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IGS Affiliations

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  • Chris Wells

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Professor, Emerging Media Studies, College of Communication
    Chris Wells, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Professor in the College of Communication and a founding member of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University. He is also project lead for the Focused Research Program on data and misinformation jointly sponsored by IGS. Wells […]
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    Joerg Werner

    Core Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
    Joerg Werner, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), received his PhD from Cornell University with Prof. Uli Wiesner. His research focused on functional and precise three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials from block copolymer self-assembly for energy storage applications, including the demonstration of the first functional nano-interdigitated battery. In his postdoc at Harvard […]
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    Amelia Wesselink

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
    Dr. Amelia Wesselink, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Her research focuses on how environmental exposures influence reproductive and gynecologic health, with a specific focus on factors related to neighborhoods and climate change. She […]

  • Ronald Wheeler

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor, Law and Legal Research and Associate Dean for Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries, School of Law
    Ronald Wheeler, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a recognized leader in the area of legal research instruction having served in various law library management roles at law schools across the country. Wheeler has taught legal research in various contexts including in stand-alone 1L legal research courses, upper division […]
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    Brooke Williams

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Associate Professor of the Practice, Computational Journalism, College of Communication
    Brooke Williams, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an investigative reporter and educator who specializes in data journalism. Her work has contributed to a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, a George Polk Award, and a Gerald Loeb Award, among many others. Williams' students help cover the city of Newton […]
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    Darien Alexander Williams

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Macro Practice Department, School of Social Work
    Darien Alexander Williams, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an assistant professor in the Macro Practice Department, with a focus on climate & environmental justice. His research broadly engages Black and Muslim urban planning history, hurricane disaster recovery, climate change, and community organizing. Williams’ research examines methods of counter-institution […]
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    Mary Willis

    Core Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
    Mary D. Willis, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her expertise lies at the intersection of environmental epidemiology, spatial exposure assessment, and applied data science. Much of her work also leverages econometric-based causal […]
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    Nicolas Wittstock

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Assistant Professor, Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
    Nicolas Wittstock, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University. He teaches classes on public policy, environmental politics, and political economy. Wittstock studies the political economy of advanced industrial societies, with a special focus on the political and economic impact of climate […]
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    Muhammad Zaman

    Affiliated Faculty, IGS; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Global Health and Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Director, Center on Forced Displacement
    Muhammad Hamid Zaman, affiliated faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Global Health and Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering, at Boston University. He is also Director of the Center on Forced Displacement at the University. His research focuses on access to healthcare among […]
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    Alicia Zhang

    Research Assistant, IGS
    Alicia Zhang is a Research Assistant at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and a PhD student in Boston University’s Department of Earth and Environment. She is interested in how sustainable and responsible measures in the corporate environment can help achieve climate change mitigation and social justice improvements. Prior to BU, Alicia worked […]
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    Yikai Zhang

    Graduate Student Summer Fellow, IGS; Operations & Technology Management, Questrom School of Business
    Yikai Zhang, a 2025 Graduate Summer Fellow at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a PhD student in the Operations and Technology Management department at the Questrom School of Business. Zhang holds a Master of Analytics degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics […]