Graduate Students

Doctor of Philosophy

Omaya Ahmad

Omaya Ahmad

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • GK-12 Fellow, Sustainability Science for Sustainable Schools

Omaya.Ahmad@asu.edu

Expertise

sustainable development, accessibility, capabilities, sustainable transportation, quality of life, equity, social justice, sustainability in the Middle East, global water scarcity and quality, climate change and water, global water policy, human health and climate, urban heat island

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

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Michael.J.Bernstein@asu.edu


Christina Brelsford

Christina Brelsford

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

christa.brelsford@asu.edu

Expertise

international development; infrastructure; water resources; climate change

Katja Brundiers

Katja Brundiers

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

katja.brundiers@asu.edu
480-965-1304


Edgar Cardenas

Edgar Cardenas

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

edgar.cardenas.1@asu.edu


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

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

brendan.denker@asu.edu

Expertise

renewable energy; sustainability

Xiaoli Dong

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

xdong17@asu.edu

Expertise

biochemistry; ecosystem ecology; urban ecology

Nonso Emordi

Nonso Emordi

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability


Rider Foley

Rider Foley

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Nanotechnology in Society
  • Faculty Associate, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

riderfoley@gmail.com

Expertise

sustainability science (problem-oriented and solutions focused); applied ethics (practitioner responsibility, tacit beliefs, and collectives); governance (adaptive management, risk and anticipatory governance); capacity building (knowledge transfer, translation, and usable knowledge); participatory research (community engagement and coproduction of knowledge); transdisciplinary collaboration (natural-social sciences and quantitative-qualitative methods)

Felicia French

Felicia French

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

felicia.french@asu.edu


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

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

david.iwaniec@asu.edu
480-727-6963


Braden Kay

Braden Kay

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

braden.kay@asu.edu


Mindy Kimball

Mindy Kimball

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability


Auriane M Koster

Auriane M Koster

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

auriane.koster@asu.edu

Expertise

My PhD research analyzes how governance contributes to energy transitions and successful renewable-energy implementation, with a case study focus in Thailand. My interests include international development, energy policy, institutional analysis, and dynamic modeling.

Dhara Kothavala

Dhara Kothavala

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability


Colin Kunzwieler

Colin Kunzwieler

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

ckunzwei@asu.edu

Expertise

public health; vector-borne diseases; environmental justice; adaptation and adaptive capacity; participatory research; geographic information systems

Robert Kutter

Robert Kutter

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

robert.kutter@asu.edu

Expertise

sustainable development; water, sanitation, and hygiene; participatory approaches; empowerment; appropriate technology

Christopher Kuzdas

Christopher Kuzdas

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability

christopher.kuzdas@asu.edu

Expertise

strategic planning for sustainable natural resource governance; participatory and transformative research designs and implementation strategies; integrated water governance analysis and sustainability assessment; water conflict assessment; strategic science-society partnerships for resource management

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

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

scott.mcclintock@asu.edu

Expertise

sustainability communication

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

Dan O

Dan O'Neill

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability
  • General Manager, Sustainability Solutions Extension Service, Global Institute of Sustainability
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Childsplay
  • Member, Board of Directors and Officers, Arizona MultiBank

dan.oneill@asu.edu
480-965-9666
(602) 549-4099

Expertise

sustainability innovation; entrepreneurship

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

Sandra.Rodegher@asu.edu


Richard Rushforth

Richard Rushforth

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Richard.Rushforth@asu.edu


Michael Sieng

Michael Sieng

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Michael.Sieng@asu.edu

Expertise

supply chain management; southeast Asia; international development

Susan Spierre

Susan Spierre

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability
  • Graduate Research Assistant, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
  • Teaching Assistant, Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics

Susan.Spierre@asu.edu

Expertise

climate change; climate justice; international development

Benjamin W. Stanley

Benjamin W. Stanley

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability

bwstanley@asu.edu

Expertise

urban sustainability; sustainable economic development (local and regional economies); urban political economy; interdisciplinary urban studies and comparative urban history; urban planning and new urbanism; systems theory (complex adaptive, social-ecological, and dissipative systems); social and economic geography; social/critical theory; ethics and sustainability

Jared Stoltzfus

Jared Stoltzfus

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Jared.Stoltzfus@asu.edu


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

Xuyang.Tang@asu.edu

Expertise

dynamic modeling; economics

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

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability

cfthomas@asu.edu


Madeline Tyson

Madeline Tyson

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Madeline.Tyson@asu.edu


Qiong Wang

Qiong Wang

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

giong.wang.1@asu.edu

Expertise

environmental economics

Benjamin P. Warner

Benjamin P. Warner

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Benjamin.P.Warner@asu.edu

Expertise

wetlands; environmental buffers; pollution transport

Lauren Withycombe Keeler

Lauren Withycombe Keeler

  • 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

sustainability in business; sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation; sustainable education and educational organization; sustainable facilities; sustainable cities; sustainable urban and regional development; design and design thinking in organizations; university-business-government collaboration

Liou Xie

Liou Xie

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability

Liou.Xie@asu.edu

Expertise

Liou is majored in Urban Sustainability. Her doctoral dissertation work focuses on the sustainability implications of the interactive evolvement of urban public transit and the built environment. She has been involved in urban development strategy projects funded by the World Bank and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

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 sustainability; socio-ecological systems; human-environment Interaction; land use; population; climate change; environmental justice; urban settlement; environment management; urban policy and planning


Count: 55

Master of Science

Joseph Fernandi

Joseph Fernandi

  • M.S. Graduate Student, School of Sustainability

Joseph.Fernandi@asu.edu

Expertise

energy efficiency implementation; sustainable energy; green building

Andrew Krause

Andrew Krause

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

Andrew.Krause@asu.edu

Expertise

coupled human-nature systems

Nelson Mandrell

Nelson Mandrell

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

Nelson.Mandrell@asu.edu


Amy Minowitz

Amy Minowitz

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

Amy.Minowitz@gmail.com

Expertise

sustainable urban systems; urban planning

Ann Marie Raymondi

Ann Marie Raymondi

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

Expertise

Collaborative natural resource management, human dimensions of ecological restoration, landscape level fire reintroduction, social and ecological change in southeastern Arizona.

Thomas C. Redd

Thomas C. Redd

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

tredd@asu.edu


Lea Wilson

Lea Wilson

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

Lea.Wilson@asu.edu
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lea-wilson/34/a66/b3b



Count: 7

Master of Arts

Drew Bryck

Drew Bryck

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

Dbryck@asu.edu


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

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

Nivedita.Rengarajan@asu.edu


Cathy Rubinos

Cathy Rubinos

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

Cathy.Rubinos@asu.edu


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

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

Dorothy.Trippel@asu.edu


Angela Xiong

Angela Xiong

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

axiong@asu.edu

Expertise

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


Count: 8


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