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Leadership and Staff

Margaret Gitau

Director

mgitau@purdue.edu

Lynne Dahmen

Senior Managing Director

ldahmen@purdue.edu

Tara Greene

Senior Operations Administrator

greenet@purdue.edu

Cecile Girton

Lead Administrative Assistant

cgirton@purdue.edu

Valentina Negri

Research Scientist

vnegri@purdue.edu

Camila Ulloa

Visiting Scholar

mulloago@purdue.edu

Cori Lollis

Communications Intern

tlollis@purdue.edu

Faculty Leadership

Kolapo Ajuwon

Professor of Animal Sciences. Lead of Africa Sustainability

kajuwon@purdue.edu

Kristen Bellisario

Clinical Assistant Professor of John Martinson Honors College, Co-Lead of Biodiversity Research Community

kbellisa@purdue.edu

Peter Bermel

Elmore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lead for Renewable Energy Exploratory Group

pbermel@purdue.edu

Brandon Boor

Dr. Margery E. Hoffman Associate Professor in Civil Engineering, Lead of Environmental Stressors Research Group

bboor@purdue.edu

Hua Cai

Thomas and Jane Schmidt Rising Star Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Co-Lead of Risk and Resilience Research Community

huacai@purdue.edu

Stuart Carlton

Research Assistant Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources, Co-Lead of Great Lakes Science Initiative

jsc@purdue.edu

Dan Chavas

Associate Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Co-Lead of Risk and Resilience Research Community

dchavas@purdue.edu

Abby Engelberth

Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Co-Lead of Circular Economy Systems

aengelbe@purdue.edu

Jennifer Freeman

Assistant Vice President for Research Development and Professor of Toxicology, Co-Lead of the PFAS Strategic Research Team

jfreema@purdue.edu

David Johnson

Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Associate Professor of Political Science, Co-Lead of Water Challenges Research Community

davidjohnson@purdue.edu

Chad Laux

Associate Professor of Computer and Information Technology, Co-Lead of Circular Economy Systems Special Initiative

claux@purdue.edu

Andrea Liceaga

Professor, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Lead of Amazon Sustainability Group

aliceaga@purdue.edu

Venkatesh Merwade

Professor of Civil Engineering and Co-Lead of the Water Challenges Research Community

vmerwade@purdue.edu

Marisol Sepulveda

Associate Head for Research and Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources, Co-Lead of PFAS Strategic Research Team

mssepulv@purdue.edu

Shweta Singh

Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering & Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Lead of Future Manufacturing Exploratory Group

singh294@purdue.edu

Aaron Thompson

Associate Professor, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Director, Center for Community and Environmental Design, Co-Lead of the Great Lakes Science Initiative

awthomps@purdue.edu

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