HMEI-STEP Fellows

All HMEI-STEP Fellows

• Sun, Emily Wei-Hsin

  ‘19 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Predicting Soil Carbon Flux in Response to Small-Scale Amendments for Integration into Climate Policy Frameworks

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Tim Searchinger

  Thesis Topic

  Flow of Water and Organics Through Mineral Nanopores

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Ian Bourg

• Alexander, Celeste

  ‘12 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Anthropology

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  The Production and Reception of Expert Knowledge Practices in a Tanzanian Wildlife Management Area

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  David Wilcove

  Thesis Topic

  An Ethnography of Community Engagement with Conservation and Development in a Tanzanian Wildlife Management Area

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Joao Biehl

• Baldwin, Jane

  ‘15 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Correlated Risk of Climate Extremes with Global Warming and its Implications for Catastrophe Insurance

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Climate Drivers and Environmental Sensitivity of Arid Regions in Asia

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Gabriel Vecchi

• Berg, Alexander

  ‘16 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Electrical Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Patent Internalization and Renewables Specialization in Emerging Economies

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  James Sturm

• Blaisdell-Pijuan, Paris

  ‘20 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Electrical Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Assessing Routes to Clean Hydrogen: Meeting the Norwegian Hydrogen Demand with Hydropower

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Infrared Catalysis and Hydrogen

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Claire Gmachl

• Brunner, Claudia

  ‘19 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Offshore Wind Energy in the United States — From Burgeoning Technology to Competitive Market Force?

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Alex Glaser

  Thesis Topic

  Unsteady Airfoil Aerodynamics with Applications to Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Marcus Hultmark

• Conley, Joe

  ‘02 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  History

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Emission trading for mercury? Addressing the 'hot spot' problem.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Environmentalism contained: A history of corporate responses to the environmental movement.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Daniel Rodgers

• Dalin, Carole

  ‘12 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Productivity in China Through Water Management and Agricultural Policies

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  The Transfer of Water Resources through the Trade of Water-Intensive Products, or “Virtual Water Trade”.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

• Debats, Stephanie

  ‘13 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Reducing Crop Yield Losses through Improved Food Security Forecasts and Agricultural Land-Use Policies

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Crop Yield Variability in Dryland Agricultural Systems

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Kelly Caylor

• Deng, Hang

  ‘12 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Incorporation of CCS – and Nuclear Energy Related Risks in Current Energy Economic Model and its Implications to Energy Policy

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Evaluation of Caprock Integrity and its Evolution Due to Brine-CO2-rock Interactions

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Catherine Peters

• Deutsch, Curtis

  ‘00 PEI RISE Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Oceanic iron fertilization and N2O production: global warming feedbacks.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  David Bradford

  Thesis Topic

  Marine nitrogen cycle.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Jorge Sarmiento

• Dreyfus, Gabrielle

  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Geosciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Assessing the validity and implications of using MIS 11 as an analog for the unperturbed Holocene

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Ice core paleoclimatology using the composition of trapped air.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Jean Jouzel

• Duguid, Andrew

  ‘03 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Risk assessment of CO2 leakage through abandoned wells.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  CO2 leakage through abandoned wells.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Michael Celia

• Edwards, Ryan

  ‘15 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Exploring Environmental Policy and Regulation of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Internationally

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Environmental Impacts and Opportunities of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Michael Celia

• Edwards, David

  ‘03 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Chemistry

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Metal Risk in the environment: the Waste Minimization Prioritization Tool (WMPT)

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Valerie Thomas

  Thesis Topic

  Molecular studies of siderophore complexes in aqueous solution.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Satish Myneni

• Egleston, Eric

  ‘05 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  The role of mechanistic models in regulatory risk assessment.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Trace metal accumulation in diatoms.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Francois Morel

• Ellis, Brian

  ‘09 PEI RISE Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Investigation of the impact of carbon dioxide gas stream purity regulations on competitiveness of CCS technologies in the energy market.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Geologic carbon sequestration–Investigation of brine acidification and ensuing water-rock interactions.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Catherine Peters

• Escarra, Matthew

  ‘09 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Electrical Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  The implementation and use of remote measurements tovalidate CO2 Emissions reductions.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  High performance quantum cascade lasers for spectroscopic applications.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Claire Gmachl

• Feng, Kairui

  ‘20 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Empiric and Diagnostic Policies to Tame Hurricane and Climate Change Risks

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Adaptive Decision-Making for Infrastructure-Human Systems Affected by Hurricanes and Climate Change

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Ning Lin

• Frazer, Michelle

  ‘16 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Policy Implications of Regional Climate Responses to Stratospheric Aerosol Albedo Modification

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer, Robert Socolow

  Thesis Topic

  Toward Understanding the Role of Clouds in the Climate System

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Yi Ming

• Fuller, Emma

  ‘14 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  The Ecosystem Effects of Individual Transferable Quotas in US West-Coast Commercial Fisheries

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  David Wilcove

  Thesis Topic

  Social-Ecological Systems, Fisheries, Foraging Theory

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Simon Levin

• Ganguly, Aahana

  ‘13 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Chemistry

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Responsible Regulation of Engineered Nanomaterials under Risk Uncertainty: Evaluation of the Toxic Substances Control Act

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Surface Science Studies on Nanoparticle Catalysts

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Steven Bernasek

• Gerlein, Cynthia

  ‘14 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Understanding the Impacts of Policy on Reducing Deforestation in Tropical Forests

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Ecohydrology

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Kelly Caylor

• Gregory, Nathan

  ‘04 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  The role of anthropogenic fire and livestock grazing in East African Savannas.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Emmanuel Kreike

  Thesis Topic

  The role of anthropogenic Fire and Livestock Grazing in sustaining avian diversity in East Aftican Savannas

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  David Wilcove

• He, Xiaogang

  ‘17 Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Incorporation of Human Dimensions into the Hydrological Model and its Implications to Policy-Making for Drought Adaptation in California

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Flood and Drought Risk Assessment

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Eric Wood

• Helm, Jermiah

  ‘00 PEI RISE Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Chemistry

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Analysis of the cause and cure of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  David Bradford

  Thesis Topic

  Ramoplanin: structure-activity correlation.

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Suzanne Walker

• Hoang Lu, Jack

  ‘15 Ford Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Chemical and Biological Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Modeling and Application of Antibiotic Pollution Mitigation Strategies to Address Resistance Development

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Bryan Grenfell

  Thesis Topic

  Moving Beyond Antibiotics: Development and Translation of Next-Generation Antivirulence Therapies

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Robert Prud'homme

• Huang, Xinwo

  ‘13 Ford Fellow