# Former Fellows ## expand\_more [### Peter Alagona ](/people/peter-alagona) Beagle Environmental Fellow: 2006-2008 PhD History, UCLA, 2006 Current Position: Associate Professor of History & Environmental Studies and Director of the lnterdepartmental PhD Emphasis in Environment and Society, UC-Santa Barbara Peter Alagona's research focuses on the cultural and political histories of ecology and the related life, environmental, and conservation sciences. Peter received his PhD in history, with emphases in environmental history and the history of science, from... ![peteralagona.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/peteralagona.jpg?itok=rSkAgpGw) [### Anna Lea Albright ](/people/anna-lea-albright) Environmental Fellow: 2023-2025 PhD, Climate Physics, Sorbonne University Anna Lea Albright uses models, theory, and observations to improve understanding of how clouds and rainfall change as a result of a warming planet. Anna Lea received her AB/AM from Harvard College in 2017 in Evolutionary Biology and Earth and Planetary... ![picture1_01_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/picture1_01_1.jpg?itok=ej3KLOTN) [### Meir Alkon ](/people/meir-alkon) Environmental Fellow: 2020-2022 PhD, Politics, Princeton University Meir Alkon researches political economy with a focus on the politics of large-scale energy and economic transitions. Meir received his PhD jointly from Princeton's Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs... ![alkon_sm_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/alkon_sm_1.jpg?itok=YeBxyfi_) [### Daniel Barber ](/people/fellow-daniel-barber) Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2010-2012 PhD Architecture, Columbia University Current Position: Head of School, Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Daniel A. Barber is an architectural historian analyzing affinities between the history of architecture and the emergence of environmentalism in the 20th century. Daniel received a BA in comparative history of ideas from the University of Washington, and... ![danielbarber.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/danielbarber.jpeg?itok=7GP3JEyi) [### Kelvin Bates ](/people/kelvin-bates) [kelvin\_bates@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:kelvin_bates@fas.harvard.edu)Kernan Brothers Environmental Fellow: 2017-2020 PhD Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Current Position: Research Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University Kelvin Bates is an atmospheric chemist who investigates the interactions between biogenic and anthropogenic emissions and their contributions to smog formation. Kelvin earned his BS in chemistry and economics from Davidson College in 2012 and his PhD in... ![bates.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/bates.jpg?itok=JAyPS06W) [### Alyssa Battistoni ](/people/alyssa-battistoni) Environmental Fellow: 2019-2021 PhD, Political Science, Yale University Current Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College Alyssa Battistoni is a political theorist working at the intersection between environmental politics, political economy, and feminist thought. Alyssa earned a BA in Political Science from Stanford University, a MSc in Nature, Society, and Environmental... ![battistoni_200_01.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/battistoni_200_01.jpg?itok=4VmpHGFa) [### Etienne Benson ](/people/etienne-benson) Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2008-2010 PhD History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society, MIT, 2008 Current Position: Associate Professor, Undergraduate Chair, Science, Technology & Society, University of Pennsylvania Etienne Benson is a historian of the environmental sciences with a particular interest in the field practices of late twentieth-century conservation biology. Etienne received an AB in cognitive neuroscience from Harvard College in 1999 and an MA in... ![benson.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/benson.png?itok=mI6Smu16) [### Hélène Benveniste ](/people/helene-benveniste) French Environmental Fellow: 2021-2023 PhD, Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Princeton University Hélène Benveniste uses interdisciplinary approaches to answer research questions directly relevant to climate change policy. Hélène received her PhD in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy from Princeton University’s School of Public and... ![step_profile_pic_2_portrait.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/step_profile_pic_2_portrait.png?itok=Ti3OXUsy) [### Marie-Abèle Bind ](/people/marie-abele-bind) Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2014-2016 ScD Environmental Health and Biostatistics, Harvard University School of Public Health Current Position: Associate, John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow, Dept. of Statistics, Harvard University Marie-Abèle Bind is an environmental biostatistician interested in health effects from environmental exposures. Marie-Abèle earned an MSc in engineering (specialization in energy and environment) in 2007 at one of France's Grandes Ecoles. She then... ![bindmarieabele_0.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/bindmarieabele_0.png?itok=AmZDZQ-k) [### Nathan Black ](/people/nathan-black) French Environmental Fellow: 2012-2014 PhD Political Science, MIT Current Position: Vice President of Solutions, Chronicle Graphics Nathan Black is a political scientist interested in the future relationship between climate change and violent civil conflict. Nathan earned a BA in history from Rice University in 2006, and received a PhD in political science from MIT in June 2012. His... ![071813_black_308_605_1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/071813_black_308_605_1.jpg?itok=OjI_oM3B) [### Gil Bohrer ](/people/gil-bohrer) French Environmental Fellow: 2007-2009 PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2007 Current Position: Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University Gil Bohrer is an atmospheric physicist who focuses on atmosphere-biosphere-hydrosphere interactions. Gil received his PhD in civil and environmental engineering in June 2007 from Duke University. Before coming to Duke, he earned an MS in ecology and a BS... ![bohrer_gil_large.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/bohrer_gil_large.jpg?itok=NKeWrLb3) [### Bill Boos ](/people/bill-boos) French Environmental Fellow: 2008-2010 PhD Atmospheric Science, MIT, 2008 Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley Bill Boos is an atmospheric physicist working to understand the fundamental processes responsible for variations in tropical climate over a broad range of time scales. He received his PhD in atmospheric science from MIT in 2008, and previously received an... ![boos.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/huce/files/boos.jpg?itok=yz3fOO_u) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - [7](?page=6 "Go to page 7") - [8](?page=7 "Go to page 8") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")