Environmental Sustainability: 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

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

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

Vinayak P. Dravid

McCormick School of Engineering

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

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

Kimberly Gray

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Environmental Sustainability, Solar Energy, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

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

Brayden King

Kellogg School of Management

Max McGraw Chair in Management and the Environment

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Brand and Reputation Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Social Activism

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

Julius B. Lucks

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Sustainability, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

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

Jeffrey J. Richards

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure, Manufacturing

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