Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Faculty Fellows and Affiliates
Apply for IBES faculty affiliation
Brown faculty involved in research or teaching related to climate, sustainability, and the environment are encouraged to apply for affiliation with IBES. Affiliates are featured on the IBES website, included in communications efforts (including events and programming), and gain visibility for any environment-related courses that they teach. Interest forms are reviewed once per semester.
Elected Fellows and Affiliate Faculty
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Linda Abriola
Elected IBES Fellow, Joan Wernig and E. Paul Sorensen Professor of Engineering -
Anna Aizer
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Economics -
Karianne Bergen
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Data Science, and Computer Science -
Mark Blyth
IBES Affiliate Faculty, William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics, Professor of International and Public Affairs -
Joseph Braun
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Epidemiology -
Kenny Breuer
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Engineering -
Robert Brulle
Visiting Professor of Environment and Society -
Eleanor Caves
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology -
Xan Chacko
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Lecturer in Science, Technology, and Society -
Mark Cladis
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Brooke Russell Astor Professor of Humanities, Professor of Religious Studies -
Steven Clemens
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (Research) -
Jeff Colgan
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs -
Emily Cooperdock
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences -
Lisa Di Carlo
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Senior Lecturer in Sociology -
Emanuele Di Lorenzo
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences -
John Eason
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Watson Family University Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs -
Kevin Escudero
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of American Studies -
Thalia Field
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Creative Writing -
Rick Fleeter
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering -
Andrew Foster
Elected IBES Fellow, George and Nancy Parker Professor of Economics, Director of Social Science Research Institute -
Baylor Fox-Kemper
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences -
Tyler Franconi
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Archaeology & the Ancient World and Classics -
Mara Freilich
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences -
Stefanie Friedhoff
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Information Futures Lab Interim Director -
Matthew Fuxjager
Elected IBES Fellow, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Director of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -
Macarena Gomez-Barris
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Timothy C. Forbes and Anne S. Harrison University Professor of Modern Culture and Media -
Patrick Green
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology -
James W. Head III
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Geological Sciences, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (Research) -
Timothy Herbert
Elected IBES Fellow, Henry L. Doherty Professor of Oceanography, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences -
Peter Heywood
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry -
Alani Hicks-Bartlett
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, and Hispanic Studies -
Blake Hodgin
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (Research) -
Christopher Horvat
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Former Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate -
Yongsong Huang
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences -
Robert Hurt
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Engineering -
Nancy Jacobs
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of History -
Agnes Kane
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor Emerita of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
Michael D. Kennedy
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs -
Matthew Kraft
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of Education and Economics -
Sharon Krause
IBES Affiliate Faculty, William R. Kenan, Jr. University Professor of Political Science -
Indrek Kulaots
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Engineering -
David Laidlaw
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Computer Science -
Harriet Lau
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences -
Jung-Eun Lee
Elected IBES Fellow, Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences -
Jeremy Lehnen
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Senior Lecturer in Language Studies and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies -
Leila Lehnen
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies -
Larisa Leventon
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Practice in the School of Engineering -
John Logan
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Sociology -
J. Brad Marston
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Physics -
Kyle Denison Martin
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine -
Patrick McHugh
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of the Practice of Engineering, PRIME Program Director -
Shanti Morell-Hart
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of Anthropology -
John Mustard
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences -
Kevin Mwenda
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Population Studies (Research) -
Nitin P. Padture
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Otis Everett Randall University Professor of Engineering, Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy (ISE) -
G. Tayhas R. Palmore
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Chemistry -
Kurt Pennell
Elected IBES Fellow, 250th Anniversary Professor of Engineering -
Jessica Plavicki
Elected IBES Fellow, Manning Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
Alex Poterack
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Steven Rattner Senior Lecturer in Economics -
Ron Potvin
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Humanities and American Studies, Assistant Director and Curator of the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study -
Jordi A. Rivera Prince
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology -
Jason Protass
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of Religious Studies -
Yue Qi
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Joan Wernig Sorensen Professor of Engineering, Deputy Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy -
Christopher Rea
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs, Former Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate -
Lukas Rieppel
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of History, Director of Science, Technology, and Society -
Jerome Robinson
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Manning Assistant Professor of Chemistry -
Gabriel Rocha
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Vasco da Gama Assistant Professor of Early Modern Portuguese History -
Elizabeth Rush
Elected IBES Fellow, Assistant Professor of the Practice, English Nonfiction Writing Program -
James Russell
Elected IBES Fellow, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Sr. Associate Dean of Faculty -
Neil Safier
Elected IBES Fellow, Associate Professor of History -
David Savitz
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology -
Andrew Scherer
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World -
Ankur Shah
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Medicine -
Katherine Smith
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Senior Associate Dean for Biology and Curricular Affairs, Associate Professor of Medical Science -
Daniel Spade
Elected IBES Fellow, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
Eric Suuberg
Elected IBES Fellow, C.V. Starr Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship, Professor of Engineering -
Ellen Tohn
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Practice of Epidemiology -
Victor Tsai
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences -
Matthew Turner
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Economics -
Peter van Dommelen
Elected IBES Fellow, Director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Anthropology -
N. Parker VanValkenburgh
Elected IBES Fellow, Associate Professor of Anthropology -
Erica Walker
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology -
Terrie Fox Wetle
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice -
Monica Martinez Wilhelmus
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Engineering -
Jon Witman
Elected IBES Fellow, Professor of Biology -
Ernesto R. Zaldivar
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science