When Elsie Sunderland was 17, her hometown on the southern shore of Nova Scotia sought to create jobs for local fishermen—impacted by the collapse of local fisheries—by building a toxic waste incinerator. To alert the community to the potential health impacts of the plan, Sunderland petitioned local politicians, wrote Op-Eds, and launched a citizen’s group. “And that was it,” she was hooked on the environment. “I knew that’s what I was going to do with my life.”
The Center for the Environment brings together one of the largest and most varied faculty communities on campus. HUCE Faculty Associates participate in events, workshops, grant programs, and meet twice-monthly to discuss their research and environmental issues more broadly.
The directory below contains profiles of the more than 250 faculty affiliated with the Center. The directory is searchable by research area, School, and keyword.
Robert L. Wallace, Professor of Applied Physics; Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
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Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Associate Professor of Demography
Harvard School of Public Health
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Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies, Social Anthropology Program Director
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology, Associate of Leverett House
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics; Director, Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health; Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health
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Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
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Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Program Co-Director
Harvard Medical School
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Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development
Harvard Kennedy School
Extended Tarr Family Professor of Materials
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
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Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Long Term Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Biostatistics, Associate Chair of the Department of Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health
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Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
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