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  Penni McLean-Conner (Chair)

  Advisory Board, IGS; Executive Vice President, Customer Experience and Energy Strategy, Eversource Energy

  Penni McLean-Conner, an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President of Customer Group for Eversource Energy. She is responsible for providing Eversource’s 3.5 million electric and gas customers with high-quality customer service and delivering a cost-effective portfolio of electric and gas energy […]
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  Paul McManus

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Master Lecturer, Strategy & Innovation, Questrom School of Business

  Paul McManus, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an award-winning Master Lecturer in the Strategy & Innovation Department at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University teaching a range of courses at the undergrad, graduate and executive levels in strategy, innovation management, entrepreneurship and sustainability. He currently focuses […]
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  Katherine Moon

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Environmental Health, School of Public Health

  Katherine Moon, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), focuses on the epidemiology of environmental determinants of chronic disease in middle-aged and older adults, particularly cardiovascular, diabetes, and cognitive outcomes. She is particularly interested in understanding how co-exposures to non-chemical stressors, such as social determinants and psychosocial stress, can interact with […]
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  Tsitsi Musasike

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor of the Practice, Global Development Policy, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

  Tsitsi Musasike, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Core Faculty Member of the Global China Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and a Professor of the Practice of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where she […]
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  Yael Nillni

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  Dr. Nillni, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, is a clinical psychiatrist with expertise in community stressors, gender-specific trauma, pregnancy outcomes, and mental health. View Dr. Nillni's full profile.
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  Christoph Nolte

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Christoph Nolte, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a conservation scientist interested in understanding and comparing the effectiveness of efforts to protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems. Where do they happen? What do they cost? What difference do they make? His research projects often combine remote sensing and social data […]
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  Uday Pal

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering

  Uday Pal, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University’s College of Engineering. Research and Professional Experience He has six years of industrial and thirty-two years of academic research experience in high-temperature chemical and electrochemical processes, including energy conversion, energy […]
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  Kathleen Park

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Administrative Sciences, Metropolitan College

  Kathleen Park, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Assistant Professor of Administrative Studies, Strategy and Innovation and Coordinator of the Boston University Metropolitan College Innovation Program, and conducts sustainability-related research focusing on three areas. First, she has examined the global logistics industry's dedication to the reduction of carbon emissions […]
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  Rebecca Pearl-Martinez

  Executive Director, IGS

  Rebecca Pearl-Martinez is the Executive Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS). She works with faculty engaged in climate and sustainability research across all BU schools and colleges to develop and secure funding for interdisciplinary research projects, advance research translation efforts, and implement projects. Recent topics include energy justice in offshore wind […]
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  Marcia Pescador Jimenez

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health

  Marcia P. Jimenez, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), received her PhD in epidemiology from the Brown University School of Public Health and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease and environmental epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has a multidisciplinary research portfolio that includes […]
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  Nathan Phillips

  Core Faculty, IGS; Professor, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Nathan Phillips, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. He is a physiological ecologist who studies land-climate interactions in terrestrial ecosystems and human-dominated environments, including exchanges of energy, water, and greenhouse gases including methane and carbon dioxide exchanged between the air […]
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  Mukesh Prasad

  Advisory Board, IGS; Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Innova Capital Partners; Senior Advisor, US Department of Commerce; Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medicine

  Mukesh Prasad, an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Founder and Co-Managing Partner of Innova Capital Partners. He is responsible for the strategic growth and capital resources for Innova with over a decade of experience investing in the energy sector. Innova invests in companies and projects at […]
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  Richard Primack

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences

  Richard Primack, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor of Biology with interests in plant ecology, conservation biology, climate change biology, citizen science, and tropical rain forests. He has carried out extensive fieldwork in Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan, Central America, the United States, and other countries. He has […]
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  Richard Reibstein

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Lecturer, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Richard Reibstein, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), has taught environmental law (Law for Sustainability, EE521) to non-law students in the Department of Earth & Environment since 2000, while also developing technical assistance and enforcement efforts for the state of Massachusetts and the Environmental Protection Agency. He created the courses […]
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  Justin Ren

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor and Chair of Operations & Technology Management, Questrom School of Business

  Justin Ren, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management and Dean's Research Fellow at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, is a member of the Board of Directors for the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute as well as the President of the Chinese […]
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  Edward Riedl

  Associate Director, IGS; John F. Smith Jr. Professor of Management and Professor of Accounting, Questrom School of Business; Director, Impact Measurement & Allocation Program

  Eddie Riedl is an Associate Director at Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability. He is the director of the Impact Measurement & Allocation Program within the Questrom Institute for Business, Markets, and Society, the John F. Smith Jr. Professor of Accounting at the Questrom School of Business, and former chair of the accounting department. He […]
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  Marcel Rindisbacher

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Ravi K. Mehrotra Professor of Business, Finance, Questrom School of Business; Director, Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society

  Marcel Rindisbacher, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is the Ravi K. Mehrotra Professor of Business, Professor of Finance, and Director of the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Université de Montréal […]
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  Andrew Robichaud

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, History, College of Arts & Sciences

  Andrew Robichaud, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), works in various fields of American history, including environmental and urban history, with a focus on nineteenth-century America and the creation of modern environmental and spatial relationships.He is the author of Animal City: The Domestication of America (Harvard, 2019) and is at […]
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  Roberto Rösner

  Advisory Board, IGS; Head of Energy and Commodity Management at Enel North America, Inc.

  Roberto Rösner, an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Head of Energy and Commodity Management at Enel North America, Inc., where he leads the company’s energy commodity business across the United States and Canada. In this role, he oversees trading, origination, risk management, and customer operations for utility-scale […]
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  Jesse Ross

  ENERGIZE Project Coordinator, IGS

  Jesse Ross is a Project Coordinator with Boston University's Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), helping to manage a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship called ENERGIZE. The primary goal of the traineeship is to prepare students to undertake convergent research to tackle the urgent societal problem of developing sustainable energy storage and conversion. Ross has a […]
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  Emily M. Ryan

  Associate Director, IGS; Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering

  Emily M. Ryan, Associate Director with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University, received her PhD in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, where her dissertation research focused on numerical modeling of chromium poisoning in the cathode of […]
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  Mariam Saadieh

  Financial Administrator, IGS

  Mariam Saadieh, Financial Administrator with the Institute for Global Sustainability, is a highly skilled finance professional with expertise in financial administration, accounts receivable, and accounts payable coordination. With a strong foundation in financial operations, she excels at managing transactions, maintaining accuracy in financial reporting, and supporting organizational efficiency. Mariam is adept at collaborating with cross-functional […]
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  Maxime Sauzet

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Finance, Questrom School of Business

  Maxime Sauzet is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. He is also an affiliated faculty at the Department of Economics. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2021. His research combines theoretical, empirical, and computational approaches, and focuses on topics in Asset Pricing & […]
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  Madeleine Scammell

  Core Faculty, IGS; Professor, Environmental Health, School of Public Health

  Madeleine Scammell, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health and a JPB Environmental Health Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her expertise is in the area of community-driven and community-based participatory research and includes the […]
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  Caterina Scaramelli

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Senior Lecturer, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Caterina Scaramelli, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), focuses her research on ethnographic and archival methods, how communities and individuals respond to environmental change and biodiversity loss. It also focuses on the varied ways in which competing claims about livability, justice, and ethics are entangled in visions and experiences of […]
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  Steven Schwartz

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences

  Steven Schwartz, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an environmental anthropologist whose research explores how the climate crisis and the global rise of renewable energy intersect with Indigenous peoples’ environmental relations, practices of resistance, and political and economic life in Latin America. Dr. Schwartz is developing his first book […]
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  Henrik Selin

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor, International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

  Henrik Selin, Affiliated Faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Dean for Studies and Professor of International Relations in the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He conducts research and teaches classes on global politics, regional politics, and policy-making for the environment and sustainable development. […]
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  Sahar Sharifzadeh

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

  Sahar Sharifzadeh, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), leads a research group focused on understanding and predicting functional material properties using first-principles electronic structure methods. They develop and apply these methods, which can predict, with quantitative accuracy, the electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of materials from the basic laws of […]
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  Andre Sharon

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering; Executive Director, Fraunhofer USA Center for Manufacturing Innovation

  Andre Sharon, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), has accumulated over 20 years of experience, both academic and industrial, conducting research, developing, and deploying computer-controlled automation systems, devices and instruments for several industries, ranging from sub-micron, high-precision machinery for optoelectronics, biotech/biomedical, and semiconductor fabrication to high-speed assembly of consumer products. […]
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  Koichiro Shiba

  Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health

  Dr. Shiba, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University, focuses on the application of epidemiologic and social science thinking and methods for rigorous causal inference in studying social determinants of health. He is particularly interested in the effects of traumatic events (e.g., disasters, child adversity, pandemic, and global financial crisis) on population […]
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  Kayoko Shioda

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Global Health, School of Public Health

  Kayoko Shioda, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an infectious disease epidemiologist and veterinarian working at the intersection of global health, One Health, vaccine epidemiology, and Bayesian statistics. Her research integrates veterinary medicine, epidemiological methods, mathematical modeling, and Bayesian statistics to tackle issues in infectious disease epidemiology, with two […]
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  Anne Short Gianotti

  Core Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Curriculum, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Anne Short Gianotti, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Curriculum, Earth & Environment at Boston University where her research and teaching focus on the social and political dimensions of conservation, wildlife management, and urban climate action. Her work investigates how various socio-political and […]
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  Benjamin Siegel

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair, History, College of Arts & Sciences

  Benjamin Siegel, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a historian of modern economic life and politics, agriculture, and the environment, with a geographic focus on South Asia and its entanglements with the wider world. His first book, Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India (Cambridge University […]
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  Sheldon Simon

  Advisory Board Chair, IGS; Founder and CEO, Third Gear Investments

  Sheldon Simon, an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Partner and Equity Analyst at Adage Capital Management L.P., a Boston-based money management firm. At Adage, Sheldon is responsible for investments in energy infrastructure as it relates to electric power and natural gas. Prior to joining Adage in […]
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  Mayank Singhal

  Advisory Board, IGS; Vice Chairman and Managing Director, PI Industries Ltd.

  Mayank Singhal, an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Vice Chairman and Managing Director of PI Industries Ltd. with more than 25 years of experience. Singhal is responsible for bringing transformative, global change to the unique business model of the agri-sciences company. He has partnered with more than […]
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  Tawnya Smith

  Core Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor of Music, Music Education, College of Fine Arts

  Dr. Tawnya D. Smith, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an interdisciplinary researcher who explores expressive arts principles to promote holistic learning, wellbeing, and sustainability in music education settings. Her current research bridges across trauma and mental health, LGBTQIA+ studies, and ecopsychology and ecojustice informed music learning. Dr. Smith […]
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  Benjamin Sovacool

  Director, IGS; Professor, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Benjamin K. Sovacool, Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. He works as a researcher and consultant on issues pertaining to global energy policy and politics, energy security, energy justice, climate change mitigation, and climate change adaptation. More specifically, his research focuses […]
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  Gianluca Stringhini

  Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

  Gianluca Stringhini, project champion for the Focused Research Program on data and misinformation jointly sponsored by the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University where he co-directs the Security Lab (seclaBU). Gianluca's research develops computational methods to measure, model, and […]
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  Ian Sue Wing

  Core Faculty, IGS; Professor, Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Ian Sue Wing, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. He conducts research and teaching on the economic analysis of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on climate change and computational general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of economic adjustment […]
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  Estelle Sun

  Core Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Accounting, Questrom School of Business

  Estelle Sun, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an associate professor at Questrom School of Business. Her recent work examines the consequences of and firms' responses to greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of extreme weather events on stock prices, disclosures, financial reporting, and auditing, the predictive power of climate […]
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  Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor and Program Director, City Planning and Urban Affairs, Metropolitan College

  Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an assistant professor and program director, city planning and urban affairs, at Metropolitan College. Her research uses urban conflicts to examine how planning and policy shape cities and regions. Planning initiatives and policies redistribute land, resources, and power, often sparking tensions […]
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  Naa Korkoi Tackie

  Graduate Student Summer Fellow, IGS; Emerging Media Studies, College of Communication

  Naa Korkoi Tackie, a 2025 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a PhD student in Emerging Media Studies in the College of Communication. She is conducting independent research to address how climate emotions within climate discourse influence engagement trends on social media with Reddit as the focus. She […]
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  Pamela Templer

  Core Faculty, IGS; Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences

  Pamela Templer, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is chair and professor in the Department of Biology and director of the PhD Program in Biogeoscience at Boston University. She is broadly interested in ecosystem ecology and the influence that plant-microbial interactions have on nutrient cycling and carbon exchange. Dr. Templer is […]
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  Sophia Tigges

  Graduate Student Summer Fellow, IGS; Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Sophia Tigges, a 2025 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a PhD candidate in Earth & Environment in the College of Arts & Sciences. As a researcher in coastal geomorphology, Tigges examines how saltmarsh and beach landscapes change over time in response to sea level rise, increased storminess, […]
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  Remi Trudel

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Marketing, Questrom School of Business

  Remi Trudel, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at the Boston University Questrom School of Business. Trudel's research focuses on consumer well-being with translational implications for business. Specifically, he explores three consumer behaviors that he believes are destructive and unsustainable to […]
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  Eli Tucker-Raymond

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Research Associate Professor, Language and Literacy, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

  Eli Tucker-Raymond, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Research Associate Professor in Language and Literacy at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. His research works toward creating and studying anti-racist, equity-oriented learning environments for Kindergarten-aged learners through adults. Those learning environments aim for collectivity, mutuality, and a […]
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  Breanna van Loenen

  Graduate Student Summer Fellow, IGS; Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences

  Breanna van Loenen, a 2025 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an MS student in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science in the College of Arts & Sciences. She is developing new methods for satellite retrievals of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from fossil fuel development. She is interested in […]
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  Irena Vodenska

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor of Finance, Director of Finance Programs, and Chair of Administrative Sciences, Metropolitan College

  Irena Vodenska, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor of Finance and Director of Finance Programs at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. She is also a chair of the Administrative Sciences Department at Metropolitan College, Boston University.  Her research focuses on network theory and complexity science in macroeconomics. She […]
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  Monica Wang

  Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health

  Dr. Monica Wang, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Executive Editor of Public Health Post. She is an award-winning public health leader, researcher, educator, and author of The […]
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  Gregory Wellenius

  Core Faculty, IGS; Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health; Professor, Environmental Health, School of Public Health; Director, Center for Climate & Health

  Gregory Wellenius, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), serves as the Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health, a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health, and Director of the BUSPH Center for Climate and Health. He is an environmental epidemiologist committed to reducing the health threats […]