Graduate Students

Doctor of Philosophy

Omaya Ahmad

Omaya Ahmad

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Decision Center for a Desert City, Global Institute of Sustainability

    • Omaya.Ahmad@asu.edu

      Expertise

      water sustainability; impact of urban heat island on water use, supply, and demand

Sharon Amani

Sharon Amani

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
    • Expertise

      food aid; food systems; cash and voucher transfers; local and regional procurement; livelihood strategies; vulnerability; risk mitigation; adaptation; resilience; poverty traps; food security; social-ecological systems; nested systems; institutions; markets

Julia Bausch

Julia Bausch

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • M.A. , 2011, School of Sustainability

    • jcbausch@asu.edu

      Expertise

      food system sustainability; agriculture; human dimensions of agriculture; Latin America

Andrew Berardy

Andrew Berardy

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • aberardy@asu.edu

      Expertise

      veganism; education; sustainability; interactional; life cycle assessment

Michael J. Bernstein

Michael J. Bernstein


Christina Brelsford

Christina Brelsford

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Katja Brundiers

Katja Brundiers

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Community-University Liaison, School of Sustainability

Edgar Cardenas

Edgar Cardenas


Wen-Ching Chuang

Wen-Ching Chuang

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • Wen-Ching.Chuang@asu.edu

      Expertise

      Urban studies on linkages of climate change; urban morphology and human health vulnerability; remote sensing applications of urban regions; object-based and pixel-based approaches for land-cover classications; climate change adaptation policy analysis

Brendan Denker

Brendan Denker


Xiaoli Dong

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Nonso Emordi

Nonso Emordi

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Rider Foley

Rider Foley

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • riderfoley@gmail.com

      Expertise

      toxins in electronics; sustainable government and policy; indexes and metrics

Felicia French

Felicia French


Erin Frisk

Erin Frisk

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • Erin.Frisk@asu.edu

      Expertise

      integrating behavioral research with sustainability education pedagogy in order to educate for transformative action

Arijit Guha

Arijit Guha

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Sustainability

    • aguha1@asu.edu

      (480) 727-6963

      Expertise

      land-change science; sustainable land architecture; suburbanization; ecosystem services; vulnerability resilience

Ryan Hurst

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

David Iwaniec

David Iwaniec

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Sustainability

Braden Kay

Braden Kay


Mindy Kimball

Mindy Kimball

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Auriane M Koster

Auriane M Koster

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Dhara Kothavala

Dhara Kothavala

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Colin Kunzwielwer

Colin Kunzwielwer

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • ckunzwei@asu.edu

      Expertise

      urban ecology; nutrient cycling; sustainable urban development; ecosystem services; wetlands ecology; Latin America; urbanization

Robert Kutter

Robert Kutter

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • rkutter@asu.edu

      Expertise

      tragedy of the commons; international development; technology assessment

Christopher Kuzdas

Christopher Kuzdas

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • christopher.kuzdas@asu.edu

      Expertise

      local participation in community-driven development; sustainability in rural, underdeveloped regions; challenges of bottom-up approaches to poverty alleviation; complexity of sustainable mountain region development

Tamara Lawless

Tamara Lawless

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Student Representative, School of Sustainability
  • Fellow, Sustainable Schools, Global Institute of Sustainability

    • tlawless@asu.edu

      Expertise

      education; community building; sustainability transitions

Fengqiao Liu

Fengqiao Liu

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • fliu34@asu.edu

      Expertise

      sustainability measures and models; landscape ecology; urban ecology

Scott McClintock

Scott McClintock


Christy L. Mercer

Christy L. Mercer

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • clmercer@asu.edu

      Expertise

      growth of Sun Corridor megapolitan; socio-ecological systems; water supply; vulnerability

Tischa A. Munoz-Erickson

Tischa A. Munoz-Erickson

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Sustainability

    • tischa.munoz-erickson@asu.edu

      480-965-7533

      Expertise

      human dimensions of environmental systems; adaptive governance, environmental science/policy interface; participatory decision-making; environmental values/perceptions

Sheryl Musgrove

Sheryl Musgrove

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • slmusgrove@gmail.com

      Expertise

      international development; human rights; environmental justice; social justice

Scott A. Norby-Cedillo

Scott A. Norby-Cedillo

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Sustainability

    • norby@asu.edu

      (480) 727-6963

      Expertise

      enviromental fluid dynamics; air quality monitoring

Daniel Nzengya

Daniel Nzengya

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • dnzengya@asu.edu

      Expertise

      global environmental change; water resources management; environmental sustainability; decision-making; human response

Gerald Daniel O

Gerald Daniel O'Neill

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Program Director, Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University-Polytechnic
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Childsplay
  • Member, Board of Directors and Officers, Arizona MultiBank

Aura Ontiveros

Aura Ontiveros

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • Aura.Ontiveros@asu.edu

      Expertise

      bacterial treatment of polluted water; effects of urbanization on arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

Yun Ouyang

Yun Ouyang

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • yun.ouyang.1@asu.edu

      Expertise

      remote-sensing applications; sustainability science, urban ecology; pattern recognition

Chetan Rawal

Chetan Rawal

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • cjrawal@asu.edu

      Expertise

      Smart Grid and energy infrastructure; advancing global sustainability through technology; sustainability assessment

Sandra Rodegher

Sandra Rodegher

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Research Assistant, School of Sustainability

Richard Rushforth

Richard Rushforth


Michael Sieng

Michael Sieng

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Susan Spierre

Susan Spierre

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Benjamin Stanley

Benjamin Stanley

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • bwstanley@asu.edu

      Expertise

      social geography; socio-economic sustainability; urbanism; urban planning; urban diversity; social capital; regionalism; theories of economic growth; urban history

Jared Stoltzfus

Jared Stoltzfus


Vairavan Subramanian

Vairavan Subramanian

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • vee.subramanian@asu.edu

      Expertise

      life cycle assessment; dynamic system modeling; uncertainties and variabilities in life cycle assessment; greenhouse gas modeling; product category rules and environmental product declarations

Xuyang Tang

Xuyang Tang

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Carissa Taylor

Carissa Taylor

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • M.A., 2009, School of Sustainability

    • carissa.taylor@asu.edu

      Expertise

      food system availability; institutional design for social inclusion in farmers' markets

Craig Thomas

Craig Thomas


Madeline Tyson


Qiong Wang

Qiong Wang


Benjamin P. Warner

Benjamin P. Warner

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Lauren Withycombe Keeler

Lauren Withycombe Keeler

  • Graduate Student, School of Sustainability
  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • M.A., 2010, School of Sustainability

    • Lauren.Withycombe@asu.edu

      Expertise

      sustainability education; sustainability competencies; future thinking and anticipation; scenario development; participatory research and stakeholder engagement; sustainability transitions

Christina Wong

Christina Wong

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • cpwong@asu.edu

      Expertise

      biogeochemistry; ecosystem services; ecological economics; urbanization; international development

Mark W. Wood

Mark W. Wood

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • mark.wood@asu.edu

      Expertise

      sustainable cities; innovation and entrepreneurship; business case for sustainability in emerging economics

Liou Xie

Liou Xie

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • Liou.Xie@asu.edu

      Expertise

      urban built environment; spatial structure; buildings; urban transportation

David Yu

David Yu

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • David.H.Yu@asu.edu

      Expertise

      social-ecological systems; system dynamics; agent-based modeling; environmental economics; institutional analysis; water policy; urban dynamics; decision analysis; infrastructure policy

Sainan Zhang

Sainan Zhang

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

    • sainan.zhang@asu.edu

      Expertise

      urban sustainable development; land use/land cover change; orban socio-ecological systems; land-use policy; vulnerability; environmental justice


Count: 56

Master of Science

Joseph Fernandi

Joseph Fernandi

  • M.S. Graduate Student, School of Sustainability

Andrew Krause

Andrew Krause


Nelson Mandrell

Nelson Mandrell


Amy Minowitz

Amy Minowitz

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

Ann Marie Raymondi

Ann Marie Raymondi

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

Thomas C. Redd

Thomas C. Redd

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Manager, Consumer Science, The Sustainability Consortium, Arizona State University

Lea Wilson

Lea Wilson

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Sustainabiilty


Count: 7

Master of Arts

Drew Bryck

Drew Bryck


Cameron Childs

Cameron Childs

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Aide, The Sustainability Consortium, Global Institute of Sustainability
  • Editor-in-Chief, The Sustainability Review, School of Sustainability

    • cgchilds@asu.edu

      Expertise

      collaborative governance; adaptive capacity; strategic planning

Daniel Culotta

Daniel Culotta

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

    • dculotta@asu.edu

      Expertise

      community and regional planning; sustainable urban design; resource economics; resiliency; decision-making processes; urban ecosystems

Anna Krithis

Anna Krithis

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

    • akrithis@asu.edu

      Expertise

      food systems; local food systems; integrating small produces into supply chain and community food security

Nivedita Rengarajan

Nivedita Rengarajan


Cathy Rubinos

Cathy Rubinos


Briar Schoon

Briar Schoon

  • M.A. Student School of Sustainability

    • briar.schoon@asu.edu

      Expertise

      urban agriculture; sustainable food systems; environmental justice; community building; social entrepreneurship; sustainable development; educational outreach; fair trade

Lucky Sharma

Lucky Sharma

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

    • lsharmal@asu.edu

      Expertise

      supply chain; carbon footprint; business and sustainability; CSR/enterprise sustaianbility; environmental policy and implication

Kathleen Talbot

Kathleen Talbot

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

    • kathleen.talbot@asu.edu

      Expertise

      alternative food networks; agro-ecology; political economy; social change; Central America

Dorothy Trippel

Dorothy Trippel


Angela Xiong

Angela Xiong

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

    • axiong@asu.edu

      Expertise

      food systems; community food security; nutrition; permaculture; Pacific Islands


Count: 11


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