Faculty - UNC Institute for the Environment

Liz Adams

Research Associate
lizadams@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-0518

Corey Adams

Internship Coordinator, Outer Banks Field Site
ceadams@csi.northcarolina.edu

Richard N. L. (Pete) Andrews

Faculty Fellow, Institute for the Environment; Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Policy
pete.andrews@unc.edu
(919) 843-3385

Sarav Arunachalam

Deputy Director, Institute for the Environment; Director, Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development
sarav@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-2126

Todd BenDor

Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Community Design

Philip Berke

Director, Center for Resilient Communities and Environment
pberke@email.unc.edu

Denene Blackwood

Field Site Assistant, Morehead City Field Site; Research Analyst, Institute of Marine Sciences
adb@med.unc.edu
(252) 726-6841

Abigail Brewer

Communications and Engagement Specialist, Sustainable Carolina
Abigail.Brewer@unc.edu

Gregory W. Characklis

Director, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems; Wiliam R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
charack@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-5545

Bin Cheng

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
bincheng@unc.edu

Susan Cohen

Associate Director
susanac@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-9927

Linda D’Anna

Lecturer
lmdanna@gmail.com

Lindsay Dubbs

Co-Director, Outer Banks Field Site; Research Associate Professor
dubbs@email.unc.edu
(252) 475-3663

Melanie Elliott

Sustainability Analyst, Sustainable Carolina
melaniee@unc.edu
(919) 966-2224

Greg Gangi

Associate Director for Clean Technology and Innovation; Teaching Professor
ggangi@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-6280

Andrew George

Community Engagement Coordinator; Lecturer, Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
andrewg@unc.edu
(919) 966-7839

Neasha Graves

Environmental Health Outreach Manager
neasha_graves@unc.edu
(919) 966-3746

Kathleen M. Gray

Director, Center for Public Engagement with Science; Associate Director for Outreach and Public Service and Research Associate Professor
kgray@unc.edu
(919) 966-9799

Dana Brown Haine (She/Her)

K-12 Science Education Manager
dhaine@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-5735

Regina Hill

Director of Development
regina_hill@unc.edu
(919) 843-2323

Alex Hopkins

Research Associate
alexrhop@unc.edu

Megan Hoert Hughes

STEM Diversity Program Manager and Environmental Health Educator
meganhughes@unc.edu
(919) 966-2463

Mitierra Johnson

Environmental Health Research Assistant
jmitierr@unc.edu

Rich Kamens

Director, Thailand Field Site
kamens@unc.edu
(919) 966-5452

Hyeongseok “Darby” Kim

Graduate Research Assistant
kkkghs@unc.edu

Megan Rodgers Lane

Public Science and Internship Coordinator; Lecturer, Environment, Ecology and Energy Program
megan.lane@unc.edu
(919) 966-7238

David McNelis

Research Professor Emeritus
mcnelis@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-9923

Peggy Mullin

Research Technician
pegmull@live.unc.edu

Brian Naess

GIS Analyst and Lecturer
naess@unc.edu
(919) 966-9925

Rachel Noble

Assistant Director, Morehead City Field Site
rtnoble@email.unc.edu
(252) 726-6841, ext.150

Gavendra Pandey

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
gavendra@email.unc.edu

Grant Parkins

Watershed Education Coordinator
parkins@unc.edu
(919) 966-9802

Rada Petric

Director, Highlands Field Site
rpetric@unc.edu

Michael F. Piehler

Director, UNC Institute for the Environment; Chief Sustainability Officer and Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Sustainability, UNC Chapel-Hill
mpiehler@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-6026