CLEWS People

Faculty

Tirtha Banerjeee, Ph.D.

Tirtha Banerjeee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Banerjee studies wildfires, land-atmosphere-interaction, and fluid turbulence.

Expertise

Kristen A. Davis, Ph.D.

Kristen A. Davis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Earth System Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Davis studies circulation in the coastal ocean, its natural variability, and its influence on marine ecosystems and human-nature interactions.

Expertise

Steven J. Davis, Ph.D.

Steven J. Davis, Ph.D.

Professor, Earth System Science and Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dr. Davis studies satisfying global demand for energy, food, and goods without adding CO2 to the atmosphere as a central challenge of the 21st century. 

Expertise

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Ph.D.

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science

Dr. Foufoula-Georgiou studies stochastic modeling of surface hydrologic and geomorphologic processes. 

Expertise

Michael Goulden, Ph.D

Michael Goulden, Ph.D

Professor, Earth System Science

Dr. Goulden’s research focuses on the biological and physical controls of terrestrial nutrients, carbon, and energy cycling, with an emphasis on the response of natural ecosystems to environmental change.

Expertise

Katherine Mackey, Ph.D.

Katherine Mackey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Earth System Science

Dr. Mackey studies the biogeochemical activity of phytoplankton over a range of scales, from the cellular level up to global geographical distributions of species and strains.

Expertise

Jim Randerson, Ph.D.

Jim Randerson, Ph.D.

Professor, Earth System Science and Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dr. Randerson studies the global carbon cycle using remote sensing and in-situ measurements and different types of models.

Expertise

Brett F. Sanders, Ph.D.

Brett F. Sanders, Ph.D.

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Sanders is interested in advancing knowledge and models of environmental dynamics in the context of (contentious) interactions between the built environment, the natural environment, and human activities. 

Expertise

Jasper Vrugt, Ph.D

Jasper Vrugt, Ph.D

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science

Dr. Vrugt studies the dynamics and behavior of natural and/or man-made systems to enhance process understanding and material characterization at different space and time scales and help illuminate tipping points and/or quantify change.

Expertise

Research Staff

Yang Chen

Yang Chen

Assistant Researcher, Earth System Science

Tianjia (Tina) Liu

Tianjia (Tina) Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth System Science

Audrey Odwuor

Audrey Odwuor

Ph.D. Candidate, Earth System Science

Jonathan Wang

Jonathan Wang

Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science

Clement Guilloteau

Clement Guilloteau

Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Kahl

Daniel Kahl

Graduate Researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ariane Jong

Ariane Jong

Graduate Researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jonathan Wang

Jonathan Wang

Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science

Madolyn Kelm

Madolyn Kelm

First Year Graduate Student, Earth System Science

Lawrence Vulis

Lawrence Vulis

PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mukesh Kumar

Mukesh Kumar

PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering