CUNY Climate Scholar Directors

Dr. Mindy Engle-Friedman
Program Director
Baruch College

Dr. Brett Branco
Program Co-Director
Brooklyn College

Dr. Chester Zarnoch
Program Co-Director
Baruch College

Dr. Neal
Philip
Program Co-Director
Bronx Community College

Dr. William Solecki
Program Co-Director
Hunter College
Baruch Climate Action Collaborative

Dr. Mindy Engle-Friedman
Psychology
Weissman

Dr. Chester Zarnoch
Natural Sciences
Weissman

Dr. Cynthia Thompson
Management
Zicklin

Dr. Junghoon Park
Strategy and Corporate Sustainability
Zicklin

Dr. Lin Peng
Finance
Zicklin

Dr. J. Stephen Gosnell
Natural Sciences
Weissman

Dr. Emily Johnson
Journalism
Weissman

Dr. Christina Balboa
Public Affairs
Marxe

Dr. Deborah Balk
Public Affairs
Marxe

Dr. Anna D'Souza
Public Affairs
Marxe

Dr. Shelly Eversley
Black and Latino Studies
Weissman

Dr. Valerie Watnick
Law
Zicklin

Dr. Leonard Kostovetsky
Finance
Zicklin

Dr. Terrence F. Martell
Finance
Zicklin

Dr. Nizan Packin
Law
Zicklin

Dr. Mehmet Ozbilgin
Accounting
Zicklin

Dr. Yao Shen
Finance
Zicklin

Dr. Jun Wang
Finance
Zicklin

Joonsung Francis Won
Finance
Zicklin

Dr. Yildiray Yildirim
Real Estate
Zicklin

Dr. Rianne Subijanto
Communication Studies
Weissman

Dr. Gang He
Public Affairs
Marxe

Ben Iuliano
Environmental Studies
Weissman

Dr. Lucrezia Nava
Environmental Studies
Weissman

Dr. Dan Li
Philosophy
Weissman

Dr. Elizabeth Edenberg
Philosophy
Weissman

Dr. Svenja Dube
Accountancy
Zicklin
Program Support Coordinators
Program Coordinators

Charlie Overton
Program Coordinator 2022-23

Parisa Setayesh
Program Coordinator
2022-23

Chelsea Wepy
Program Coordinator 2021-22

Jenna Tipaldo
Program Coordinator
2020-21

Karla Ruiz Cravioto
Program Coordinator 2021-22
Baruch Climate Communications Team

Lauren Kraker
Coordinator Lead

Katherine Quach
Co-Coordinator

Subarno Rahman
Co-Coordinator

YaYin Ruan
Co-Coordinator
Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Rebecca Bratspies
CUNY School of Law

Dr. Peter Groffman
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Roger Karapin
Hunter College, CUNY

Dr. Ilias Kavouras
Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, CUNY

Dr. Mike Menser
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Michael Bobker
City College, CUNY

Dr. Sophia Suarez
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Tammy Lewis
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Marijaneh Issapour
Farmingdale University

Dr. Aurash Khawarzad
Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Ashley Dawson
Staten Island, CUNY

Dr. James F. Booth
City College & Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Nir Krakauer
City College, CUNY

Dr. Cheryl J. Fish
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

June Williamson
City College, CUNY

Dr. Chiaki Yanagisawa
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY

Julio Salcedo Fernandez
City College, CUNY

Dr. Zihao Zhang
City College, CUNY

Dr. Constantin Cranganu
Brooklyn College, CUNY

Dr. Hamid Norouzi
College of Technology & Graduate Center, CUNY

Dr. Chuixiang Yi
Queens College, CUNY

Dr. Kenneth Gould
Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY

Emily Laber-Warren
Newmark J-School, CUNY

Dr. Allan Frei
Hunter College, CUNY
CUNY Climate Scholars

Alexandra Acevedo
2022-2023

Barbara Dayan
2022-2023

Eric Soto
2022-2023

Farzad Mousavi
2022-2023

Ishrat Jahan
2022-2023

Julianna Lentini
2022-2023

Laila Gad
2022-2023

Aika Koikai
2022-2023

Carolina Perez
2022-2023

Lillian Ameling
2022-2023

Bruno Santos Rodrigues
2021-22

Chelsea Wepy
2020-21

Karla Ruiz Cravioto
2020-21

Manav Tilwani
2020-21

Osvaldo Garcia
2020-21

Emily Salinas Bermudez
2021-22

Hyosik Shin
2021-22

Ivette Evangelista
2021-22

Jennifer Pizarro Carrion
2021-22

Josephina Gjonaj
2021-22

Joseph Rizzotti
2021-22

Julie Margolin
2021-22

Meteja Tokic
2021-22

Noa Heller
2021-22

Stacy Kim
2020-21