Research at the Environmental Resilience Institute involves more than 100 faculty, postdocs, students, and organizations partnering with businesses, organizations, and government entities across the state. This is a list of those Indiana University faculty and postdoctoral researchers from several campuses who are collaborating on research.
Grand Challenge Sponsored Faculty
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.
Natasha MacBean
Functional Vegetation Modeling
MacBean is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography.
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'Neil School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Jason Bertram
Theoretical Biology
With a recent focus on how and to what extent human-caused environmental change differs from the continual shifts the Earth has always experienced, Bertram builds models to show how complex biological systems respond to, interact with, and change their environments.
Elizabeth Grennan Browning
Midwestern/Indiana Community History
Browning studies how people in the Midwest have thought about environmental issues over time, how attitudes about the environment have formed and changed among different groups, and how evolving ideas about social justice have influenced these opinions.
Adam Fudickar
Migration Mechanisms
In addition to designing tailor-made tracking solutions, Fudickar studies the timing of animals’ migration and reproduction to help determine which species may be more vulnerable to climate change and what threats migratory populations might pose to humans.
Matthew Houser
Midwestern/Indiana Community Studies
Houser examines how people are responding to climate change through survey research on flooding preparedness among farmers, Hoosier attitudes towards environmental threats, and more.
Alex Jahn
Migration Patterns
Through the lens of bird migratory patterns, Jahn investigates how ecosystems are changing because of environmental change and what that means for human health, food security, and environmental resilience.
Ranjan Muthukrishnan
Invasive Species Ecology
Through biological and community-focused perspectives, Muthukrishnan conducts research to understand, predict, and help control and prevent the spread of invasive species in Indiana and beyond.
Tara Smiley
Stable Isotope Ecology
Working with small mammal specimens, Smiley studies animal response to recent and historical warming periods in Earth’s history to map how such migratory ranges and dietary habits have changed over time in response to climate shifts.
Abigail Sullivan
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
With a focus on invasive species and water management, Sullivan seeks to uncover how people and groups with varying perspectives and priorities can come together to achieve meaningful progress in addressing climate change.
Pascal Title
Species Distribution Modeling
Title creates mathematical models to test theories about how species diversify, adapt, and become extinct. This work helps guide efforts to protect ecologically important species in Indiana by indicating how a particular species is likely to respond to different types of environmental change.
Luis Inaraja Vera
Conservation Law
Inaraja Vera is identifying and promoting laws and policies that reduce uncertainty for landowners in Indiana and beyond, and is examining voluntary programs to encourage real estate development in contaminated “brownfield” sites located primarily in city centers.
Maria Whiteman
Artistic Social Practice
Engaging with animals, landscapes, and most recently fungi, Whiteman uses multiple media including photography and video to convey the deep and intrinsic ties between humans and other living things.
Postdoctoral Researchers
John Baeten
Spatial Analysis of Environmental Change
Daniel Becker
Infectious Disease Dynamics
Analena Bruce
Agriculture and Food Systems
Bo Chen
Samantha Hamlin
Urban Green Infrastructure
Quinn Lewis
Rivers and Landscapes
Susan Magnoli
Kashif Mahmud
Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System
Katerina Mazari
Water Contamination
Devraj Singh
Migratory Behavior and Physiology of Birds
Bhuwan Thapa
Urban Green Infrastructure
