Climate Change: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Luis Amaral

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems, Data Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Data Science, Environmental Sustainability, Firearm safety and policy, Information Systems and Technology, Network Science, Scientific Collaboration, Teams Theory

Yarrow Axford

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

William Deering Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Geology, Ice Melt, Sea Level Change

Patricia A. Beddows

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Geology, Sea Level Change

Holly Troy Benz

McCormick School of Engineering

Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Master of Science in Energy & Sustainability

Field: Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Electric Cars, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable energy

Neal Blair

McCormick School of Engineering, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth Science

Focus Areas: Agriculture, Biofuels, Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Deforestation, Ecology, Environmental Science, Environmental Sustainability

Paul J. CaraDonna

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Instruction, Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Field: Plant Biology

Focus Areas: Bees and Pollination, Climate Change, Ecology

Zachary Clopton

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Professor of Law

Field: Business Law, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, International Law

Focus Areas: Arbitration and Mediation, Civil Rights, Class Action Lawsuits, Climate Change, Litigation, National Security, U.S. Courts System

Sarah Dimick

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor in English and the Program in Environmental Policy and Culture

Field: Environmental Studies, Literature

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Colonialism, Ecology, Environmental Sustainability, Extreme Weather, Pollution, Social Activism, Social Justice

Jennifer Dunn

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Pollution, Sustainable energy

Daniel Horton

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science, Environmental Studies, Public Health

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Electric Cars, Environmental Science, Environmental Sustainability, Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters, Pollution

Andrew D. Jacobson

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Earth and planetary science

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Decarbonization, Environmental Science, Geology, Sustainable energy

Abraham Lerman

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor Emeritus of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Geology, Sustainable energy

Nancy Loeb

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Clinical Professor of Law Emerita

Field: Environmental Law

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Legal Advocacy, Sustainable energy

Jeffrey Lopez

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Data Science, Materials Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Electric Cars, Organic Chemistry, Robotics, Sustainable energy

Aaron Packman

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Ecology, Environmental Sustainability, Infectious Disease, Natural Disasters, Pollution, Waterborne Disease, Water Quality and Purification

Brad Sageman

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Decarbonization, Environmental Sustainability, Geology, Sustainable energy

Sera Young

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health

Field: Anthropology, Global Health, Human Biology, Human Development, Medical Social Sciences, Public Health

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Community Health, Eating Disorders, HIV/AIDS, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Infant Health, Nutrition, Pediatric Illness, Postpartum Health, Waterborne Disease, Water Quality and Purification