Committee Members

The following is a list of members of the standing committees of the Earth Institute faculty, all of whom are from the Columbia University community. Clicking on a member's name takes you to a short curriculum vitae.

Executive Committee

Peter Schlosser, Chair
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Joel E. Cohen
Director, Laboratory of Populations
Professor, Columbia University and The Rockefeller University

Steven A. Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs

Ruth DeFries
Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology

Joseph Graziano
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Associate Dean of Research and Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Art Lerner-Lam, Ex Officio
Interim Director; Associate Director - Seismology, Geology and
Tectonophysics; and Lamont Research Professor; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Elke Weber
Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School
Professor, Department of Psychology
Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions

Academic Appointments Committee

Stephen E. Zebiak, Chair
Director General, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Robin Bell
Director, ADVANCE Program, The Earth Institute
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Steven A. Cohen, Ex Officio
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs

Patrick L. Kinney
Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Upmanu Lall

Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering, Departments of Earth and Environmental Engineering, and Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Peter Schlosser, Ex Officio
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Practice Committee

Edward Lloyd, Chair

Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law, School of Law

Director, Environmental Law Clinic, School of Law

Robert Chen
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Patricia Culligan
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Vijay Modi

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Richard Plunz
Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Director, Urban Design Lab, The Earth Institute

Peter Schlosser, Ex Officio
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Alexander van Geen, Ex Officio
Associate Director, The Earth Clinic
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Education Committee

Patricia Culligan
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Ruth DeFries
Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology

Glenn Denning
Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of International & Public Affairs
Associate Director, Center for Globalization & Sustainable Development, The Earth Institute

Stephanie L. Pfirman, Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College

Kevin Griffin
Interim Director, Special Undergraduate Concentration in Sustainable Development, Columbia College
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Louise Rosen, Ex Officio

Director, Office of Academic and Research Programs, The Earth Institute

Peter Schlosser, Ex Officio
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences