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Fellows: Where Are They Now?

Harvard University Environmental Fellows gain valuable knowledge and practical experience during their two years at Harvard. After completing their fellowships, they find further success in education, industry, government, the non-profit sector, and more. Here is a sample of what past graduates have done with their experience:

PETER ALAGONA :: History
Host: Shelia Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School
Currently: Asst. Professor of History & Environmental Studies, UC-Santa Barbara

DANIEL BARBER :: Architecture & History of Science
Host: Charles Waldheim, GSD
Currently: Tenure Track Professor, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

ETIENNE BENSON :: History of Science
Host: Janet Browne, Dept. of History of Science
Currently: Research Scholar, Max Planck Institute for History of Science (Germany)

GIL BOHRER :: Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions
Host: Paul Moorcroft, Dept. of Organismic & Ev. Biology
Currently: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Ohio State University

BILL BOOS :: Atmospheric Physics
Host: Zhiming Kuang, Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences
Currently: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University

SUSAN CAMERON :: Ecology
Host: Scott Edwards, Dept. of Organismic & Ev. Biology
Currently: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida

REBECCA CASE :: Microbial Ecology
Host: Roberto Kolter, Harvard Medical School
Currently: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

JOSEPH CULLEN :: Economics
Host: Ariel Pakes, Dept. of Economics
Currently: Assistant Professor, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

GARTH HEUTEL :: Economics
Host: Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard Kennedy School
Currently: Asst. Professor, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

PETER HUYBERS :: Paleoclimate & Climate Physics
Host: Eli Tziperman, SEAS / Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Currently: Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

VALERIY IVANOV :: Hydrometeorology
Host: Steve Wofsy, SEAS / Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Currently: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

RAFAEL JARAMILLO :: Energy Materials
Host: Shriram Ramanathan, SEAS
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

ALEX JOHNSON :: Energy Materials
Host: Shriram Ramanathan, SEAS
Currently: Scientist, SunPrint Solar

CHRISTOPHER JONES :: Hist. & Sociology of Science
Host: Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC-Berkeley

JACOB KRICH :: Energy Materials
Host: Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Dept. of Chem. & Chem. Biology
Currently: Assistant Profesor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa

ELIZABETH LANDIS :: Chemistry
Hosts:Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Eric Mazur, Michael P. Brenner, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Currently: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, College of the Holy Cross

MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURA :: Conservation Biology
Host: James Hanken, Dept. of Organismic & Ev. Biology
Currently: Professor, Dept. of Zoology, University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)

ESTHER MWANGI :: Public Policy and Environment
Host: William Clark, Harvard Kennedy School
Currently: Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research (Indonesia)

DAVID ROMPS :: Atmospheric Physics
Host: Zhiming Kuang, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Currently: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, UC-Berkeley

MAURICIO SANTILLANA :: Atmospheric Chemistry
Hosts: Eli Tziperman & Daniel Jacob, SEAS / Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences; Michael Brenner, SEAS
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics, Harvard University

NICOLE SMITH DOWNEY :: Atmospheric Chemistry
Host: Daniel Jacob, SEAS / Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas Austin

ALEXANDER STINE :: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Host: Peter Huybers, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Currently: Research Associate, Harvard University Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences

RICH WILDMAN :: Environmental Science & Engineering
Host: James Shine, HSPH
Currently: Professor, Math and Physical Sciences Division, Quest University

ROXANNE WILLIS :: History
Host: Larry Buell, Dept. of English
Currently: Freelance writer

ALEX WISSNER-GROSS :: Environment & Computing
Host: Matt Welsh, SEAS
Currently: Founder and Chief Scientist, Enernetics

LING ZHANG :: History
Host: Peter Bol, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civ.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Boston College

SHENGWEI ZHU :: Architecture and Public Health
Host: John Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health
Currently: Professor, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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