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Professor of environmental conservation at UMass Amherst and senior investigator at Harvard Forest who studies plants鈥 response to climate change, invasive species, and other ecological threats
John Hultgren's work explores the theoretical and ideological foundations of environmental political struggles.
Robert Ransick draws inspiration from the social and political world we live in, history, and the potential for a future that is better.
Professor of ecology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and director of the award-winning North Carolina Botanical Garden
Journalist and bestselling author who has raised the American consciousness of how food gets to our plates
Tim Schroeder applies physical and chemical principles to understand interactions between deep-Earth and shallow-Earth systems. His courses are based on the idea that geology begins as an observational science, but that understanding Earth observations requires a physical sciences context.
Awarded Princeton-in-Asia fellowship to work on legal reform and energy issues in the fight against climate change with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Beijing. She now works for the NYC Compost Project
Named an 鈥渆xceptional young scientist鈥 for his work on the effect of climate change on invasive plant species
Blake Jones studies the underlying mechanisms of development, sociality, learning and memory in free-living animals. His research integrates theories and techniques from climate-science, ecology, physiology, genetics, and cognitive neuroscience.
Susan Sgorbati is a professional mediator and educator whose creative research has led to collaboration across disciplines and borders as both an artist and a driver of social change.
Judith Enck is a senior fellow and faculty member in the Center for the Advancement of Public Action. She is the President of Beyond Plastics and former EPA Regional Administrator, appointed by President Obama. Judith is co author of the book The Problem with Plastic, published by The New Press in December 2025.
When natural disaster strikes, its effects are not experienced outside of history: Lopamudra Banerjee鈥檚 work brings together issues of the environment and development to explore how the poor experience such events in disproportionate ways.
Leader in the development of sustainable business models, brands, and social movements
Elizabeth Sherman is known for her work on amphibians and, more recently, on coral reefs and climate change; she collaborates with student researchers in her study of how animals work 鈥 both individually and as part of larger ecosystems.
As an atmospheric scientist, Chelsea Corr studies atmospheric particles, ranging from very small pollution aerosols to cloud droplets, and the role these particles play in air quality and climate.