Community Networking Opportunities
Organizers:
- Andrew Jackson (Co-Chair), Texas Tech University, Andrew.jackson@ttu.edu
- John Sutherland (Co-Chair), Purdue University, jwsuther@purdue.edu
- Mark Barnett, Auburn University, Barnem4@auburn.edu
- Donna Fennell, Rutgers Univ., fennell@envsci.rutgers.edu
- Patrick Gurian, Drexel Univ., plg28@drexel.edu
- Allison Kennicutt, York College., akennicutt@ycp.edu
- Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast Univ., skomisar@fgcu.edu
- David Ladner, Clemson Univ., ladner@clemson.edu
- William Pennock, NJ Inst. Tech., william.h.pennock@njit.edu
- Alan Rabideau, Univ. of Buffalo, rabideau@buffalo.edu
- Joe Ryan, U. of Col. Boulder, joseph.ryan@colorado.edu
- Timm Strathmann, Colorado School of Mines, strthmnn@mines.edu
- Timothy Vadas, Univ. of Connecticut, timothy.vadas@uconn.edu
- Erin Surdo, Univ. of Minnesota, surdo001@umn.edu
- Rachel Wagner, Saint Francis University, rwagner@francis.edu
Suggested Participants: Any environmental program lead or individual with an interest in the administration of environmental programs.
Organizers:
- Zhen (Jason) He (Co-Chair), zhenhe@wustl.edu, Washington University in St. Louis
- Young-Shin Jun (Co-Chair), ysjun@wustl.edu , Washington University in St. Louis

Organizers:
- Wen Zhang (CAPEES President; Chair of the workshop), New Jersey Institute of Technology, wen.zhang@njit.edu
- Shihong Lin, Vanderbilt University, shihong.lin@vanderbilt.edu
- Xing Xie, Georgia Institute of Technology, xing.xie@ce.gatech.edu
- Mengyan Li, New Jersey Institute of Technology, mengyan.li@njit.edu
- Jinkai Xue, University of Regina, jinkai.xue@uregina.ca
- Tiezheng Tong, Colorado State University, Tiezheng.Tong@colostate.edu
- Yanyan Zhang, New Mexico State University, zhangy@nmsu.edu
Bettering the Environmental Engineering and Science Community: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Organizers:
- Lupita D. Montoya (Co-Chair), University of Colorado, Lupita.montoya@colorado.edu
- Sarah Miller (Co-Chair), Yale University, Sarah.M.Miller@yale.edu
- Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Angela.Bielefeldt@colorado.edu
- JoAnn Silverstein, University of Colorado, JoAnn.Silverstein@colorado.edu
- Maya Trotz, University of South Florida, matrotz@usf.edu
- Lorelay Mendoza, Stanford University, lorelay@stanford.edu
- Andrew Kim, Stanford University, andrewhk@stanford.edu
- Ana Barrios, Arizona State University, acbarrios@asu.edu
- Brittnee Halpin, Colorado School of Mines, bhalpin@mymail.mines.edu
- Francois Perreault, Arizona State University, francois.perreault@asu.edu
- Kara Nelson, UC-Berkeley, karanelson@berkeley.edu
- John Fortner, Yale University, john.fortner@yale.edu
- Jorge Loyo, Rice University, jl149@rice.edu
- Josh Sharp, Colorado School of Mines, jsharp@mines.edu
- Julie Zimmerman, Yale University, julie.zimmerman@yale.edu
- Naushita Sharma, Arizona State University, nsharm48@asu.edu
- Pam McLeod, Stanford University, pamelamc@stanford.edu
- Theresa Chatman, Rice University, tlc@rice.edu
Organizers:
- Jessica Ray (Chair), University of Washington, jessray@uw.edu
- William Tarpeh (Co-Chair), Stanford University, wtarpeh@stanford.edu
- Jacelyn Rice-Boayue, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Jacelyn.Rice@uncc.edu
- Maureen Kinyua, University of California, Davis, mnkinyua@ucdavis.edu
Organizers:
- Lupita D. Montoya (Chair), University of Colorado, Lupita.montoya@colorado.edu
- Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Angela.Bielefeldt@colorado.edu
- Cliff Davidson, Syracuse University, davidson@syr.edu
- Andrea Ferro, Clarkson University, aferro@clarkson.edu
- Susan J. Masten, Michigan State University, masten@msu.edu
- JoAnn Silverstein, University of Colorado, JoAnn.Silverstein@colorado.edu
- Maya Trotz, University of South Florida, matrotz@usf.edu
- C-Y Wu, University of Florida, cywu@essie.ufl.edu
Career Support and Development
Organizers: The AEESP Student Services Committee (SSC)
- Dr. Fabrizio Sabba, (Chair), Black and Veatch, Fabrizio.sabba@northwestern.edu
- Dr. Nirupam Aich, (Vice-Chair), University at Buffalo (SUNY), nirupama@buffalo.edu
- Dr. Sanjay Tewari, (Secretary), Missouri S&T University
- Dr. Lucia Rodriguez-Freire, (Vice-Secretary), New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Dr. Manish Kumar, University of Texas – Austin
- Dr. Patrick McNamara, Marquette University
- Dr. Ilke Celik, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
- Dr. Jennifer Benning, Virginia Tech
- Dr. Philip Larese-Casanova, Northeastern University
- Dr. Ellison Carter, Colorado State University
- Dr. Lauren Stadler, Rice University
- Dr. Sudeep Popat, Clemson University
- Dr. Ramesh Goel, University of Utah
- Dr. Jeremiah Johnson, North Carolina State University
- Dr. Elizabeth Butler, University of Oklahoma
- Dr. Katherine Alfredo, University of South Florida
- Dr. Vikram Kapoor, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Dr. Kiranmayi Mangalgiri, Oklahoma State University
- Dr. Matthew Berens, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
Organizers:
- Desiree Plata (Co-Chair), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dplata@mit.edu
- Bridget Hegarty (Co-Chair), University of Michigan, hegartyb@umich.edu
Organizers:
- Kimberly Parker (Co-Chair), Washington University in St. Louis, kmparker@wustl.edu
- Fangqiong Ling (Co-Chair), Washington University in St. Louis, fangqiong@wustl.edu
Organizers:
- Keri Hornbuckle (Co-Chair), University of Iowa, keri-hornbuckle@uiowa.edu
- Jay Turner (Co-Chair), Washington University in St. Louis, jrturner@wustl.edu
- Daniel Giammar (Co-Chair), Washington University in St. Louis, giammar@wustl.edu
Organizers:
- Daniel Oerther (Chair), Missouri S&T, oertherd@mst.edu
- Angie Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder, Angela.Bielefeldt@colorado.edu
- Danny Willis, Saint Louis University, danny.willins@slu.edu
- Marshall Stewart, University of Missouri System, stewartmars@missouri.edu
Convergent Research
Organizers:
- Ameet J Pinto (Chair), Georgia Tech, ameet.pinto@ce.gatech.edu
- Fangqiong Ling, Washington University in St. Louis, fangqiong@wustl.edu
- Juliet Johnston, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, johnston50@llnl.gov
- Christopher Lawson, University of Toronto, chris.lawson@utoronto.ca
- Ryan Ziels, University of British Columbia, rziels@civil.ubc.ca
- Christopher Anderson, USDA- Agriculture Research Service, christopher.l.anderson.87@gmail.com
- Jacob Price, Stroud Water Research Center, jprice@stroudcenter.org
Organizers:
- Rajan K. Chakrabarty (Co-Chair), Washington University in St. Louis, chakrabarty@wustl.edu
- Pratim Biswas (Co-Chair), University of Miami, pbiswas@miami.edu
- Yang Wang (Co-Chair), Missouri University of Science and Technology, yangwang@mst.edu
Organizers:
- Joel Burken (Chair), Missouri University of Science and Technology, Burken@mst.edu
- Heather Henry, NIH/NIEHS, henryh@niehs.nih.gov
Organizers:
- Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson (Chair), Indiana University, Bloomington, jacmgibs@iu.edu
- David Weissbrodt, Delft University of Technology, D.G.Weissbrodt@tudelft.nl
- Brown, Joe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, joebrown@unc.edu
- Nancy Love, University of Michigan, nglove@umich.edu
- Brittany Hicks, University of Michigan, britbrow@umich.edu
Organizer: Catherine A. Peters (Chair), Princeton University, cap@princeton.edu;
Additional organizers, speakers, panelists:
- Jeff Cunningham, University of South Florida, cunning@usf.edu
- Andres Clarens, University of Virginia, aclarens@virginia.edu
- Brian Ellis, University of Michigan, brellis@umich.edu
- Lauren Beckingham, Auburn University, leb0071@auburn.edu
Convergent Education and Outreach
Organizers:
- Sarina Ergas (Chair), University of South Florida, sergas@usf.edu
- Allan Feldman, University of South Florida, afeldman@usf.edu
- Angela Chapman, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, angela.chapman@utrgv.edu
- Kebreab Ghebremichael, University of South Florida, kebreab@usf.edu
- Erica Dasi, University of South Florida, eadasi@usf.edu
Organizers:
- Cliff Davidson (Chair), Syracuse University, davidson@syr.edu
- Treavor Boyer, Arizona State University, thboyer@asu.edu
- Rebecca Hardin, University of Michigan, rdhardin@umich.edu
- Susan Powers, Clarkson University, spowers@clarkson.edu
- Qiong (Jane) Zhang, University of South Florida, qiongzhang@usf.edu
- Jianpeng (Jim) Zhou, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, jzhou@siue.edu
Data-enabled Research and Education
Organizers:
- Daniel B. Gingerich (Chair), The Ohio State University, gingerich.62@osu.edu
- Meagan Mauter, Stanford University, mauter@stanford.edu
- Amanda Quay, Stanford University, quay@stanford.edu
- Jordan Macknick, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Jordan.Macknick@nrel.gov
Organizers:
- Jeremy S. Guest (Chair), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, jsguest@illinois.edu
- Diana M. Byrne, University of Kentucky, dianabyrne@uky.edu
- Sherri M. Cook, University of Colorado Boulder, sherri.cook@colorado.edu
- Roland D. Cusick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, rcusick@illinois.edu
- William A. Tarpeh, Stanford University,wtarpeh@stanford.edu