Former Fellows
Peter Alagona
alagona@es.ucsb.eduBeagle 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...
Anna Lea Albright
annaleaalbright@fas.harvard.eduEnvironmental 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...
Meir Alkon
meiralkon@fas.harvard.eduEnvironmental 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...
Daniel Barber
Daniel.Barber@uts.edu.auZiff 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...
Kelvin Bates
kelvin_bates@fas.harvard.eduKernan 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...
Alyssa Battistoni
abattistoni@barnard.eduEnvironmental 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...
Etienne Benson
ebenson@sas.upenn.eduZiff 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...
Hélène Benveniste
helenebenveniste@fas.harvard.eduFrench 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...
Marie-Abèle Bind
ma.bind@mail.harvard.eduZiff 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...
Nathan Black
nwblack@gmail.comFrench 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...
Gil Bohrer
bohrer.17@osu.eduFrench 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...
Bill Boos
william.boos@berkeley.eduFrench 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...
