs


David Lafferty

David Lafferty
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Climate risk management

Edouard Mensah

Edouard Mensah
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Penn State


Adam Pollack

Adam Pollack
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


Samantha Roth

Samantha Roth
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


Students


Theo Avila

Theo Avila
B.S. Student, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Climate and Wildfire Risk

Sizhuo Chen

Sizhuo Chen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Spencer Guerrero

Spencer Guerrero
Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois


Keiko Kircher

Keiko Kircher
Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Climate, Temperature Extremes

Zhuoran (Gray) Li

Zhuoran (Gray) Li
Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State

CGE and Integrated Assessment modeling, Global trade

Yifan Luo

Yifan Luo
Ph.D. Student, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Water resource management, Climate change impact

Tiemeng Ma

Tiemeng Ma
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State

CGE modeling, Econometrics

Amna Omer

Amna Omer
Ph.D. Student, Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, University of New Hampshire

Water Resources, Engineering / Management

Nicolas Schneider

Nicolas Schneider
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University

Projected climate change impacts, Climate economics

Mingzhou Shen

Mingzhou Shen
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State

CGE modeling, Applied econometrics

Katerina Tang

Katerina Tang
Ph.D. Student, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University

Mathematical modeling, Machine learning

Roberto Zuniga

Roberto Zuniga
Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Environmental Economics, Climate Risk and Uncertainty

Consultants


Katie Daenzer

Katie Daenzer
Research Scientist, Independent Consultant


Qin Fan

Qin Fan
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Fresno


Jeff Nucciarone

Jeff Nucciarone
R&D Engineer, Institute for Computational and Data Science, Penn State

Staff


Matthew Lisk

Matthew Lisk
Scientific Programmer, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Pamela McCroskey

Pamela McCroskey
Assistant to Director, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University


Polly Yan

Polly Yan
Administrative Associate, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Alumni, Collaborators, and Affiliates


Atieh Alipour

Atieh Alipour (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Physical Scientist, Lynker, Affiliate of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Flood risk assessment, Uncertainty analysis

Salvi Asefi-Najafabady

Salvi Asefi-Najafabady (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Climate Scientist, Environmental Resources Management


Sitara Baboolal

Sitara Baboolal (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Formerly Research Programmer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

Numerical Modeling, Risk Assessment, Uncertainty Analysis

Uris Baldos

Uris Baldos (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University


Seth Blumsack

Seth Blumsack
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Thomas Braun

Thomas Braun (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University


Jesse Bukenberger

Jesse Bukenberger (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State

Uncertainty Modeling, Transmission Planning

Bob Caccese

Bob Caccese (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Counsel, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission



Jared Carbone

Jared Carbone
Associate Professor, Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines


Hande Nur Celebi

Hande Nur Celebi (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Risk Analyst, Tricon Energy, Houston, TX

Applied microeconomics, Econometrics

Juan-Carlos Ciscar

Juan-Carlos Ciscar
Senior scientist, Joint Research Centre, European Commission


Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda

Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO)

Spatial and Environmental Economics, CGE modeling

Noah Diffenbaugh

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

Chris Forest
Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Penn State


Lara Fowler

Lara Fowler
Director, Penn State Sustainability
Chief Sustainability Officer, Penn State
Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law

Law, Policy, Stakeholder engagement

Steve Frolking

Steve Frolking
Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Water resources, Agricultural systems

Michael Goss

Michael Goss (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Scientist, Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service, NOAA


Florian Grosset

Florian Grosset (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, CREST –ENSAE Paris


Mohamad Hejazi

Mohamad Hejazi
Research Fellow, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)


Emily Hogan

Emily Hogan (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions


Jill Horing

Jill Horing (PCHES Student Alumnus)
CCST S&T Policy Fellow, Office of Chair Hochschild, California Energy Commission


Iman Hosseini-Shakib

Iman Hosseini-Shakib (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Technical Specialist in Water Practice, Michael Baker International


Harshanee Jayasekera

Harshanee Jayasekera (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Zhenong Jin

Zhenong Jin (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota


H. Allen Klaiber

H. Allen Klaiber
Professor and Graduate Studies Chair, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University


Katerina Kostadinova

Katerina Kostadinova
Formerly Administrative Support Coordinator, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State


Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kumar (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Senior Data Scientist, Procter and Gamble


Jonathan Lamontagne

Jonathan Lamontagne (PIAMMDI Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University


Ben (Seiyon) Lee

Ben (Seiyon) Lee (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University


Cicero Lima

Cicero Lima (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Temporary Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of Pelotas


David Lobell

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

Suhail Mahmud (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Atmospheric Data Scientist, Karen Clark & Company


Erin Mansur

Erin Mansur
Revers Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Faculty Director, Revers Center for Energy, Dartmouth College


Verena McClain

Verena McClain (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Economist, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion


Robert Mendelsohn

Robert Mendelsohn
Edwin Weyerhaeuser Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University


Erwan Monier

Erwan Monier (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis


Rachel Morrison

Rachel Morrison
Formerly Research Scientist, Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire


Richard Moss

Richard Moss (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


Duc Nguyen

Duc Nguyen (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State

Energy Systems Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Jared Oyler

Jared Oyler (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Senior Geospatial Scientist, Jupiter Intelligence


Darrah Peklak

Darrah Peklak (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Associate Economist, Moody's Analytics


Joseph Perla

Joseph Perla (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Economist, National Center for Environmental Economics, United States Environmental Protection Agency


Julian Plough

Julian Plough (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Coastal Resilience Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Brian Reed

Brian Reed (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Machine Learning Engineer, Rhizome


Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed (MSD Community of Practice Co-Lead)
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University


Renata Rimsaite

Renata Rimsaite (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute & National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln


Yasmin Romitti

Yasmin Romitti (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Formerly Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University

Climate change impacts, Energy economics

Joel Roop-Eckart

Joel Roop-Eckart (PCHES Research Assistant Alumnus)
Technical Account Manager, Qualtrics


Charles Rougé

Charles Rougé (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Lecturer in Water Resilience, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield


Charu Samantula

Charu Samantula (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Energy Analyst, Ascend Analytics

Climate risk and uncertainty

Ali Sarhadi

Ali Sarhadi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)


Sanjib Sharma

Sanjib Sharma (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Howard University


Alexander Shiklomanov

Alexander Shiklomanov (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire


James Shortle

James Shortle (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State


Caitlin Spence

Caitlin Spence (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Climate Resilience Engineer and Data Scientist, Kleinfelder


Wenjing Su

Wenjing Su (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Shanxia Sun

Shanxia Sun (PCHES Researcher Alumnus)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Shanghai University


Brayam Valqui

Brayam Valqui (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State


Nathalie Voisin

Nathalie Voisin
Chief Scientist, Earth System Predictability, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Affiliate Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington


Haochen Ye

Haochen Ye (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Research and Development Scientist, Rain and Hail Insurance


Mahkameh Zarekarizi

Mahkameh Zarekarizi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Research Scientist, Amazon

Hydrology, Uncertainty quantification, Decision-making

Bining Zhao

Bining Zhao (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Application Engineer, Hitachi Energy