People

Rebecca Musgrave

rebecca.musgrave@kcl.ac.uk

Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2017-2019

PhD Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bristol (UK)

Current Position: Lecturer in Bioinorganic Chemistry, King's College London

Rebecca Musgrave is a chemist and materials scientist interested in the synthesis of highly magnetic metal-containing polymers. Rebecca received her undergraduate MChem degree from the University of Oxford (UK), and earned her PhD at the University of...

Prineha Narang

prineha@ucla.edu

Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2016-2017

PhD Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Current Position: Professor of Physical Sciences, UCLA

Prineha Narang is a physicist and material scientist interested in the theoretical fundamentals of nanoscale energy transfer. Prineha received her ScB in materials science from Drexel University and an MS and a PhD in applied physics from the California...

Zoe Nyssa

znyssa@purdue.edu

Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2014-2016

PhD Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, University of Chicago

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Anthropology/BRNG, Purdue University

Zoe Nyssa studies the emergence and contemporary practices of conservation biology in order evaluate their impact globally on endangered species. Zoe earned her Hon. BSc in physics and astronomy at the University of aToronto, an MA at the University of...

Paul Ohno

peo0005@auburn.edu

Environmental Fellow: 2019-2021

PhD, Chemistry, Northwestern University

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University

Paul Ohno is a physical chemist studying the physical and chemical properties of secondary organic aerosol particles and the implications of these properties for the climate system. Paul earned his AB in Chemistry from Princeton University in 2014 and his...

Elsa Ordway

elsaordway@ucla.edu

HUCE Environmental Fellow: 2018-2020

PhD Earth System Science, Stanford University

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA

Elsa Ordway is an Earth system scientist studying the interactions between ecological processes, human transformation of the land, and climate change in tropical forests. Elsa earned her BA in environmental science and African studies from New York...

Gillian Osborne

gosborne@fas.harvard.edu

Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2015-2017

PhD English, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Lecturer, Harvard Extension School and Senior Curriculum Specialist, Poetry in America

Gillian Osborne is a literary scholar whose research interests include American and Romantic literature, poetry and poetics, and the environmental humanities. Gillian holds a BA in comparative literature from Columbia University (2006), and a PhD in...

Abigail Ostriker

Environmental Fellow: 2023-2025

PhD, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abigail (Abby) Ostriker is an economist studying how individuals, firms, and governments both influence and are affected by environmental risk. Abby earned her BS in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with minors in Economics and...

Jisung Park

rjpark@upenn.edu

Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2017-2019

PhD Economics, Harvard University

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Jisung Park is an economist studying how climate change impacts economic productivity and human health. Jisung earned a BA in economics and political science from Columbia University, an MSc degrees in development economics and environmental policy from...

Fabien Paulot

fabien.paulot@noaa.gov

Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2011-2013

PhD Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Current Position: Associate Research Scholar, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University

Fabien Paulot is an atmospheric chemist who is interested in the interplay between the biosphere and the composition of the atmosphere. Fabien received an MS from Ecole Polytechnique (France) and a PhD in environmental science and engineering from the...

John Philbin

jphilbin@fas.harvard.edu

Environmental Fellow: 2020-2022

PhD, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Narang Lab, UCLA

John Philbin works at the intersection of theoretical chemistry, condensed matter physics, and computational material science to understand and develop the next generation of nanomaterial-based technologies. John earned a BA and MS in Biochemistry and...

Jon Proctor

jon.proctor@ubc.ca

French Environmental Fellow: 2019-2021

PhD, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley

Current Position: Assistant Professor in Food and Resource Economics, University of British Columbia

Jon Proctor develops and pairs methods in econometrics, spatial statistics and machine learning with global socio-environmental datasets to empirically estimate the relationships that govern our climate and agricultural systems. For example, in recent...

Frances B. Roberts-Gregory

frobertsgregory@fas.harvard.edu