Faculty
Greg Characklis, PhD
W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor,
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Director, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems
charack@email.unc.edu
Website: https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/gregory-characklis-phd/
Jordan Kern, PhD
Associate Director, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems,
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences & Engineering,
Assistant Professor, Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
jkern@ncsu.edu
Website: https://kern.wordpress.ncsu.edu//
Projects
Research Staff
Yash Amonkar, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
amonkar@unc.edu
Projects
Rachel Kleiman, MS
Graduate Researcher
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
rkleiman@live.unc.edu
Projects
Hunter Spitzer
Research Scientist
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
hunter@unc.edu
Project
Graduate Students
Iain Burnett, MS
Doctoral Student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
iburnett@unc.edu
Project
Rosa Cuppari, MS
Doctoral Student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
rcuppari@live.unc.edu
Project
François Daudelin
Doctoral Student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
fradau@ad.unc.edu
Project
Kieran Fitzmaurice
Master’s student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
kfitzmaurice@unc.edu
Project
Madison Haley
Master’s student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
mchaley@unc.edu
Project
Zachary Hirsch
Master’s Student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
zhirsch@unc.edu
Project
Austin
Maccarthy Lord
Master’s Student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
maclord@unc.edu
Project
Christina Petagna
Master’s Student
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
cpetagna@unc.edu
Project
Recent Center Alumni
Rachel Baum, PhD
8 Rivers, Durham, NC
Project
Simona Denaro, PhD
RED: Risk Engineering + Development, Milano Italy
Projects
Ben Foster, MS
CEO, Lotic Labs
Project
David Gorelick, PhD
AAAS Fellow, Washington, DC
Projects
Andrew Hamilton, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
Website: https://www.andrewlhamilton.com/
Project
Joy Hill, MS
Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco, CA
Project
Adam Hise, MS
Ascend Analytics, Boulder, CO
Projects
Eliot Meyer, PhD
Hazen and Sawyer, Lancaster, PA
Project
Corey Pahel-Short, MS
North Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Raleigh, NC
Project
Yufei Su, PhD
S&P Global, Shanghai
Projects
Hope Thomson, MPH
Project Director, UNC Environmental Finance Center
Project
Harrison (H.B.) Zeff, PhD
Research Scientist
Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder, CO
Projects
Characklis Group Alumni
Ms. Marta Andreoni, visiting M.S. student (Politecnico di Milano)
Ms. Laura Bellagamba, visiting M.S. student (Politecnico di Milano)
Mr. Casey Caldwell (M.S.E.E.), Hazen & Sawyer, Denver, CO
Dr. Adrienne Cizek (M.S.E.E.; Ph.D., NCSU),
Project Engineer at Stormwater Solutions Engineering, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. Mackenzie (Dilts) Boyer (M.S.E.E.; Ph.D., Florida), Faculty Associate, Arizona State University
Ms. Patricia Drummey-Stiegel (M.S.E.E.), Hazen & Sawyer, Raleigh, NC
Mr. Scott Durbin (M.S.E.E.), Sustainable Water Designs, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Mr. Josh Hunn (M.S.), Michael Baker Corp., Washington, D.C.
Ms. Kavya Kasturi (M.S.E.E.), ERG, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Jordan Kern (Ph.D./M.S.), Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Dr. Brian Kirsch (Ph.D./M.S.), Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc., Denver, CO.
Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Dr. Joseph Lobuglio, (Ph.D.), Dean of Engineering and Computer Science, North Carolina School of Science and Math
Mr. Reed Palmer (M.S.), Hazen & Sawyer, Raleigh, NC.
Ms. Jocelyn Ramsey (M.S.E.E.), Powel Group, Victoria, BC, Canada
Ms. Sarah Royster (M.S.), Cypress Creek Renewables, Santa Monica, CA
Mr. Steve Russo (M.S.E.E.), New York City Dept. of Education, New York, NY
Ms. Emma (Susick) Brinkley (M.S), IQVIA, Raleigh, NC
Ms. Andrea Traviglia (M.S.E.E.), USEPA, Boston, MA
