HMEI-STEP Fellows

HMEI-STEP Fellows: Awarded Perkins

• Setiawan, Meddelin

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Localized Solution to a Global Problem: How Can Indonesia Develop Locally Relevant Policies to Accelerate its Green Cement Transition?

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Navroz Dubash

  Thesis Topic

  Sustainable Cement: Alkali-Activated Materials

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Claire White

• Zhang, Anita

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Challenges and Opportunities in the Decarbonization of Concrete and Steel

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Benjamin Bradlow

  Thesis Topic

  Designing and Characterizing Durable and Ultra-Sustainable Alkali-Activated Metakaolin

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Claire White

• Menemenlis, Sofia

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Flood Risk and Tort Law in New York City

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Michael Oppenheimer

  Thesis Topic

  Precipitation Extremes and Tropical-Extratropical Interaction in a Changing Climate

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Gabriel Vecchi

• Sima, Matthew

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  PFAS Forever Chemicals: Policy Evaluation and Recommendations

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Denise Mauzerall

  Thesis Topic

  Investigating the Coupling of Feammox Process and PFAS Biodegradation in Batch Incubation and Constructed Wetland Mesocosms by Experiments and Modeling

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Peter Jaffé

• Ricks, Wilson

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Building Zero-carbon Energy Systems Through Forward-looking Policy

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Alexander Glaser

  Thesis Topic

  Evaluation and Optimization of Emerging Zero-carbon Energy Technologies

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Jesse Jenkins

• Phillips, Erin

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Examining the Political, Social and Economic Barriers to Species Reintroductions

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  David Wilcove

  Thesis Topic

  Evaluating the Impact of Apex Carnivore Reintroduction on Savanna Mesocarnivores

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Robert Pringle

• Schwoerer, Michael Patrick

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Molecular Biology

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Utilizing Insect-Specific Viruses as a Means of Biocontrol

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  David Wilcove

  Thesis Topic

  Arthropod Vector Tropism in Flaviviruses

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Alexander Ploss

• Anand, Shashank

  Perkins Fellow
  
  

  DEPARTMENT

  Civil and Environmental Engineering

  HMEI-STEP Topic

  Indicators of Soil Erosion and Landscape Sustainability with Implications for Land-Use Policy

  HMEI-STEP Adviser(s)

  Simon Levin

  Thesis Topic

  Landscape Dynamics as a Co-Evolution of Ecohydrological and Geomorphological Processes

  Thesis Adviser(s)

  Amilcare Porporato

• Blaisdell-Pijuan, Paris

  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