Chuanhua Duan

Chuanhua Duan, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Thermophysics from Tsinghua University in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the […]

Bahar Erbas

Dr. Bahar Erbas, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Boston University. Her primary research interests are environmental, resource and energy economics, and public economics. Her research particularly focuses on environmental regulations and climate change. Another strand of her work includes […]

Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba

Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an applied health services researcher with methodological expertise in qualitative, survey, and mixed methods. Her research focuses on children and families, health, the intersections of race/ethnicity and nativity, and the structural and policy factors underpinning these relationships. In particular, […]

Sergio Fagherazzi

Sergio Fagherazzi, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), studies geomorphology, hydrology, and coastal and marine geology. His research is oriented in three main directions: the morphological modeling of the continental shelf—formation and evolution of riverine networks during sea-level lowstands and subsequent channel filling during highstands; the study of the hydrodynamics […]

Susan Fournier

Susan Fournier, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Allen Questrom Professor, Marketing and Dean of the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. She is the School’s first woman dean and its first academic dean in over 40 years. Susan is in her 28th year as a marketing academic, […]

Mark Friedl

Mark Friedl, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a physical geographer who focuses on interactions among the climate system, terrestrial ecosystems, and humans. Specifically, his research focuses on dynamics in land cover and land surface processes, both human-induced and natural, at local-to-global scales. He use remote sensing, field data, […]

Kevin Gallagher

Dr. Kevin P. Gallagher, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a professor of global development policy at Boston University (BU), where he directs the Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center). The GDP Center’s mission is to advance policy-relevant research for financial stability, human well-being, and the environment on a […]

Erika George

Erika R. George, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), joined the BU Law faculty in 2024 as the associate dean for equity, justice, & engagement and the Ernest Haddad Faculty Scholar. A leading international expert in the emerging field of business and human rights, Professor George is the author of […]

Michael Gevelber

Michael Gevelber, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Research Associate Professor in Boston University’s College of Engineering. Professor Gevelber’s engineering research focuses on developing enhanced materials processing capabilities through modeling, sensor development, experimentation, and integrated system and control design. Research in his Advanced Materials Process Control Laboratory has […]

Anna Goldman

Anna Goldman, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a primary care physician and a health services researcher. Her research focuses on health equity in multiple domains, including the intersection of human health and climate change, and also the effects of health care payment policy on access for the poor […]