Climate Schools Announces New Faculty and Academic Leadership Appointments
The Columbia Climate Institute announced seven new faculty and academic leadership appointments today. Interim Dean Jeffrey Shaman said the appointments will take effect in July.
political scientist Lisa DellCurrently a lecturer in climate science, he will serve as co-director of the master’s program in climate and society for the 2023-24 academic year. Dale’s research focuses on climate change adaptation in two distinct regions: the western United States and sub-Saharan Africa. Her current courses include Environmental Policy and Governance; Sustainable Development Challenges; Public Lands in the American West; Climate Change: Adaptation and Resilience; Science Communications; and Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainable Development.
Lisa Dell
Jessica Fanzo, a leading scholar in the interdisciplinary field of food systems, previously announced Join Climate School A professor of climate and director of the Food for Humanity Initiative, he will now also serve as interim director of the university’s International Institute for Climate and Society. She is currently Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics at Johns Hopkins University. Among other things, she has served as co-chair of the United Nations High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Systems and Nutrition and as Director of Nutrition Policy at the Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute at Columbia.
Jessica Fanzo
Michael GerrardLaw School Professor of Professional Practice Andrew Sabin will be jointly appointed by the Climate Institute as Professor of Professional Practice at the Climate Institute. He will retain his current appointment at the Law School and continue as faculty director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. He is one of the nation’s leading environmental lawyers, pioneering legal tools and strategies to address climate change. He also authored and taught courses in environmental law, climate change law, and energy law.
Michael Gerrard
radley horton Will be appointed tenured professor of climatology, transitioning from her current Lamont Research Professorship. Horton is an expert in assessing climate extremes and understanding how climate change affects sectors as diverse as agriculture, ecosystems, infrastructure, human health and marginalized communities. His work covers human migration, scientific and legal aspects of climate attribution, and mitigation and adaptation. He is also a leading media climate science communicator.
radley horton
Jason Smerden, The co-directors of the Undergraduate Program in Sustainability and the co-senior director of education for the Climate Institute will be named tenured professors of climate science, transitioning from their current Lamont Research Professorships. Smerden is an expert on climate variability and change over the past few thousand years. He uses high-resolution reconstructions of past conditions to understand climate dynamics, assess the performance of climate models, understand the context of extreme climate events, and address applications of future climate impacts. He teaches courses in the Earth Institute/Climate Schools program including Introduction to Sustainable Development and African Climate and History.
Jason Smerden
Mingfang TingA founding member and co-director of the Master’s Program in Climate and Society and co-senior director of education for the Climate Institute, will be appointed tenured professors of climate science, transitioning from their current Lamont Research Professorships. She is an internationally recognized climate scientist whose research covers a wide range of topics, including weather and extremes and climate impacts on agriculture and human health. She has taught for many years one of the core courses of the master’s program, “Quantitative Models of Climate-Sensitive Human and Natural Systems”, and the core undergraduate climate course, “Earth Environmental Systems: The Climate System”.
Mingfang Ting
Bruce UsherThe Columbia Business School professor will be jointly appointed by the Climate Institute as a Professor of Professional Practice for the Climate Institute. He will retain his current professorship of professional practice in the College of Business and the Tamer Society of Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director of the Center for Enterprise, a center dedicated to enhancing business knowledge, entrepreneurial skills and management tools for the growth of social enterprises. Address social and environmental challenges. He also teaches courses at the intersection of financial, social, and environmental issues and chairs Columbia University’s Socially Responsible Investing Advisory Council.
Bruce Usher
