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 […]

Elizabeth A. Barnes

Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Barnes, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is the incoming* Dalton Family Chair in Environmental Data Science & Sustainability and Professor of Computing & Data Sciences and of Earth & Environment at Boston University. Her group’s research focuses on understanding Earth system variability, predictability, and change across time […]

Jennifer Bhatnagar

Jenny M. Bhatnagar, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Boston University. Prior to joining Boston University in 2014, she was a NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University. Dr. Bhatnagar is a […]

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 […]

Robinson (“Wally”) Fulweiler

Robinson (“Wally”) Fulweiler, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist by training. Fulweiler heads a laboratory at Boston University where their research is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen in a […]

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 […]

Eric Gordon

Eric Gordon, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), studies technology, democracy, and public engagement, with a specific focus on the role of narrative, data, and algorithms on institutional trust and governance. He specializes in collaborative research and design processes, and has served as an expert advisor for local and national […]

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 […]