Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Faculty Working Group: "Responses, Risks and Adaptation to Climate Change"

Faculty Working Group members.

Nineteen faculty members have already committed to being involved in the proposed Faculty Working Group, and their names appear below. They represent four Schools and nine Departments, a diverse group that will likely grow with time.

	Charles Bosk Sociology, SAS Policy choices related to health problems caused by the environment or climate change.
	Brenda Casper Biology, SAS Interactions between plants and soils in structuring plant communities, and environmental effects on these interactions.
	Harold Dibble Anthropology, SAS Human adaptation to changing environments and climate during the Late Pleistocene.
	Clark Erickson Anthropology, SAS History of interactions of humans with their environment.
	David Galligan Animal Health Economics, Veterinary School Impacts of food animal production systems (specifically dairy) on the environment.
	Robert Giegengack Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Environmental change over geologic time.
	Brent Helliker Biology, SAS Climate and weather impacts on plant physiology, ecology and evolution.
	Benjamin Horton Earth and Enviromental Science, SAS Rates and impacts of sea level change – historic and contemporary.
	Douglas Jerolmack Earth and Enviromental Science, SAS Sediment transport and effects of climate change on river and coastal systems.
	Arthur Johnson Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems.
	Noam Lior Mechanical Engineering, SEAS Development of carbon neutral energy sources, renewable energy, nuclear energy and sustainable water desalination.
	Sabrina McCormick Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, Wharton Health impacts of climate change with particular focus on governmental, medical and community capacity for adaptive responses.
	Irina Marinov Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Role of the oceans in past and future climate change, with emphasis on the Carbon cycle.
	Eric Orts Director of the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, Wharton Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change from a regulatory perspective.
	Hermann Pfefferkorn Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Effects of climate change on ancient plants.
	Alain Plante Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Organic matter in surface soils, and the influence of climate change on soil carbon.
	Roger Raufer Department of City and Urban Planning, School of Design Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions utilizing emissions trading mechanisms, with particular attention to China and Asia.
	Frederick Scatena Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Tropical forest hydrology and environmental management.
	Dana Tomlin Landscape Architecture, School of Design Development and application of geographic information systems.
	Jane Willenbring Earth and Environmental Science, SAS Rates of land surface change due to climate change. Timing and magnitude of Antarctic and Arctic glacier/ice sheet retreat.