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

Shirley-Ann Augustin

Shirley-Ann Augustin

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

satab2@asu.edu

Expertise

industrial sustainability; sustainable energies; sustainability standards

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

Matt Cohen

Matt Cohen

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

mccohen@asu.edu

Expertise

holism in sustainability planning; co-benefits to climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation for urban sustainability

Edward Dee

Edward Dee

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Edward.Dee@asu.edu

Expertise

My perspective on sustainability is grounded in Diné Life-ways, the sacred invocation Sa'ah Naghai Bik'eh Hozho, translated as journeying inot old age by way of beauty and regeneration. As explained in Navajo, Sa'ah Naghai is the male principle and Bik'eh Hozho is the female counterpart tutelary. This concept places major emphasis on powers of vitality, invoked for their strength and all-encompassing importance in Navajo sandpainting as sources for renewal. My proposed whole system approach in renewable energy development will attempt to follow a similar "horizontal" model that offers renewal and balance, in accordance with Diné philosophy and Fundamental Law.


Nonso Emordi

Nonso Emordi

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability


Ignacio Fernandez

Ignacio Fernandez

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

ignacio.fernandez@asu.edu
540-353-0105
http://www.ecomabi.cl

Expertise

urban ecology; restoration ecology; landscape ecology; ecosystem services

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


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


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


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

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

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

Sandra Rodegher

Sandra Rodegher

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

Sandra.Rodegher@asu.edu


Michael Sieng

Michael Sieng

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

Michael.Sieng@asu.edu

Expertise

supply chain management; southeast Asia; 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

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


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

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


Count: 45

Master of Science

Tamsin Connell

Tamsin Connell

  • MSUS Student, School of Sustainability

tlconnel@asu.edu


Joseph Fernandi

Joseph Fernandi

  • M.S. Graduate Student, School of Sustainability

Joseph.Fernandi@asu.edu

Expertise

energy efficiency implementation; sustainable energy; green building

Jaimi Inskeep

Jaimi Inskeep

  • MSUS Student, School of Sustainability

jinskeep@asu.edu


Karen Kao

Karen Kao

  • MSUS Student, School of Sustainability

karen.kao@asu.edu

Expertise

green building; public policy; urbanization; sustainability practices

Colin Kunzwieler

Colin Kunzwieler

  • M.S. Student, School of Sustainability

ckunzwei@asu.edu

Expertise

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


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


Angela Xiong

Angela Xiong

  • M.A. Student, School of Sustainability

axiong@asu.edu

Expertise

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


Count: 5


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