The Institute on the Environment was founded on the insight that our world’s greatest challenges won’t be solved by working in silos, but rather by working together. In the past 10 years, our interdisciplinary network of collaborative, creative IonE Affiliates has grown dramatically – and this year, we are pleased to welcome 34 new individuals into its formal ranks.

Those inductees include 14 new IonE Fellows, distinguished intellectual contributors representing a range of disciplines and fields of professional expertise. IonE is also welcoming 14 new early- and mid-career Associates, including four from the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

There is also a new cohort of IonE Educators, hailing from Crookston, Duluth, and the Twin Cities. These five individuals work on specific projects during their year-long term, designed to advance sustainability in curriculum across the University. Last but not least, IonE also welcomes a new Visiting Scholar: meteorologist and writer Eric Holthaus.

Please join us in welcoming these 34 accomplished individuals to our Affiliates program. As we say at IonE: Together, we create the future.

 

IonE Associates

Zack Almquist, College of Liberal Arts, UMN Twin Cities

Sebastian Behrens, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

Ryan Bergstrom, College of Liberal Arts, UMN Duluth

Sairaj Dhople, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

Audrey Dorélien, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, UMN Twin Cities

Salli Dymond, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, UMN Duluth

Forest Isbell, College of Biological Sciences, UMN Twin Cities

Aparna Katre, College of Liberal Arts, UMN Duluth

Karen Lutsky, College of Design, UMN Twin Cities

Cara Santelli, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

Jennifer Schmitt, NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise, IonE

Eric Shook, College of Liberal Arts, UMN Twin Cities

Andy Wickert, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

Neil Wilmot, Labovitz School of Business and Economics, UMN Duluth

 

IonE Educators

Linda Buturian, College of Education and Human Development, UMN Twin Cities

Katy E. Chapman, Math, Science & Technology, UMN Crookston

Paul Imbertson, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

David Syring, College of Liberal Arts, UMN Duluth

Jane E. Wissinger, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

 

IonE Fellows

Ellen Anderson, Energy Transition Lab, IonE

Susan Galatowitsch, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, UMN Twin Cities

Karen Gran, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, UMN Duluth

Christy Haynes, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

Kate Knuth, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Minneapolis

Alfred Marcus, Carlson School of Management, UMN Twin Cities

Brett McDonnell, Law School, UMN Twin Cities

John Nieber, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, UMN Twin Cities

Derric Pennington, Natural Capital Project, World Wildlife Fund

Hikaru Peterson, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, UMN Twin Cities

Priya Shyamsundar, Nature Conservancy

Tracy Twine, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, UMN Twin Cities

Paul West, Global Landscapes Initiative, IonE

Diane Willow, College of Liberal Arts, UMN Twin Cities