Committee Members
The following is a list of members of the standing subcommittees 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.
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
Peter Schlosser, Chair
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mark A. Cane (on sabbatical)
G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences and Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Joel E. Cohen
Director, Laboratory of Populations
Professor, Columbia University and The Rockefeller University
Steven A. Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth DeFries
Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Joseph Graziano
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Associate Dean of Research and Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
G. Michael Purdy
Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Appointments Subcommittee
G. Michael Purdy, Chair
Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Robin Bell
Director, ADVANCE Program, The Earth Institute
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Steven A. Cohen, Ex Officio
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Geoffrey M. Heal
Director, Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development
Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, School of Business
Patrick L. Kinney
Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering, Departments of Earth and Environmental Engineering, and Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Kenneth Prewitt
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Peter Schlosser, Ex Officio
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Stephen E. Zebiak
Director General, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Practice Subcommittee
Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law, School of Law
Director, Environmental Law Clinic, School of Law
Robert Chen
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Patricia Culligan
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Richard Plunz
Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Director, Urban Design Lab, The Earth Institute
Alexander van Geen, Ex Officio
Associate Director, The Earth Clinic
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Education Subcommittee
Stephanie L. Pfirman, Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College
Peter B. deMenocal
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Kevin Griffin
Interim Director, Special Undergraduate Concentration in Sustainable Development, Columbia College
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Associate Director, Columbia Water Center
John McArthur, Ex Officio
Adjunct Associate Research Scholar, The Earth Institute
CEO, Millennium Promise
Louise Rosen, Ex Officio
Director, Office of Academic and Research Programs, The Earth Institute
Fellows Subcommittee
John C. Mutter, Chair
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Richard J. Deckelbaum
Director, Institute of Human Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, and Robert R. Williams Professor Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center
Sharyn O'Halloran, Ex Officio
George Blumenthal Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Kenneth Prewitt
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Elliott Sclar, Ex Officio
Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development
Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
