Committee Members
The following is a list of members of the standing committees of the Earth Institute faculty, all of whom are from the Columbia University community. Clicking on a member's name takes you to a short curriculum vitae.
Executive Committee
Jeffrey Shaman, Co-Chair
Director, Climate and Health Program, Mailman School of Public Health
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Mailman School of Public Health
Alex Halliday, Co-Chair
Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
Director, Earth Institute
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Robin Bell
Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jason Bordoff
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs
Director, Center on Global Energy Policy
Peter Coleman
Director, Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, Teachers College
Professor of Psychology and Education, Department of Social-Organizational Psychology, Teachers College
Co-Executive Director, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)
Ruth DeFries
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
University Professor and Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Glenn Denning
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs
Director, Master of Public Administration in Development Practice
Meghan Fay (non-voting)
Senior Director of Advancement for Earth Institute and Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory, Development, The Earth Institute
Jennifer Genrich (non-voting)
Director, Communications, The Earth Institute
Michael Gerrard
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Malo Hutson
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation
Director, PhD in Urban Planning Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation
Director of Project Development, Columbia World Projects
Art Lerner-Lam
Deputy Director and Lamont Research Professor, Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophy Division, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Academic Director, M.S. in Sustainability Science
Faye McNeill
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Alison Miller (non-voting)
Chief of Staff, Earth Institute
Alissa Park
Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
Lenfest Earth Institute Associate Professor of Climate Change, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Maureen Raymo
Co-Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School
Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Alicia Roman
Senior Associate Dean, Finance & Administration, Columbia Climate School
George Sarrinikolaou (non-voting)
Director, Office of Academic and Research Programs
Richard Seager
Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jason Smerdon
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Bruce Usher
Co-Director, Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Business School
Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director, Columbia Business School
Academic Appointments Committee
Richard Seager , Chair
Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Scott Barrett
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth DeFries
University Professor and Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Radley Horton
Lamont Associate Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Alison Miller
Chief of Staff, Earth Institute
Shahid Naeem
Director, Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar
Alissa Park
Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
Lenfest Earth Institute Associate Professor of Climate Change, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Wolfram Schlenker
Co-Director, Center for Environmental Economics and Policy
Co-Director, Energy & Environment Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Christopher Taylor
Director, Human Resources
Practice Committee
Glenn Denning, Chair
Director, Master of Public Administration in Development Practice
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs
Belinda Archibong
Assistant Professor of Economics, Barnard College
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Development Economics and Policy, School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth DeFries
University Professor and Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
George Deodatis
Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Joshua Fisher
Director, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)
Associate Research Scientist, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4)
John Furlow
Deputy Director for Humanitarian and International Development, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI
Sarah Garland
Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Michael Puma
Director, Center for Climate Systems Research
Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research
Andrew Revkin
Director, Initiative on Communication Innovation and Impact
Lisa Sachs
Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Research Scholar, Columbia Law School
David Sandalow
Senior Research Scholar and Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy
Bruce Usher
Co-Director, Tamer Center for Social Enterprise
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Business School
Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director, Columbia Business School
Jennifer Woo Baidal
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Pediatric Weight Management,
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition,
Columbia University Medical Center & New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Education Committee
Jason Smerdon, Chair
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics Division, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Steven A. Cohen
Director, Master of Science in Sustainability Management and Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy
Director, Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management
Senior Advisor, Earth Institute
Senior Vice Dean and Chief Operating Officer, School of Professional Studies
Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Glenn Denning
Director, Master of Public Administration in Development Practice
Professor of Professional Practice, School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth DeFries
University Professor and Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Art Lerner-Lam
Deputy Director and Lamont Research Professor, Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophy Division, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Science Coordinator, Program in Environmental Science and Policy
Alison Miller
Chief of Staff, Earth Institute
Vijay Modi
Director, Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
John C. Mutter
Director, PhD in Sustainable Development, School of International and Public Affairs
Director, Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Ben Orlove
Co-Director, Master’s Program in Climate and Society
Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
George Sarrinikolaou
Director, Office of Academic and Research Programs, Earth Institute
Natalie Unwin-Kuruneri
Associate Director, Academic Initiatives, Office of Academic and Research Programs, Earth Institute