Faculty member

Research summary

Climate categorization

Adlerstein-Gonzales, Sara

Modeling ecological community responses to stresses, including climate

Ecological Impacts

Agrawal, Arun

Policy and institutional approaches to enhancing adaptation (and, secondarily, mitigation) to climate change and climate disasters in poor, developing countries

Adaptation, Mitigation

Allan, David

Ecological metrics and planning under changing climate

Impacts, Adaptation Design/Planning

Bergen, Kathleen

Carbon in forests

Ecological Impacts, Ecological Mitigation

Bierbaum, Rosina

Policies and assessments for adaptation, mitigation and their intersection

Adaptation, Mitigation

Brown, Dan

Spatial monitoring and modeling vulnerability, resilience and adaptation

Adaptation Design/Planning, Methods

Bryant, Bunyan

Climate justice and Detroit Incinerator

Currie, Bill

Modeling ecosystem C-balance and response to climate change

Ecological Impacts, Ecological Adaptation, Methods, Mitigation

De Marchi, Carlo

Effects of climate change on Great Lakes levels, and integrated analysis of effects of climate and land use on water and soil delivery

Physical and Ecological Impacts

De Young, Ray

Individual behavioral transformations for energy and material use contributing to mitigation

Behavioral Adaptation; Behavioral Mitigation

Foufopolus, Johannes

Impacts of climate change, together with habitat fragmentation, on biodiversity (incl. range expansion, evolution)

Ecological Impacts, Ecological Adaptation

Grese, Bob

Botanical Gardens and Arboreta as model systems to evaluate climate impacts and test adaptation mechanisms.

Adaptation through Design/Planning

Helfand, Gloria

Economics and regulation of GHGs

Economic/Regulatory Mitigation

Hoffman, Andy

Case studies of business impacts and responses to physical effects of climate change

Business Adaptations

Hunter, Mark

Biological adaptation and mitigation of climate change

Ecological Adaptation, Ecological Mitigation

Hunter, MaryCarol

Impacts on horticultural and natural plants, impacts on sense of place, possible design responses

Adaptation Design/Planning, Social Impacts

Ibanez, Inez

Impacts of multiple stressors on plant communities, and possible adaptations to climate change.

Ecological Impacts, Ecological Adaptation

Jude, Dave

Impacts of multiple stressors, climate included on physical lake systems and on fish communities

Ecological Impacts, Ecological Adaptation

Kaplan, Rachel

How to affect individual changes in behavior in response to the challenge of climate change

Behavioral Mitigation, Adaptation through Design/Planning

Keoleian, Greg; Callaway, Duncan

Life cycle analysis to evaluate the energy and GHG consequences of various production and consumption systems

Mitigation (Alternative Energy, Technology), Adaptation

Lemos, Maria

Effect of knowledge networks on adaptive capacity, primarily in the developing world.

Social Adaptation

Lyon, Tom

Policies aimed at private sector to mitigate climate change

Economic/Regulatory Mitigation

Moore, Michael

Policies for mitigation and economics of farmer adaptation.

Economic/Regulatory Mitigation, Social Adaptation

Parson, Ted

Assessments, scenarios, and policies aimed at mitigation of GHGs. Intersection of mitigation and adaptation.

Economic/Regulatory Mitigation

Perfecto, Ivette

Impacts on and adaptation of agricultural systems.

Agricultural Impacts, Agricultural Adaptation

Rabe, Barry

Policy making and governance at different levels aimed at climate.

Economic/Regulatory Mitigation

Scavia, Don

Integrated assessment and addressing “wicked” problems in environment science, including adaptation.

Ecological Adaptation, Social Adaptation, Methods

Wondolleck, Julia

Collaboration for community-level adaptation

Social Adaptation

Zak, Don

Microbial responses to climate change

Ecological Impacts, Ecological Mitigation, Ecological Adaptation

Zint, Michaela

Communicating climate change.

Behavioral Adaptation