Michelle Amazeen

Dr. Michelle A. Amazeen, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Associate Dean of Research, and Director of the Communication Research Center at the College of Communication. Amazeen’s research program examines mediated persuasion and misinformation, exploring the nature and persuasive effects of misinformation and […]

Jonathan Buonocore

Dr. Jonathan Buonocore, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment. He received both his Sc.D. in Environmental […]

Ayse Coskun

Dr. Ayse Coskun, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is currently Interim Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in Boston University’s College of Engineering and a full professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. She is also the Director of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering. Coskun […]

Jeffrey Geddes

Jeffrey Geddes, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an associate professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. Before coming to Boston University, Jeff earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Toronto and was a postdoc at Dalhousie University and MIT. His research combines satellite observations of […]

Sucharita Gopal

Sucharita Gopal, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University and a research affiliate at five of the university’s centers. She holds a visiting professor appointment at the Vienna University of Business and Economics in Austria. Her multi-disciplinary research […]

Lucy Hutyra

Lucy Hutyra, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a professor and chair in the Department of Earth & Environment. Her areas of specialization include urban climate and biogeochemistry, remote sensing, and vegetation ecology. Trained as a physical scientist, over the years Professor Hutyra’s research has become ever more focused […]

Malika Jeffries-EL

Malika Jeffries-EL, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is the Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School in Arts and Sciences and Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science at Boston University. She is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of Materials Chemistry C and […]

Mahesh Karra

Mahesh Karra, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and the Associate Director of the Human Capital Initiative at the Global Development Policy Center. His academic and research interests are broadly […]

Les Kaufman

Les Kaufman, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and Professor in the Boston University Marine Program, is an evolutionary ecologist who studies basic processes that drive the creation, collapse, and conservation of aquatic species diversity on coral reefs and tropical great lakes. His interests are increasingly turned toward clinical research […]

Robert Kaufmann

Robert Kaufmann, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and Professor in the Earth & Environment Department at Boston University, centers his research interests on a range of subjects from land use strategies to oil markets to climate change, and he has extensive knowledge of environmental science and policy. Current projects […]