
Carolyn A. Lin, Ph.D., Director
Professor, Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Ranked Among World’s Top 2% Scientists
- Risk/Disaster Management and Informatics
- Environmental and Health Literacy; Communication Outreach and Engagement

Diego Cerrai, Ph.D., Associate Director
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Power Grid Resilience; Renewable Energy Integration
- Electricity Demand; Vegetation Uprooting

Davis Chacón-Hurtado, Ph.D., Associate Director
Assistant Research Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Transportation System Planning and Evaluation
- Transportation Accessibility; Transportation in Latin America

Rupal Parekh, Ph.D., Associate Director
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Transportation Disadvantage; Public Policy
- Vulnerable Population; Community Engagement

Chris Newell, Tribal Liaison
Director of Native American Cultural Programs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Akomawt Educational Initiative
- Passamaquoddy Nation

Program Coordinator
Position Vacant

Fangni Lei, Ph.D., Interim Program Manager
Assistant Research Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Watershed-Scale Hydrology; Soil Moisture
- Land Surface Water and Energy Balance;
Remote Sensing


Community Organizer
Position Vacant

Christopher Hominski, M.S., Graduate Assistant
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Public Outreach; Strategic Communication
- Social Marketing; Web Content Development

Raja Zubair Zahoor Qadiri, Graduate Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
- Water and Wastewater Management
- Severe Weather Impact; Wildfire Risk

Hayley Clos, Graduate Assistant
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
- Environmental Contamination Modeling
- Community Outreach; Environmental Communication

Jamie Smith, M.S.W., LCSW-C, Graduate Assistant
School of Social Work
- Social Work; Community and Environment
- Community Organization and Engagement

Sasha Shamrai, Office Assistant
Department of Operations & Information Management
School of Business
- Data Analytics; Database Management
- Network Design and Applications

Derya Sahin, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Environmental Communication; Social Marketing
- Message Design; Marketing Research

Bryan Ford, Communication Assistant
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Social Marketing; Message Development
- Communication Design; Social Media