People

Robert Nicholas

Robert Nicholas, CLIMA Director
Assistant Director & Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Graduate Faculty, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science


Murali Haran

Murali Haran, CLIMA Associate Director
Professor and Head, Department of Statistics


Lisa Iulo

Lisa Iulo, CLIMA Associate Director
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
Director, Hamer Center for Community Design


Wei Peng

Wei Peng, CLIMA Associate Director
Assistant Professor, Departments of International Affairs and Civil and Environmental Engineering


Nancy Tuana

Nancy Tuana, CLIMA Associate Director
Dupont/Class of 1949 Professor, Department of Philosophy


David Abler

David Abler
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education


Richard Alley

Richard Alley
Evan Pugh Professor, Department of Geosciences
Co-Director, Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration (PSICE)


Saurabh Bansal

Saurabh Bansal
Associate Professor, Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems


Seth Blumsack

Seth Blumsack
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering


C. Daryl Cameron

C. Daryl Cameron
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology


Guido Cervone

Guido Cervone
Acting Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Geography


Jamison Colburn

Jamison Colburn
Professor, Penn State Law


Shannon Cruz

Shannon Cruz
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences


Kenneth Davis

Kenneth Davis
Professor, Department of Meteorology


Jenni Evans

Jenni Evans
Professor, Department of Meteorology
Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences


Darryl Farber

Darryl Farber
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs


Karen Fisher-Vanden

Karen Fisher-Vanden
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Director, Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science (SAFES)
Director, Program on Coupled Human and Earth Systems (PCHES)


Chris Forest

Chris Forest
Professor of Climate Dynamics, Departments of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science & Geosciences


Lara Fowler

Lara Fowler
Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law
Research Fellow, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment


Caitlin Grady

Caitlin Grady
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute


Helen Greatrex

Helen Greatrex
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Department of Statistics


Armen Kemanian

Armen Kemanian
Professor, Department of Plant Science


Andrew Kleit

Andrew Kleit
Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering


Michael Mann

Michael Mann
Distinguished Professor, Department of Meteorology
Director, Earth System Science Center


Esther Obonyo

Esther Obonyo
Director, Global Building Network
Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Architectural Engineering


Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts
Professor, Department of Economics
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)


Erica Smithwick

Erica Smithwick
Professor, Department of Geography
Associate Director, Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Director, Ecology Institute and Center for Landscape Dynamics (CLD)


Janet Swim

Janet Swim
Professor, Department of Psychology


Mort Webster

Mort Webster
Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering


Ming Xiao

Ming Xiao
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering


Jiro Yoshida

Jiro Yoshida
Associate Professor, Smeal College of Business


Katherine Zipp

Katherine Zipp
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education


Past Members

Richard Duschl

Richard Duschl
Kenneth B. Waterbury Chaired Professor Emeritus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction


Jacob Hidrowoh

Jacob Hidrowoh
Head of FX Sales & Trading, Produbanco - Grupo Promerica


Klaus Keller

Klaus Keller, CLIMA Founding Director (2010-2021)
Hodgson Distinguished Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College


David Pollard

David Pollard
Research Professor Emeritus, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute


Patrick Reed

Patrick Reed
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University


Tess Russo

Tess Russo
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


James Shortle

James Shortle
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education


Petra Tschakert

Petra Tschakert
Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia


Thorsten Wagener

Thorsten Wagener
Professor, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam


Benjamin Watson

Benjamin Watson
Environmental Specialist, Washington Department of Ecology


Brent Yarnal

Brent Yarnal
Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography