Person | Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

Chingwen Cheng
Program Head and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Environmental Design, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Chingwen.Cheng@asu.edu

Expertise

climate change impacts resilience and climate change adaptation vulnerability risk assessment risk perception land use and land cover human-environment interaction green infrastructure sustainable urban infrastructure design and planning urban planning ecosystem services climate justice urban ecology transdisciplinary participatory planning stormwater management flooding watershed sustainability planning and design Sustainable Cities and Communities No Poverty Clean Water and Sanitation Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Climate Action Life on Land

Margaret Garcia
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
m.garcia@asu.edu
480-965-8838

Expertise

water resource management urban infrastructure watershed hydrology

Douglas Green
Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
DM.green@asu.edu
480-727-1251

Expertise

soil ecology watershed hydrology riparian ecology botany agriculture

Nancy Grimm
Regents Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
nbgrimm@asu.edu
480-965-4735

Expertise

biogeochemistry desertification ecosystem services land use and land cover riparian ecology socioecology terrestrial ecology urban development urban ecology climate change and adaptation future and systems thinking urbanization landscape studies urban infrastructure water resource management watershed hydrology ecological literacy Sustainable Cities and Communities biology/microbiology water resources and treatment ecology climate change ecosystems geology earth science atmospheric processes biogeochemical processes boundary spanning organizations climate change impacts ecosystem ecology Life on Land Climate Action

Hilairy Hartnett
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
H.Hartnett@asu.edu
480-965-5593

Expertise

biogeochemistry aquatic chemistry oceanography geochemistry geological processes ecosystem services ecosystem ecology urban ecology biofuels climate change impacts alternative fuels water resource management watershed hydrology Life Below Water Climate Action

Arjun Heimsath
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arjun.Heimsath@asu.edu
480-965-5585

Expertise

erosion and sedimentation climate change and adaptation landslides debris flows glaciology deforestation geochemistry watershed hydrology land use and land cover remote sensing agriculture biogeochemistry geological processes natural resource management climate change impacts Zero Hunger

Rebecca Muenich
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
rebecca.muenich@asu.edu
480-965-1077

Expertise

watershed hydrology agriculture water resource management food-energy-water nexus

Rachata Muneepeerakul
Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida
rmuneepe@ufl.edu
352-392-1864 X227

Expertise

ecohydrology theoretical ecology biodiversity stochastic processes modeling and simulation ecosystems watershed hydrology population biology complex adaptive systems

Theodore Pavlic
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
tpavlic@asu.edu
480-965-2899

Expertise

aerospace industry alternative/renewable energy artificial intelligence automation bioinformatics biology/microbiology Affordable and Clean Energy agriculture algorithm development animal studies bioeconomics biophysics building technology conservation biology data analysis data cleaning and information extraction data mining data-fusion technology decision making dynamical systems theory ecological behavior ecosystem disturbances ecosystem ecology ecosystem physiology ecosystem restoration emerging technologies energy conservation energy economics energy efficiency technologies energy policy engineering ethics food systems Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure informatics information theory mathematical and system dynamics modeling modeling and simulation plant ecology population biology socioecology solar energy systems species adaptation Sustainable Cities and Communities terrestrial ecology transportation urban ecology urban infrastructure urban planning water distribution systems water resource management water reuse watershed hydrology

Benjamin Ruddell
Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University
Benjamin.Ruddell@nau.edu

Expertise

alternative energy geographic information science informatics information theory instrumentation networks integrated building energy systems and controls natural resource management remote sensing scientific computing urban development urban infrastructure water resource management stochastic hydrology watershed hydrology climate change and adaptation terrestrial ecology solar energy smart growth modeling and simulation microclimate economic valuation ecosystem services energy conservation energy economics energy efficiency energy policy engineering ethics green roofs land use and land cover data mining database data analysis building technology atmospheric processes

David Sampson
Research Scientist, Decision Center for a Desert City, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
david.a.sampson@asu.edu
480-965-5811