People

Directors

  • David Bercovici

    Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences
    • Co-Director
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Peter Raymond

    Oastler Professor of Biogeochemistry
    • Co-Director
    School of the Environment

Managing Director

  • Toby Bryce

    Managing Director
    • Leadership
    Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture

Scientific Leadership Team

  • Mark Bradford

    E.H. Harriman Professor of Soils and Ecosystem Ecology
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Paulo Brando

    Associate Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Sara Kuebbing

    Assistant Professor of Temperate Forest Resilience
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • David Kwabi

    Associate Professor
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  • Sparkle Malone

    Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Rohini Pande

    Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics
    • Carbon Markets
    Department of Economics

  • Noah Planavsky

    Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • James Saiers

    Clifton R. Musser Professor of Hydrology
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Luke Sanford

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Hailiang Wang

    Professor
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemistry

  • Lea Winter

    Assistant Professor
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  • Elizabeth Yankovsky

    Assistant Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Yuan Yao

    Manufacturer’s Association Professor of Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Systems
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

Faculty Affiliates

  • Paul Anastas

    Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    School of the Environment

  • Mark Ashton

    Senior Associate Dean of The Forest School; Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology; Director of Yale Forests
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Ruth E. Blake

    Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Edward Bolton

    Senior Research Scientist
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Liza Comita

    Davis-Denkmann Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Nilay Hazari

    Chair and John Randolph Huffman Professor of Chemistry
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemistry

  • J. Nicholas Hernandez-Aguilera

    Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Shu Hu

    Associate Professor
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  • Liangbing Hu

    Carol and Douglas Melamed Professor
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

  • Jun Korenaga

    Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • William Laurenroth

    Joseph F. Cullman 3rd ’35 Professor
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Xuhui Lee

    Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Climate Science
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Juan Lora

    Assistant Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Jennifer Marlon

    Senior Research Scientist and Executive Director of the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Robert O. Mendelsohn

    Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor of Forest Policy; Professor of Economics; and Professor, School of Management
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Emily Oldfield

    Associate Research Scientist; Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Jordan Peccia

    Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor and Chair of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
    • Chemical Engineering
    Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  • Alan Rooney

    Assistant Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Oswald J. Schmitz

    Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Lidya Tarhan

    Assistant Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Mary-Louise Timmermans

    Damon Wells Professor
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • David Vasseur

    Professor and Chair of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
    • Ecosystem Capture
    Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  • Michelle Wong

    Assistant Professor
    • Ecosystem Capture
    Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  • Mingjiang Zhong

    Associate Professor
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  • Julie Zimmerman

    Vice Provost for Planetary Solutions, Professor of Green Engineering, Deputy Director for Research at Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    School of the Environment

Research Scientists

  • Lucas Gloege

    Associate Research Scientist
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Gabby Kitch

    Associate Research Scientist
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Fengchao Sun

    Associate Research Scientist
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    School of the Environment

Postdoctoral Associates

  • Mariela Garcia Arrendondo

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    • Ecosystem Capture
    Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  • Shangshi Liu

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Michael Fuhr

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Eric Xueyuan Gao

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    • Ecosystem Capture
    School of the Environment

  • Sadegh Ranjbar

    Postdoctoral Associate
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Byron Ross

    Industry Fellow
    • Industrial Carbon Utilization
    Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  • Tim Jesper Suhrhoff

    Postdoctoral Associate
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

  • Mengyang Zhou

    Postdoctoral Associate
    • Geological & Ocean Capture
    Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

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