Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.54
Liaison Tavey Capps
Submission Date Oct. 18, 2013
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Duke University
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.82 / 10.00 Tavey Capps
Environmental Sustainability Director
Office of the Executive Vice President
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The number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research:
216

The total number of faculty members engaged in research:
980

Names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:

Martha S. Absher, Associate Dean, Pratt School of Engineering
Pankaj, Agarwal, Professor, Computer Science; Mathematics
John D. Albertson, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Elizabeth Albright, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Elizabeth, Ananat, Assistant Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy; Economics; Center on Child & Family Policy
Peter, Arcidiacono, Professor, Economics; Population Research Institute
Rebecca, Bach, Associate Professor of the Practice, Sociology
Paul A. Baker, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Richard Barber, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Ana P. Barros, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Xavier Basurto Guillermo, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Peter, Bayer, Professor, Economics; Population Research Institute
Philip Benfey, Professor, Biology
Lori Bennear, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
David, Beratan, Professor, Chemistry; Physics; Biochemsitry; Duke Energy Initiative
Emily S. Bernhardt, Associate Profesor, Biology
Staci, Bilbo, Assistant Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience; Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Celia Bonaventura, Director, Nicholas School of the Environment
Joseph Bonaventura, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Alan Boudreau, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Andre Boustany, Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment
Gale, Boyd, Director, Triangle Census Research Data Center; Economics
Nicolette Cagle, Visiting Lecturer, Nicholas School of the Environment
Lisa Campbell, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Lisa M. Campbell, Associate Profesor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Nicolas Cassar, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
William Chameides, Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment
Lauren M. Chan, Postdoctoral Associate, Biology
Chuan-Hua Chen, Assistant Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Alex, Cho, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine; Global Health Institute
Norman Christensen, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Catherine H. Clark, Adjunct Associate Professor, Fuqua School of Business
Charlotte Clark, Lecturer, Nicholas School of the Environment
James S. Clark, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Bruce Corliss, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
William, Darity, Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy; African & African American Studies; Economics; Population Research Institute
Thomas H. Darrah, Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment
Marc Deshusses, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Richard Di Giulio, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Humberto Diaz, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jean Domec, Visiting Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Kathleen Donohue, Professor, Biology
Martin W. Doyle, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Christine Drea, Professor, Evolutionary Anthropology
Gary Dwyer, Senior Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment
David Erickson, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Mary Eubanks, Adjunct Professor, Biology
John Fay, Instructor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Mark Feinglos, Associate Professor, Medical Center
Mark, Feinglos, Associate Professor, Medical Center
Patrick L. Ferguson, Associate Profesor, Pratt School of Engineering
Erica Field, Associate Profesor, Economics
Marilyn Forbes, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School
Richard Forward, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Ari S. Friedlaender, Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment
Ei Fujioka, Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment
Christopher Galik, Senior Policy Associate, Nicholas Institute
Deborah Gallagher, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Alan Gelfand, Professor, Statistical Science
Gary, Gereffi, Professor & Director, Sociology; Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
Jen'nan, Ghazal Read, Associate Professor, Sociology
Christina, Gibson-Davis, Assistant Professor, Sociology; Public Policy Studies; Center for Child & Family Policy; Psychology
Alexander Glass, Instructor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jeffrey T. Glass, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Jay Golden, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jay, Golden, Associate Vice Provost for Research & Director, Center for Sustainability & Commerce
Claudia Gunsch, Associate Profesor, Pratt School of Engineering
Peter Haff, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Patrick N. Halpin, Associate Profesor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Peter Harrell, Instructor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Angel, Harris, Professor, Sociology
Gary Hartshorn, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Robert Healy, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jim Heffernan, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Nicole Heller, Visiting Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
James Hench, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Duncan Heron, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
David Hinton, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Calvin R. Howell, Professor, Physics
Heileen Hsu-Kim, Associate Profesor, Pratt School of Engineering
Dana Hunt, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
K. David Hyrenbach, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Robert B. Jackson, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Sherman, James, Professor, Sociology; African & African-American Studies; Public Policy; Community & Family Medicine
Marc, Jeuland, Assistant Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy; Global Health Institute; Nicholas School of the Environment; Civil & Environmental Engineering
Timothy H. Johnson, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Zackary I. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
David W. Johnston, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Prasad Kasibhatla, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Gabriel Katul, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Richard F. Kay, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Richard Kay, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Lisa, Keister, Professor, Sociology
William Kirby-Smith, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Emily Klein, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Randall Kramer, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
James Kraska, Visiting Scholar, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jeffrey L. Krolik, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Mukesh Kumar, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Richard Kwok, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Helen, Ladd, Professor, Economics
Alvin, Lebeck, Professor, Computer Science; Pratt School of Engineering
Francis J. Lethem, Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy
Wenhong Li, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Daniel Livingstone, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Ryke Longest, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School
Elizabeth C. Losos, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Elizabeth Losos, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
M. Susan Lozier, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Richard A. MacPhail, Professor, Chemistry
Lynn Maguire, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Brian P. Mann, Associate Profesor, Pratt School of Engineering
Marco Marani, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Craig R. McClain, Assistant Director, Biology
David McClay, Professor, Biology
Brian L. McGlynn, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Joel Meyer, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Ellen Mihaich, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Marie Lynn Miranda, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Storrs T. Mitchell-Olds, Professor, Biology
Jonas J. Monast, Director, Nicholas Institute
Jeffrey Moore, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
William F. Morris, Professor, Biology
A. Brad Murray, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Brian C. Murray, Director, Nicholas Institute
Desiree, Murray, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Center on Child & Family Policy
Richard Newell, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Douglas Nowacek, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Michelle Nowlin, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School
Angela, O'Rand, Professor & Dean, Sociology
Lydia P. Olander, Director, Nicholas Institute
Michael Orbach, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Ram Oren, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Sari Palmroth, Associate Profesor, Nicholas School of the Environment
William Pan, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Dalia Patino Echeverri, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Subhrendu Pattanayak, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Linwood Pendleton, Director, Nicholas Institute
Ronald Perkins, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Alexander Pfaff, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Amy E. Pickle, Director, Nicholas Institute
Orrin Pilkey, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Stuart Pimm, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jeffrey Pippen, Instructor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Amilcare M. Porporato, Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
John Poulsen, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Lincoln Pratson, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Timothy H. Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute
Jed, Purdy, Professor, Duke Law School
Joseph Ramus, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Andrew J. Read, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Kenneth Reckhow, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Chantal Reid, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
John, Reif, Professor, Computer Science
James Reynolds, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Curtis J. Richardson , Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Daniel Richter Jr., Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Daniel Rittschof , Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Stephen Roady, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Allen Rodrigo , Professor, Biology
Gabriel Rosenberg, Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
Bill Ross, Visiting Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Martin Ross, Senior Research Economist, Nicholas Institute
V. Louise Roth, Associate Profesor, Biology
Kathy Rudy, Professor, Women's Studies
Martin, Ruef, Professor, Sociology
Jim Salzman, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Erika Sasser, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Kathryn Saterson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Sally Schauman, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
William Schlesinger, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Thomas Schultz, Director, Nicholas School of the Environment
Patrick C. Seed, Associate Professor, Medical Center
Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Arthur J. Shaw, Professor, Biology
Brian Silliman, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Sonia Silvestri, Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment
Theodore, Slotkin, Professor, School of Medicine
Martin D. Smith, Associate Profesor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Anthony, So, Professor of the Practice, Sanford School of Public Policy; Global Health Institute; Program on Global Health & Technology Access
Harris, Solomon, Assistant Professor, Cultural Anthropology; Global Health Institute
Herman F. Staats, Professor, School of Medicine
Heather Stapleton, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jessi, Streib, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Thomas, Struhsaker, Adjunct Professor, Evolutionary Anthropology
S. Kersey Sturdivant, Visiting Scholar, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jennifer Swenson, Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
John Terborgh, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Charles, Thompson, Lecturer, Cultural Anthropology; Center for Documentary Studies
Christopher Timmins, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Dean Urban, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Cindy L. Van Dover, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Kyle Van Houtan, Adjunct Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
John Vandenberg, Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Avner Vengosh, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Rebecca Vidra, Lecturer, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jeffrey Vincent, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Jesko Von Windheim, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Bryan Wallace, Adjunct Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Danielle Way, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Christopher Wedding, Lecturing Fellow, Nicholas School of the Environment
Erika S. Weinthal, Associate Profesor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Charles R. Welch, Conservation Coordinator, Lemur Center
Jennifer Wernegreen, Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Kathryn, Whetten, Director & Professor, Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research; Sanford School of Public Policy; Global Health Institute; Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Jonathan Wiener, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Mark R. Wiesner , Professor, Pratt School of Engineering
Benjamin, Wiley, Assistant Professor, Chemistry; Duke Energy Initiative
Christina, Williams, Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience
John H. Willis, Professor, Biology
Norman Wirzba, Professor, Duke Divinity School
Robert Wolpert, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment
Justin Wright, Assistant Professor, Biology
Anne D. Yoder, Professor, Biology
Rakan A. Zahawi, Instructor, Organization for Tropical Studies
Jim Zhang, Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment


The website URL where the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research is posted :
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:
Brief descriptions of up to 4 recent notable accomplishments by faculty engaged in sustainability research, including names and department affiliations:

- The Lemur Center at Duke and Sea World and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, Saving the Malagasy Forest Through Sustainable Fish Farming

- The Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke and the Nature Conservancy, Carbon Sequestration Benefits of Peatland Restoration

- Pratt School of Engineering at Duke and the Research Triangle Institute, Electrochemical Disinfection with Integrated Biomass Oven for Solid Waste Processing and Energy Harvesting

- The Nicholas Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Livestock Ecosystem Services Evaluation and Assessment of Existing Water Quality Metrics, Tools and Methods

- Another recent accomplishment includes a toilet designed by Duke professor, Dr. Marc Deshusses, which turns waste water into potable water: http://wunc.org/post/duke-researchers-design-toilet-turns-waste-drinking-water


The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We estimate the total number of faculty doing research by taking the 842 tenure track faculty at the university excluding the divisions listed above and estimate that about half of the non-tenure track faculty do research (138) to get a total of 980.


We estimate the total number of faculty doing research by taking the 842 tenure track faculty at the university excluding the divisions listed above and estimate that about half of the non-tenure track faculty do research (138) to get a total of 980.

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