Participants
Directors

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

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

Lara Fowler
Teaching Professor, Penn State Law, Penn State
Director, Sustainability Institute, Penn State

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

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

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

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

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

Sheila Olmstead
Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Wolfram Schlenker
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

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

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

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

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

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

Sitara Baboolal
Research Programmer, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth Collage

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

Danielle Grogan
Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire

Iman Haqiqi
Research Scientist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

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

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

Joseph Perla
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State

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

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

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

Atieh Alipour
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

Alfredo Cisneros-Pineda
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University

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

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

Thomas Braun
Ph.D. Student, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Hande Nur Celebi
Ph.D. Student, Economics Department, The University of Texas at Austin

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

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

Jill Horing
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

David Lafferty
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois

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

Duc Nguyen
M.Sc. Candidate, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Penn State

Julian Plough
Ph.D. Candidate, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

Brian Reed
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Yasmin Romitti
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University

Samantha Roth
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, Penn State

Charu Samantula
MS Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois

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

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

Haochen Ye
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University

Jiameng Zheng
Ph.D. Student, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Consultants

Katie Daenzer
Research Scientist, Independent Consultant

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

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

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

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

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

Polly Yan
Administrative Associate, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Alumni, Collaborators, and Affiliates

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

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

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

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

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

Kate Calvin
Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor, NASA

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

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

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
Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Penn State

Michael Goss (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Statistical Atmospheric Scientist, ERT

Florian Grosset (PCHES Student Alumnus)
Ph.D. Candidate, Sustainable Development, Columbia University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ali Sarhadi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mahkameh Zarekarizi (PCHES Postdoctoral Alumnus)
Research Scientist, Amazon

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