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The following is a list of members 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. To view the members of the standing subcommittees of the Earth Institute faculty, click here.

Jeffrey Shaman, Faculty Chair
Director, Climate and Health Program, Mailman School of Public Health
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Mailman School of Public Health

Belinda Archibong
Assistant Professor of Economics, Barnard College
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Development Economics and Policy, School of International and Public Affairs

Scott Barrett
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, School of International and Public Affairs

Robin Bell
Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Jason Bordoff, Ex Officio
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
Director, Center on Global Energy Policy
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs

Suzana Camargo
Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Mark A. Cane
G. Unger Vetlesen Professor Emeritus of Earth and Climate Sciences, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor Emeritus, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Special Research Scientist, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Thomas Chandler
Research Scientist, National Center for Disaster Preparedness

Robert Chen, Ex Officio
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Senior Research Scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Joel E. Cohen
Director, Laboratory of Populations
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations, The Rockefeller University
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Steven A. Cohen
Director, Master of Science in Sustainability Management and Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy
Director, Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management
Senior Advisor, Earth Institute
Senior Vice Dean and Chief Operating Officer, School of Professional Studies
Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

Peter Coleman
Director, Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Teachers College
Professor of Psychology and Education, Department of Social-Organizational Psychology, Teachers College
Co-Executive Director, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)

Richard J. Deckelbaum
Director, Institute of Human Nutrition
Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center

Ruth DeFries
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
University Professor and Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development

Glenn Denning, Ex Officio
Director, Master of Public Administration in Development Practice
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs

George Deodatis
Chair, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Arlene Fiore
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Joshua Fisher, Ex Officio
Director, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)
Associate Research Scientist, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)

Lance Freeman
Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

Ester Fuchs
Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, School of International and Public Affairs

John Furlow, Ex Officio
Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Alexander van Geen
Lamont Research Professor, Geochemistry Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Pierre Gentine
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Michael Gerrard
Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School

Karenna Gore, Ex Officio
Director, Center for Earth Ethics, Union Theological Seminary

Joseph Graziano
Director, Trace Metals Core Laboratory, Columbia Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan
Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Mailman School of Public Health

Kevin L. Griffin
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

Alex Halliday
Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
Director, Earth Institute
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Radley Horton
Lamont Associate Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Malo Hutson
Director, PhD in Urban Planning, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Director of Project Development, Columbia World Projects
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

Yochanan Kushnir
Director, Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research
Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Upmanu Lall
Director, Columbia Water Center
Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor, Departments of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Art Lerner-Lam, Ex Officio
Deputy Director, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont Research Professor, Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophy Division, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Science Coordinator, Program in Environmental Science and Policy

Edward Lloyd
Director, Environmental Law Clinic, Columbia Law School
Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law, Columbia Law School

Brian Mailloux
Co-Chair, Environmental Science, Barnard College
Professor, Environmental Science, Barnard College

Jerry McManus, Ex Officio
Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

V. Faye McNeill
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Vijay Modi
Director, Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

John C. Mutter
Director, PhD in Sustainable Development, School of International and Public Affairs
Director, Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

Shahid Naeem
Director, Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Ana Navas-Acien
Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health

Matthew Neidell
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health

Kate Orff
Director, Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes
Director, Urban Design Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Ben Orlove
Co-Director, Master’s Program in Climate and Society
Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Alissa Park
Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
Lenfest Earth Institute Associate Professor of Climate Change, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering

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

Robert Pollack
Director, University Seminars
Director, Research Cluster on Science and Subjectivity, Center for Science and Society
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Kenneth Prewitt
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

Michael Puma, Ex Officio
Director, Center for Climate Systems Research
Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research

Maureen Raymo, Ex Officio
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Director, Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Bruce C. Heezen/Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Irwin Redlener
Senior Research Scholar, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Medical Center
Clinical Professor, Health Policy and Management and Pediatrics, Earth Institute

Alicia Roman, Ex Officio
Executive Director, The Earth Institute

Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director, Center for Sustainable Development
University Professor
Professor, Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health
Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development

Lisa Sachs, Ex Officio
Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Associate Research Scholar, Columbia Law School

Jeff Schlegelmilch, Ex Officio
Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Research Scholar, National Center for Disaster Preparedness

Wolfram Schlenker
Co-Director, Center for Environmental Economics and Policy
Co-Director, Energy & Environment Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs

Gavin Schmidt
Director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Elliott Sclar
Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Special Research Scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Richard Seager
Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Jason Smerdon
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Adjunct Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

Adam Sobel
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Daniel A. Steingart, Ex Officio
Co-Director, Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center
Stanley-Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering

Maria Uriarte
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

Bruce Usher
Co-Director, Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Business School
Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director, Columbia Business School

Alan West, Ex Officio
Co-Director, Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center
Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Electrochemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering

Paige West , Ex Officio
Director, Center for the Study of Social Difference, Columbia University
Claire Tow Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director, Barbara Silver Horowitz 55' Scholars of Distinction, Barnard College