Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Leadership

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Leadership

IBES Leadership develops and implements of the Institute’s ongoing research initiatives and educational programs, and provides intellectual guidance for its multidisciplinary community of affiliated scholars and students.

  • Kim Cobb

    Kim Cobb

    Director of IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
    Kim_Cobb@brown.edu
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    Research Interests Tropical Pacific climate, Coral reefs, Global water cycle, Climate data-model intercomparison, Coastal climate resilience, Urban heat islands
  • Scott Frickel

    Scott Frickel

    Director of Research - IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & Sociology
    Scott_Frickel@brown.edu
    401-863-2139
    Research Interests Environment-society interactions, Experts and knowledge/ignorance, Social movements, Social theory, Risk and disaster, Urbanization
  • Daniel Ibarra

    Daniel Ibarra

    Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - IBES, Manning Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences & Environment and Society
    daniel_ibarra@brown.edu
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    Research Interests Water cycle, Paleoclimate, Carbon cycle, Isotope geochemistry, Modeling, Climate change, Critical Zone, Weathering
  • James Kellner

    James Kellner

    Director of Early Career Development and Training - IBES, Associate Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
    James_R_Kellner@brown.edu
    401-863-5768
    Website
    Research Interests Structure and dynamics of tropical forests, Remote sensing
  • Dawn King

    Dawn King

    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society
    Dawn_King@brown.edu
    Website
    Research Interests Local food policy and politics, US energy policy and politics, Climate change and agriculture