The following is a list of members of the standing committees of the Earth Institute faculty, all of whom are from the Columbia University community. Clicking on a member's name takes you to a short curriculum vitae.
Peter Schlosser, Chair
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Joel E. Cohen
Director, Laboratory of Populations
Professor, Columbia University and The Rockefeller University
Steven A. Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth DeFries
Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Michael Gerrard
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Joseph Graziano
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Associate Dean of Research and Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
George Sarrinikolaou
Director, Office of Academic and Research Program, The Earth Institute
Sean Solomon
Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Elke Weber
Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business, Columbia Business School
Professor, Department of Psychology
Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Patrick L. Kinney, Chair
Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Steven A. Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Lisa Goddard
Director, The International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Ed Lloyd
Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law, School of Law
Director, Environmental Law Clinic, School of Law
Alison Miller
Deputy Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Robert Pollack
Director, Center for the Study of Science and Religion
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Richard Seager
Lamont Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory -Ocean and Climate Physics
Peter Schlosser
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Christopher Taylor
Director, Human Resources
Edward Lloyd, Chair
Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor of Environmental Law, School of Law
Director, Environmental Law Clinic, School of Law
Robert Chen
Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Steven A. Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Richard Deckelbaum
Director, Institute of Human Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, and Robert R. Williams Professor Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center
Alison Miller
Deputy Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Richard Plunz
Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Director, Urban Design Lab, The Earth Institute
Alexander van Geen, Ex Officio
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Peter Schlosser, Ex Officio
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Steve Zebiak
Senior Research Scientist for Climate Services Partnership, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Stephanie L. Pfirman, Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College
Steven A. Cohen
Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute
Director, Concentration in Environmental Policy Studies, School of International and Public Affairs
Patricia Culligan
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Ruth DeFries
Denning Family Chair of Sustainable Development
Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
Kevin Griffin
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Art Lerner-Lam, Ex Officio
Deputy Director; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont Research Professor; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Alison Miller
Deputy Executive Director, The Earth Institute
Peter Schlosser
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ben Orlove
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director, Master's Program in Climate and Society
Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Natalie Unwin-Kuruneri
Associate Director, Academic Initiatives, Office of Academic and Research Programs
Klaus Lackner, Chair
Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Earth and Environmental Engineering
Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
Michael Gerrard
Director, Center for Climate Change Law
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice
Columbia Law School
David Krantz
Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Professor, Department of Psychology
Yochanan Kushnir
Director, The Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research
Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory -Ocean and Climate Physics
Adjunct Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Stephanie Pfirman
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College
Robert Pollack
Director, Center for the Study of Science and Religion
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Peter Schlosser
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Michael Gerrard, Chair
Director, Center for Climate Change Law
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
Peter DeMenocal
Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Yochanan Kushnir
Lamont Research Professor, Division of Oceans and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Director, Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research
Vijay Modi
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ben Orlove
Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Director, Master's Program in Climate and Society
Co-Director, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
Stephanie Pfirman
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College
Peter Schlosser
Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Elliot Sclar
Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Professor of International Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute
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