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Faculty and Administration

Board of Permanent Officers
  • Richard C. Levin, B.Litt., Ph.D., President of the University
  • Peter Salovey, Ph.D., Provost of the University
  • Sir Peter R. Crane, Ph.D., Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean; and Professor of Botany
  • Mark S. Ashton, M.F., Ph.D., Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology; and Director, School Forests
  • Michelle L. Bell, M.S.E., Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Health
  • Gaboury Benoit, M.S., Ph.D., Grinstein Class of 1954 Professor of Environmental Chemistry; Professor of Environmental Engineering; and Director, Hixon Center for Urban Ecology
  • Graeme P. Berlyn, Ph.D., E. H. Harriman Professor of Forest Management; Professor of Anatomy and Physiology of Trees; and Editor, Journal of Sustainable Forestry
  • Benjamin Cashore, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Governance and Political Science; and Director, Program on Forest Policy and Governance
  • Marian R. Chertow, M.P.P.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management; Director, Program on Solid Waste Policy; and Director, Industrial Environmental Management Program (on leave, spring 2013)
  • Michael R. Dove, M.A., Ph.D., Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology; Professor of Anthropology; and Coordinator, F&ES/Anthropology Degree Program
  • Daniel C. Esty, M.A., J.D., Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy; Clinical Professor, Law School; Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy; and Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment (on leave, 2012–2013)
  • Thomas E. Graedel, M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Clifton R. Musser Professor of Industrial Ecology; Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Geology and Geophysics; and Director, Center for Industrial Ecology
  • Timothy G. Gregoire, Ph.D., J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr. Professor of Forest Management
  • Xuhui Lee, M.Sc., Ph.D., Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Meteorology
  • Robert Mendelsohn, Ph.D., Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Forest Policy; Professor of Economics; and Professor, School of Management
  • Chadwick Dearing Oliver, M.F.S., Ph.D., Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Director, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
  • Peter A. Raymond, Ph.D., Professor of Ecosystem Ecology (on leave, spring 2013)
  • James E. Saiers, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Hydrology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Oswald J. Schmitz, M.Sc., Ph.D., Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Director, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
  • David K. Skelly, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology; Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Director of Doctoral Studies
  • John P. Wargo, Ph.D., Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Environmental Health and Politics; and Chair, Yale College Environmental Studies Major and Program
Faculty Emeriti
  • William R. Burch, Jr., M.S., Ph.D., Frederick C. Hixon Professor Emeritus of Natural Resource Management
  • John C. Gordon, Ph.D., Pinchot Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Environmental Studies
  • Stephen R. Kellert, Ph.D., Tweedy/Ordway Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology
  • Thomas Siccama, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Forest Ecology
  • William H. Smith, M.F., Ph.D., Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Forest Biology
Ladder Faculty
  • Robert Bailis, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Social Science (on leave, 2012–2013)
  • Mark A. Bradford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
  • Alexander J. Felson, M.L.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and School of Architecture (on leave, fall 2012)
  • Eli Fenichel, M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bioeconomics and Ecosystem Management
  • Kenneth T. Gillingham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics
  • Karen Hébert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Anthropology and Assistant Professor of Anthropology
  • Matthew J. Kotchen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy
  • Karen Seto, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Urban Environment
  • Nadine Unger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Climate Science (on leave, 2012–2013)
  • Julie B. Zimmerman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Green Engineering; Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering; and Acting Director, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering (on leave, 2012–2013)
Non-Ladder Faculty
  • Paul T. Anastas, Ph.D., Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment; Director, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering; Senior Research Scientist in Chemical Engineering; and Lecturer, Department of Chemistry
  • Shimon C. Anisfeld, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist in Water Resources and Environmental Chemistry
  • Richard Burroughs, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct) of Coastal Science and Policy
  • Ann Elizabeth Camp, M.F.S., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist in Stand Dynamics and Forest Health
  • Carol Carpenter, M.A., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Associate Research Scholar in Natural Resource Social Science; Adjunct Lecturer in Anthropology; and Director, Tropical Resources Institute
  • Susan G. Clark, M.S., Ph.D., Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Professor (Adjunct) of Wildlife Ecology and Policy
  • Amity Doolittle, M.E.S., Ph.D., Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist
  • Paul Alexander Draghi, M.A., M.A., Ph.D., Director of Information Technology and Lecturer in Forest History
  • Helmut Ernstberger, Ph.D., Lecturer, Associate Research Scientist, and Analytical Laboratory Manager
  • Gordon T. Geballe, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Dean for External and Alumni Affairs and Lecturer in Urban Ecology
  • Bradford S. Gentry, J.D., Professor in the Practice; Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment; and Director, Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment
  • John Grim, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar (on leave, fall 2012)
  • Arnulf Grubler, Ph.D., Professor in the Field of Energy and Technology
  • Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D., Research Scientist; and Director, Program on Strategic Initiatives
  • Reid J. Lifset, M.S., M.P.P.M., Associate Research Scholar; Associate Director, Industrial Environmental Management Program; and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Florencia Montagnini, M.S., Ph.D., Professor in the Practice of Tropical Forestry; and Director, Program in Tropical Forestry of the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
  • Rajendra K. Pachauri, Ph.D., Director, Yale Climate and Energy Institute; and Professor in the Practice of Sustainable Development
  • Jonathan D. Reuning-Scherer, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Statistics
  • Mary Evelyn Tucker, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Scholar (on leave, fall 2012)
Courtesy Joint Appointments
  • Michelle Addington, Ph.D., Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design, School of Architecture
  • Ruth Elaine Blake, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Geology and Geophysics
  • Kelly Brownell, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
  • Adalgisa (Gisella) Caccone, M.S., Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • David Cromwell, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct), School of Management
  • Michael Donoghue, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Menachem Elimelech, Ph.D., Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
  • Durland Fish, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), School of Public Health
  • Willis Jenkins, Ph.D., Margaret Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Divinity School
  • Douglas A. Kysar, J.D., Joseph M. Field ’55 Professor of Law, Law School
  • Brian P. Leaderer, Ph.D., Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health), School of Public Health
  • William Mitch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
  • William Nordhaus, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Economics
  • Jeffrey Powell, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Richard Prum, Ph.D., William Robertson Coe Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History
  • James C. Scott, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Political Science; Professor of Anthropology; and Director, Program in Agrarian Studies, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
  • Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology; and Dinakar Singh Professor of India and South Asia Studies
  • Ronald B. Smith, Ph.D., Damon Wells Professor of Geology and Geophysics; Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science; and Director, Yale Center for Earth Observation
  • Harvey Weiss, Ph.D., Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology
  • Ernesto Zedillo, Ph.D., Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; and Professor in the Field of International Economics and International Relations
Visiting Faculty, Fellows, Adjunct Faculty, and Faculty with Primary Appointments Elsewhere
  • Maureen Burke, M.B.A., Lecturer
  • Douglas C. Daly, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct)
  • Mary Beth Decker, Ph.D., Lecturer
  • William Ellis, Ph.D., Senior Visiting Fellow; Lecturer; and Resident Fellow in Industrial Environmental Management
  • Ona Ferguson, M.E.M., Lecturer
  • Michael Ferrucci, M.F., Lecturer
  • James Fickle, Ph.D., Visiting Professor
  • Lawrence Kelly, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Adjunct)
  • Katherine Kennedy, J.D., Visiting Lecturer in Law
  • Yehia Khalil, Ph.D., Lecturer and Senior Research Scientist
  • Roy S. Lee, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct)
  • Lin Heng Lye, LL.M., Visiting Associate Professor
  • James R. Lyons, M.F., Lecturer and Research Scholar
  • James G. MacBroom, P.E., Lecturer in River Processes and Restoration
  • Fabian Michelangeli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
  • Kristin Morico, M.E.M., Lecturer
  • Julie Newman, Ph.D., Lecturer
  • John R. Nolon, J.D., Visiting Professor
  • Michael Northrop, M.P.A., Lecturer
  • Christine Padoch, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct)
  • Charles M. Peters, M.F.S., Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct) of Tropical Ecology
  • Stephen Ramsey, Senior Visiting Fellow and Lecturer
  • Nicholas A. Robinson, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct)
  • Marjorie Shansky, J.D., Lecturer
  • Deborah Spalding, M.A., M.B.A., M.F., Lecturer
  • Dennis W. Stevenson, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct) of Tropical Studies
  • Fred Strebeigh, B.A., Senior Lecturer in Environmental Writing
  • Pavan Sukhdev, B.A., Visiting Fellow
  • Charles Dana Tomlin, Ph.D., Professor (Adjunct)
  • William Vance, Ph.D., Lecturer
  • Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D., Lecturer
Research Appointments
  • Ruth Allen, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • James Axley, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar
  • Paul Berkowitz, M.E.M., Visiting Fellow
  • Mary K. Berlyn, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
  • Frederick Herbert Bormann, M.A., Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
  • J. Alan Brewster, M.P.A., Research Scholar
  • William Richard Burch, Jr., M.S., Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist
  • Douglas A. Clark, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Lauri K. Freidenburg, Ph.D., Research Scholar
  • Eva Garen, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Jefferson Hall, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Stephen R. Kellert, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar
  • Laly Lichtenfeld, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • David Mattson, Ph.D., Visiting Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer
  • Helen Mills Poulos, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Barbara Reck, M.S.Eng., Associate Research Scientist
  • William Schlesinger, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Megha Shenoy, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa, Ph.D., Research Scientist
  • Yajie Song, Ph.D., Research Scholar
  • Rajesh Thadani, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Anitra Thorhaug, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Talbot Trotter III, Associate Research Scientist
  • Mark Twery, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
  • Qingling Zhang, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Center, Program, and Research Staff
  • Amy Badner, Senior Administrative Assistant, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
  • Lisa Bassani, M.F., Program Director, Tropical Resources Institute
  • Sarah Bercovici, B.S., Laboratory Assistant
  • Gillian Bloomfield, M.F.S., Coordinator, Environmental Leadership and Training Program
  • Richard Campbell, M.F., Manager, School Forests
  • Margaret Carmalt, M.F., GreenSkills Manager, Urban Resources Initiative
  • Stuart DeCew, M.E.M., M.B.A., Program Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
  • Anna del Cid-Liccardi , M.F., Coordinator, Environmental Leadership and Training Program
  • Gary Dunning, M.F., Executive Director, The Forests Dialogue
  • Edward Gordon, M.S., Ph.D., Editor, Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Ermelinda Harper, M.S., Ph.D., Coordinator, Criticalities of Metal
  • Jonas Karosas, Laboratory Assistant
  • Francisco Lopez, Laboratory Assistant, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
  • Nancy Marek, M.F., Program Coordinator, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
  • Philip Marshall, M.E.Sc., Ph.D., Editorial Assistant
  • Alice Matthews, M.A., Administrative Assistant, Environmental Leadership and Training Program
  • Erin McBurney, B.A., Senior Administrative Assistant, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
  • Janice Mitchell, A.S., Administrative Assistant, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
  • Colleen Murphy-Dunning, M.S., Center Director, Hixon Center for Urban Ecology, and Program Director, Urban Resources Initiative
  • Lisa O’Brien, B.A., Senior Administrative Assistant, The Forests Dialogue
  • P. Christopher Ozyck, B.S., Greenspace Coordinator, Urban Resources Initiative
  • Anna Ruth Pickett, A.A., Administrative Assistant, Urban Resources Initiative
  • Melanie Quigley, B.S., Program Coordinator, Center for Industrial Ecology and Industrial Environmental Management Program
  • Barbara Ruth, M.Phil., Coordinator, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
  • Susanne Stahl, M.A., Senior Administrative Assistant, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
  • Emily Stevenson, M.E.Sc., Program Coordinator, Afforestation Project
  • Mary Tyrrell, M.B.A., M.F.S., Executive Director, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry; and Program Director, Program on Private Forests
  • Brian Weeks, B.A., Research Assistant, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
Administrative Staff
  • Mariann Adams, Administrative Assistant, Student Services
  • Barbara Amendola, Deputy Director of Finance and Administration
  • Elisabeth Barsa, B.A., Senior Administrative Assistant, Doctoral Program
  • Emily Blakeslee, Senior Administrative Assistant, Development and Alumni Services
  • Susan Bolden, M.S., Associate Director, Research
  • Robin Buccino, Financial Assistant IV, Business Office
  • Marci Burrell, Financial Assistant IV, Business Office
  • Amelia Casey, Senior Administrative Assistant, Research
  • Roger Cohn, B.A., Senior Editor, Yale Environment 360
  • Danielle Curtis, M.A., Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
  • Andrew Daly, A.A., Coordinator, Development and Alumni Services
  • Sheila Daykin, B.S., Assistant Administrator, Business Office
  • Timothy De Cerbo, Administrative Assistant, Faculty and Administrative Support
  • Joanne E. DeBernardo, B.S., Director of Student Services
  • Deborah DeFord, B.A., Program Coordinator, Development and Alumni Services
  • David DeFusco, B.S., Director of Media Relations and Outreach
  • Joseph DeLuca, Office Assistant, Facilities
  • Kevin Dennehy, M.A., Web Editor/Producer, Yale Environment 360
  • Kathryn Douglas, M.F.A., M.F.A., Associate Director, Career Development
  • Paul Alexander Draghi, M.A., M.A., Ph.D., Director of Information Technology and Lecturer in Forest History
  • Lisa Fernandez, M.E.S., Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
  • Tracey Finer, B.A., Financial Assistant IV, Business Office
  • Kristin Floyd, B.A., Development and Alumni Services Officer
  • Jessica Foote, M.B.A., Assistant Administrator, Business Office
  • Matthew Garrett, B.F.A., Web Communications Manager
  • Eugénie I. Gentry, B.A., Director of Development and Alumni Services
  • Nickelle Gilbert, M.S., Office Assistant III, Business Office
  • Robert Hartmann, Computer Support, Information Technology
  • Linda Jacobs, Senior Administrative Assistant, Admissions and Financial Aid
  • Julie Jennings, B.A., Senior Administrative Assistant, Development and Alumni Services
  • Michael June, M.B.A., Assistant Administrator, Business Office
  • Angela Kuhne, M.S., M.A., Assistant Dean
  • Marilyn Kurtz, J.D., Senior Administrative Assistant, Communications
  • Victoria Manders, Dip.F.M., Senior Administrative Assistant, Dean’s Office
  • Catherine J. Marshall, M.P.A., Senior Administrative Assistant II, Dean’s Office
  • Eleanor Migliore, M.S., M.L.S., Senior Administrative Assistant II, Faculty and Administrative Support
  • Kelly Molloy, Senior Administrative Assistant, Information Technology
  • Fen Montaigne, B.S., Managing Editor, Yale Environment 360
  • Denise Mrazik, A.S., Senior Administrative Assistant, Human Resources
  • Alexander Muro, B.A., Director, Financial Aid
  • Timothy Northrop, M.E.M., Deputy Director, Development and Alumni Services
  • Stanton C. Otis, Jr., M.Ed., Director of Career Development
  • Ann Prokop, M.A., Administrative Assistant, Faculty and Administrative Support
  • Donna Redmond-Wirkus, M.B.A., Financial Assistant IV, Business Office
  • Quetcy Rivas Maldonado, Senior Administrative Assistant II, Admissions and Financial Aid
  • Benjamin Rogalski, B.A., Graphic/Web Assistant
  • Scott Rumage, Supervisor, Information Technology
  • Jennifer Sabol, M.B.A., Budget Analyst, Business Office
  • Rosanne Stoddard, Registrar
  • Veronica Taylor, A.S., Administrative Assistant, Faculty and Administrative Support
  • William Walker, Senior Administrative Assistant, Human Resources
  • Kristin Welage, B.S., Manager, Human Resources & Payroll
  • Susan Wells, B.S., C.P.A., Director of Finance and Administration
  • Bethany Zemba, M.P.A., Ed.D., Assistant Dean
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