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IonE Management Team

Jessica Hellmann
Director, Institute on the Environment
hellmann@umn.edu
@JessicaHellmann
April Snyder
Administrative Director
aprilsnyder@umn.edu
612-626-1216
Cathy Jordan
Associate Director for Leadership & Education
jorda003@umn.edu
612-625-7591
Fred Rose
Director, Acara, and Impact Goals Manager
rosex122@umn.edu
612-624-2143
Jan Gerstenberger
Director of Partnerships & Development
jgersten@umn.edu
612-624-2675
@jgersten
Julie Etterson
Director of IonE@UMD
jetterso@d.umn.edu
Julie K. Hanus
Director of Communications
hanus018@umn.edu
612-624-6566
Melissa Kenney
Associate Director for Knowledge Initiatives
makenney@umn.edu
612-624-2648
@melissakenney
Todd Reubold
Associate Director, IonE and Publisher, Ensia
treubold@umn.edu
612-624-6140
@treubold

Administration

April Snyder
Administrative Director
aprilsnyder@umn.edu
612-626-1216
Dustin Carlson
Digital Content & IT Manager
carlsod@umn.edu
612-626-2670
Jack Moebius
Assistant to the Director
moebi001@umn.edu
612-626-9553
Jennifer Thissen
Grants and Contracts Coordinator
this0017@umn.edu
612-626-1187
Jackson Szabo
Student Financial Assistant
szabo025@umn.edu

Communications

Julie K. Hanus
Director of Communications
hanus018@umn.edu
612-624-6566
Courtney Peters
Events & Project Coordinator
pete9668@umn.edu
612-624-8359
Dustin Carlson
Digital Content & IT Manager
carlsod@umn.edu
612-626-2670
Kimberly Long
Event Strategist & Project Manager
longx296@umn.edu
612-626-1143
Sean Quinn
Graphic Designer
quinn283@umn.edu
612-624-7594
Grace Becker
Communications Associate
beck1028@umn.edu

Acara

Fred Rose
Director, Acara, and Impact Goals Manager
rosex122@umn.edu
612-624-2143
Megan Voorhees
Acara Director
voorhees@umn.edu
415-336-1340
Alyssa Scott
Graduate Program Coordinator
scott859@umn.edu
Anita Pagey
Acara Design Coach - Consultant
pagey001@umn.edu
Barrett Colombo
Lead Education & Communications Platform Development
colom008@umn.edu
612-626-2167
@barrett_colombo
Aruna Raman
India Program Coordinator - Consultant
arunauminn@gmail.com
Faith Nawagi
Uganda Program Coordinator - Consultant
Karla Castro
Nicaragua Program Coordinator - Consultant
Jillian Cady
Student Assistant
cadyx059@umn.edu
Narmada Venkateswaran
Student Assistant
venka158@umn.edu

Boreas Leadership Program

Kristi Kremers
Director of Graduate Leadership Programs
kremers@umn.edu
@kristikremers

Environmental Media Lab

Todd Reubold
Associate Director, IonE and Publisher, Ensia
treubold@umn.edu
612-624-6140
@treubold
David Doody
Senior Editor, Ensia
dldoody@umn.edu
612-626-1211
@dlukedoody
Mary Hoff
Editor in Chief, Ensia
mary@ensia.com
612-625-3516
Katie Kubat
Communications Assistant
kubat020@umn.edu

Global Landscapes Initiative (GLI)

James Gerber
Co-Director & Lead Scientist
jsgerber@umn.edu
612-624-2639
@jsgerb
Kate Brauman
Lead Scientist
kbrauman@umn.edu
612-626-9502
@KateBrauman
Paul West
Co-Director & Lead Scientist
pcwest@umn.edu
@CoolFireEcology
Deepak Ray
Senior Scientist
dray@umn.edu
612-626-4029
Derric Pennington
WWF Lead Scientist
penn0107@umn.edu
513-313-2185
Justin Johnson
Senior Scientist and Economist
joh07536@umn.edu
@jandrewjohns
Sam Stiffman
Student Assistant

Global Water Initiative (GWI)

Kate Brauman
Lead Scientist
kbrauman@umn.edu
612-626-9502
@KateBrauman
Kelly Meza Prado
Program Manager
kmezapra@umn.edu
Kathy Dooley
Graduate Research Assistant
doole076@umn.edu

Natural Capital Project (NatCap)

Becky Chaplin-Kramer
Lead Scientist
bchaplin@stanford.edu
Eric Lonsdorf
Lead Scientist
lons0011@umn.edu
717-358-4840
Bonnie Keeler
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor
keeler@umn.edu
@BonnieKeeler
Derric Pennington
WWF Lead Scientist
penn0107@umn.edu
513-313-2185
Stephen Polasky
Faculty Fellow and Regents Professor
polasky@umn.edu
Chris Nootenboom
Researcher
cnootenb@umn.edu
Justin Johnson
Senior Scientist and Economist
joh07536@umn.edu
@jandrewjohns
Kelly Meza Prado
Program Manager
kmezapra@umn.edu
Laura Dee
Associate Fellow
ledee@umn.edu
@lauraellendee
Maike Hamann
Postdoctoral Researcher
mhamann@umn.edu
Peter Hawthorne
Senior Scientist
hawt0010@umn.edu
Ryan Noe
Senior Scientist
rrnoe@umn.edu
Nfamara Dampha
Graduate Student Researcher
damph002@umn.edu
Orli Handmaker
Graduate Student Researcher
orli@umn.edu

NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise (NiSE)

Jennifer Schmitt
Program Director and Lead Scientist
jorg0206@umn.edu
612-626-3637
Taegon Kim
Postdoctoral Associate
taegon@umn.edu
Rylie Pelton
Postdoctoral Associate
olso4235@umn.edu
Tim Smith
NorthStar Founder and Professor
timsmith@umn.edu
612-624-2648
Yi Yang
Post-Doctoral Researcher
yang1385@umn.edu
Lloyd Rivera
Graduate Student Researcher
river370@umn.edu
Luyi Chen
Graduate Student Researcher
chen3461@umn.edu

Sustainability Education

Beth Mercer-Taylor
Coordinator
bethmt@umn.edu
612-624-9430
Barrett Colombo
Lead Education & Communications Platform Development
colom008@umn.edu
612-626-2167
@barrett_colombo
Grant McCormack
Academic Advisor
grantkm@umn.edu
Mary Hannemann
Educational Coordinator
oldha012@umn.edu
Fatima Tufail
Graduate Research Assistant
tufai002@umn.edu
Peter Levin
Graduate Research Assistant
plevin@umn.edu
Anna Treimer
Student Assistant
treim009@umn.edu
Jessica Jurcek
Student Assistant
jurce003@umn.edu
Leta Albrecht
Student Assistant
albre319@umn.edu

Energy

Ellen Anderson
Senior Energy Researcher
ellena@umn.edu
612-625-1981
Aaron Hanson
Energy Program & Course Associate
hans4732@umn.edu
Akisha Everett
Project Manager
aeverett@umn.edu
Barbara Jacobs
Project Manager
jaco0270@umn.edu
612-626-9541
Heidi Ries
Policy Expert
hries@umn.edu

International Partnerships

Sabine Engel
Director of International Partnerships
engel056@umn.edu
Divya Ghosh
Student Assistant
ghosh094@umn.edu
UJ Bhowmik
Student Assistant
bhowm009@umn.edu

Special Projects

Nathaniel Springer
Economist
sprin126@umn.edu
Yudi Li
Graduate Research Assistant
lixx2927@umn.edu

Project Leads and Researchers

Read about all IonE funded projects.

Bharat Jalan
Affiliated since 2016
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity
Bonnie Keeler
Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Sustainable Cities
Carissa Schively Slotterback
Affiliated since 2010
Urban & Regional Planning
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Resilient Communities Project
Cheryl Robertson
Affiliated since 2016
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Climate, Conflict and Displacement
Chris Leighton
Affiliated since 2016
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Low-cost Renewable Electricity
Craig Packer
Affiliated since 2016
College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Whole Village
Elizabeth Borer
Affiliated since 2016
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Nutrient Network
Ellen Anderson
Affiliated since 2015
Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Energy Transition Lab
Eray Aydil
Affiliated since 2016
Chemical Engineering and Material Science
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Low-cost Renewable Electricity
Eric Lind
Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Nutrient Network
Eric Seabloom
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Nutrient Network
Erik Thorson Brown
Affiliated since 2014
Large Lakes Observatory
University of Minnesota Duluth
Related Projects: Global Great Lakes
Fred Rose
Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Climate, Conflict and Displacement
Jeff Marr
Affiliated since 2016
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Controlling Wind Plant Power
Jiarong Hong
Affiliated since 2016
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Controlling Wind Plant Power
Jill Baumgartner
Affiliated since 2013
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
McGill University
Jonee Kulman Brigham
Affiliated since 2014
College of Design
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Katey Pelican
Affiliated since 2010
Veterinary Population Medicine
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Health and Environment in Africa
Laura Gagliardi
Affiliated since 2016
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Low-cost Renewable Electricity
Lawrence Wackett
Affiliated since 2012
Biotechnology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Cleaning Pollutants in Drinking Water
Lian Shen
Affiliated since 2016
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Controlling Wind Plant Power
Mark Pedelty
Affiliated since 2010
Communication Studies
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Michele Guala
Affiliated since 2016
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Controlling Wind Plant Power
Mike Greco
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Resilient Communities Project
Murti Salapaka
Affiliated since 2016
Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Interface for Renewables & Storage
Nick Jordan
Affiliated since 2011
Agronomy & Plant Genomics
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Patrick Hamilton
Affiliated since 2010
Global Change Initiatives
Science Museum of Minnesota
Related Projects: Science on a Sphere
Paul Porter
Agronomy & Plant Genetics
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Climate, Conflict and Displacement
Peter Reich
Affiliated since 2010
Forest Ecology
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Boreal Forest and Community Resilience| Plant Data Synthesis
Peter Seiler
Affiliated since 2012
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Controlling Wind Plant Power| Interface for Renewables & Storage
Peter Snyder
Soil, Water & Climate
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Islands in the Sun
Richard James
Affiliated since 2016
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity
Sairaj Dhople
Affiliated since 2016
http://ece.umn.edu/directory/dhople-sairaj/
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Interface for Renewables & Storage
Sarah Hobbie
Affiliated since 2011
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Urban Ecosystems| Sustainable Cities
Shashi Shekhar
Affiliated since 2012
Computer Science & Engineering
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Terra Populus
Stephen Polasky
Affiliated since 2010
Applied Economics
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Sustainable Cities
Steven Manson
Affiliated since 2010
Geography
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Terra Populus| U-Spatial Data Locker
Tim Smith
Affiliated since 2010
Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Tracy Twine
Soil, Water & Climate
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Related Projects: Islands in the Sun

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