The Environmental Resilience Institute brings together faculty, postdocs, and students across disciplines to collaborate on research that can inform Indiana's and the Midwest's abilities to withstand widespread environmental change. ERI affiliates span the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities and frequently partner with external organizations to maximize research impact.
Grand Challenge-sponsored Faculty



Nathan Cook
Urban Policy
Cook is an assistant professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Ash Enrici
Environmental Philanthropy
Enrici is an assistant professor in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.



Ben Kravitz
Global Climate Modeling
Kravitz is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Jennifer Lau
Invasive Species and Landscape Ecology
Lau is an associate professor in the Department of Biology.

Travis O'Brien
Regional Climate Modeling
O'Brien is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Landon Yoder
Human Ecology
Yoder is an assistant professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Bo Chen
- Devraj Singh
Migratory Behavior and Physiology of Birds
Research Associates
Research Assistants
- Lana Bolin
- Asrah Heintzelman
- Brianna Crawley
- Kushal Keshavamurthy Raviprakesh
- Marika Latham
- Danielle Peltier-Thompson
- Elizabeth Sherrill
- Leah Wood
- Yilun Zhang
- The Anh Vu
- Rachel Irvine
Institute Alumni
- Kaitlin Alford, former research associate
- John Baeten, former postdoctoral researcher
- Daniel Becker, former postdoctoral researcher
- Jason Bertram, former research fellow
- Jennifer Brand, former postdoctoral researcher
- Dustin Brewer, former research associate
- Elizabeth Grennan Browning former research fellow
- Analena Bruce, former postdoctoral researcher
- Lingxi Chenyang, former research fellow
- Allie Downs, former research assistant
- Adam Fudickar, former research fellow
- Luis Inaraja Vera, former research fellow
- Samantha Hamlin, former postdoctoral researcher
- Matthew Houser, former research fellow
- Alex Jahn, former research fellow
- Carolyn Kalinowski, former research associate
- Quinn Lewis, former postdoctoral researcher
- Natasha MacBean, former Grand Challenge-sponsored faculty
- Susan Magnoli, former postdoctoral researcher
- Kashif Mahmud, former postdoctoral researcher
- Katerina Mazari, former postdoctoral researcher
- Ranjan Muthukrishnan, former research fellow
- Tara Smiley, former research fellow
- Abigail Sullivan, former research fellow
- Bhuwan Thapa, former postdoctoral researcher
- Pascal Title, former research fellow
- Maria Whiteman, former research fellow
- Joon Woo Sohn, former research fellow