Current Researchers and Alumni

Aaron Ziemer

Adam Kotin

Managing Director, Soil Carbon Initiative

Alex Barba

COO and Chief of Staff for Disease Control & Public Health Response, Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment

Alex Durand

OECD, Paris

Alia El Ghaib

Strategic Project Manager of Partner Operations, Fever

Alison Kirsch

Senior Energy Campaigns Analyst, Sierra Club

Allie Reilly

Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability Lead Consultant, WSP USA

Allison Meakem

Associate Editor, Foreign Policy

Andrea Vega Troncoso

Program Coordinator, Women’s Environment & Development Organization

Andrea Zhu

PhD candidate in Sociology, UCLA

Andrew Javens

Science Teacher, Saint Ann's School

Angelica Arellano

Second Assistant Editor, Searchlight Pictures

Angie Kim

Software Engineer, Google

Anna Messer

Research Analyst, HR&A Advisors

Anthony Bishop-Gylys

Austen Sharpe

Data Analyst, Catalyst Cooperative

Ava Ward

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Ben Gross

Analyst II, Catalist

Bennett Walkes

Harvest and Stewardship Program Coordinator, City Fruit

Brett Cotler

Data Analyst II, Gopuff

Caitlyn Carpenter

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Callie Rabinovitz

Camila Bustos

Independent Consultant on Climate Displacement, Int'l Refugee Assistance Project

Caroline Jones

Senior Analyst, US Climate Team, Environmental Defense Fund

Caroline Sassan

Cartie Werthman

Researcher and Staff Writer, DeSmog & Auxiliar de Conversación, Madrid

Cassidy Bennett

Post Grad Fellow, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Ceci Pineda

Organizer, Audre Lorde Project

Celia Hack

General Assignment Reporter, KMUW 89.1

Charlotte Marcil

Research Intern, Center for Climate Integrity & Freelance Writer, DeSmog

Cherise Pabia

JD from James E. Beasley School of Law, Temple University, class of '23

Christine Baek

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Clare Steinman

Associate Portfolio Manager (Renewable Energy Investing), Allianz Capital Partners

Cole Triedman

Project Manager, E9 Insight & Policy Director, Think Microgrid

Crystal Avila

Advisory Senior Associate of Health and Government Solutions, KPMG US

Curtis Stiles

Marketplace at Watershed

Dana Kurniawan

Associate Product Manager, Google

Daniel Motley Parra

David Ciplet

Environmental Studies Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder

David Wingate

Carbon Accounting and Transition Risk Consultant, Malk Partners

Derek Russell

Independent researcher and sustainable architecture consultant

Dun Jian Chin

Ellis Clark

Community Development Banking Analyst, JPMorgan Chase

Emily Rockwell

Climate Disinformation Research Associate, Climate Nexus

Emma Bouton

Finance Director, Matt and Cynthia for RI

Emma Venarde

Ethan Drake

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Eve Lukens-Day

Program Coordinator, Energy Allies

Finnian Lowden

Corporate Case Assistant, Cooley LLP

Francesca Mustain

Frishta Qaderi

JD candidate, Stanford Law class of '26

Galen Winsor

CDL Web Developer

Grace Austin

Graciela Kincaid

Head of Product, Parabola

Gregory Hitch

Jill Beck NEH Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, Lawrence University

Guy Edwards

International Relations PhD candidate, University of Sussex

Harry August

Ian Lefond

Iman Khanbhai

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Isaac Slevin

Isabella Garo

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Ishani Chokshi

Renberg Fellow, Williams Institute at UCLA Law & Master's Candidate, California Institute of the Arts

Izza Drury

JD candidate, Harvard Law '24

Janek Schaller

Jeff Baum

Client Development Team Lead, Northstar Recycling

Jessica Kenny

Sustainability Business Analyst, WM

Jessie Sugarman

Policy Analyst, Environmental Law Institute

Jon Gewirtzman

PhD candidate, Yale School of the Environment

Jules Bradley

Senior Producer, YR Media

Juliana Merullo

Kai Salem

Climate Law JD candidate at Columbia University, class of '25

Kailani Acosta

PhD candidate, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Kara Roanhorse

PhD student in American Studies, University of New Mexico

Kari Malkki

Healing Justice Organizer, Restore Oakland

Keith Madden

Manager, Global Environment Area, Rotary International

Ken Schell-Smith

Junior Analyst, Climate Policy Initiative

Kimberly Collins

Analyst, Deloitte & John Robert Lewis Fellow, Faith and Politics Institute

Kolya Shields

Lauren Griffiths

Lauren Maunus

Advocacy Director, Sunrise Movement

Lisa Schold

Logan Dreher

Yale Scholar, UMichigan Environmental Justice Coalition

Maddie Verity

Madeline Canfield

Mara Dolan

US Program Manager, Women’s Environment & Development Organization

Marguerite Suozzo-Golé

Senior New England Organizer, Indivisible

Maris Jones

William Fontaine Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, joint PhD in Anthropology and Africana Studies

Meghan Holloway

UChicago Law '21

Michael Warren Murphy

Assistant Professor of Black Studies, Occidental College

Michelle Levinson

Manager of eMobility Financial Solutions, World Resources Institute

Mili Mitra

Deputy Director of Audience Strategy, Washington Post Opinions Section

Ming-May Hu

Software Engineer, Pinterest

Nathaniel Pettit

Teacher, Catskill Montessori School

Nina Wolff Landau

Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, Corporate Accountability

Noah Ball-Burack

Olivia McClain

Environmental Educator, Riveredge Nature Center & Fulbright Recipient, Côte d'Ivoire

Olivia Santiago

APAC Senior Enterprise Advocate, Atlassian

Olivia Williams

Pilar McDonald

Co-Founder and Co-Director, Project Matriarchs

Priyanka Mahat

Rachel Risoleo

JD candidate, NYU School of Law, class of '24

Rebecca Blumenthal

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Reihan Abar

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Riley Stevenson

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Romain Weikmans

Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs & Adjunct Prof, ULB

Rosalind Coats

Rose Shen

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Sarah Stillman

Consultant, The World Bank

Seth Goldstein

Project Coordinator, Kearns & West

Sonya Gurwitt

Senior Editorial Assistant, Roosevelt Institute

Sophie Purdom

Managing Partner, Planeteer Capital & Co-Founder, Climate Tech VC

Spencer Fields

Director of Insights, EnergySage

Spencer Lawrence

Founder and CEO, Lawrence Design Build

Stacy-ann Robinson

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College

Stephen Stahr

Stina Trollbäck

Assistant Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching Program

Sujay Natson

Senior Sustainable Finance Consultant, EY, London

Susan Tang

Curatorial & Communications Fellow, Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

Thomas Culver

Legislative Assistant for US Senator Jon Tester

Tory Hoffmeister

Manager of Energy and Climate Practice, 3Degrees Group, Inc.

Ty Pham-Swann

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William Kattrup

Xiaokang Xue

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Ximena Carranza Risco

Technical Assistant in Climate Change and Gender, UN Development Programme, Peru

Zihao Jiang