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