The following faculty members are all involved in teaching and/or research in various aspects of sustainability. Although by no means exhaustive, this list can serve as a starting point for students seeking out advising and faculty members searching for collaborators. If you are not on this list and would like to be included, please send us an email at sus@nd.edu.
Course development grants are available annually on a competitive basis for new courses that will be cross-listed with sustainability studies. The application for this academic year is open until February 1st; for more information about the grant application process, please email Rachel Novick at rnovick@nd.edu.
Peter Bauer
pbauer@nd.edu
Electrical Engineering
Hybrid vehicle technology
Gary Belovsky
belovsky.1@nd.edu
Biology
Community Ecology & Conservation Biology
Ed Bensman
ebensman@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Climate & hurricane modeling
Melissa Berke
mberke@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Climate variability & global change
Susan Blum
sblum@nd.edu
Anthropology
Chinese Society; Food & Culture
Tobias Boes
tboes@nd.edu
German Language & Literature
Poetics of the Anthropocene; Environmentalism in German culture
Catherine Bolten
cbolten@nd.edu
Anthropology & Peace Studies
Chimpanzee conservation & bushmeat market
Aimee Buccellato
abuccellato@nd.edu
Architecture
Sustainable Design & Materials
Peter Burns
pburns@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences; cSEND
Nuclear energy
Elizabeth Capdevielle
ecapdevi@nd.edu
Writing & Rhetoric
Experiential learning in sustainable agriculture
Dom Chaloner
dchalone@nd.edu
Biological Sciences
Stream Ecology
Annie Coleman
acolema3@nd.edu
American Studies
American Wilderness
Jon Coleman
jcolema2@nd.edu
History
Environmental History
Brian Collier
bcollie1@nd.edu
Education, Schooling, and Society
Water Management in Western U.S.
Ann-Marie Conrado
aconrado@nd.edu
Design
Sustainable Product Design
Darren Dochuk
ddochuk@nd.edu
History
Energy in Modern American Life
Anselma Dolcich-Ashley
adolcich@nd.edu
Theology
Theology of Nature
Kyle Doudrick
kdoudric@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Sustainable water treatment
Timothy Dunne
tdunne1@nd.edu
Economics
Environmental Economics; Labor Economics
Terry Ehrman, C.S.C.
tehrman1@nd.edu
Theology / ICL
Science & Theology
David Flagel
dflagel@nd.edu
Biology
Terrestrial Ecology
Haifeng Gao
hgao@nd.edu
Chemistry
Polymer design
Donna Glowacki
dglowack@nd.edu
Anthropology
Archaeology of migration & environmental context
David Go
dgo@nd.edu
Mechanical Engineering
Energy-efficient computing & building design
Vijay Gupta
vgupta2@nd.edu
Electrical Engineering
Smart infrastructure systems, monitoring, estimation & control
Chris Hamlin
chamlin@nd.edu
History
British environmental history
Amy Hixon
ahixon@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
Bruce Huber
bhuber@nd.edu
Law
Environmental & natural resource law
Vlad Iluc
viluc@nd.edu
Chemistry
Synthesis of new energy sources
Debra Javeline
javeline@nd.edu
Political Science
Politics of Adapting to Climate Change
Prashant Kamat
pkamat@nd.edu
Chemistry
Solar Photovoltaics
Rosemary Kelanic
rkelanic@nd.edu
Political Science
International relations, geopolitics
Ken Kuno
mkuno@nd.edu
Chemistry
Solar Nanotechnology
Gary Lamberti
glambert@nd.edu
Biology
Stream & Wetland Ecology
Michael Lemmon
lemmon@nd.edu
Electrical Engineering
Networked control systems & civil infrastructure
Patrick Martin
pmartin@nd.edu
Romance Languages & Literatures
Local Ecologies
Jason McLachlan
jmclachl@nd.edu
Biology
Forest Ecology & Paleoecology
Jessica McManus Warnell
jmcmanus@nd.edu
Management
Business Ethics & Sustainability
David Medvigy
dmedvigy@nd.edu
Biological Sciences
Terrestrial Ecology
Sisi Meng
smeng@nd.edu
Keough School
Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
Sam Miller
smille27@nd.edu
Management
Business of Energy
Marc Muller
mmuller1@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Hydrology & Water Resources
Darcia Narvaez
dnarvaez@nd.edu
Psychology
Moral cognition & development
Clive Neal
cneal@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Global Change, Water & Energy
Rob Nerenberg
rnerenbe@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Wastewater treatment
Svetlana Neretina
sneretina@nd.edu
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Solar Photovoltaics
John Onyango
jonyang1@nd.edu
Architecture
Energy use in traditional buildings
Rachel Novick
rnovick@nd.edu
Biology
Minor in Sustainability
Graham Peaslee
gpeaslee@nd.edu
Physics
Toxic Pollutants in Products & Manufacturing
Margie Pfeil
mpfeil1@nd.edu
Theology
Environment & Catholic Social Teaching
Adrian Rocha
arocha1@nd.edu
Biology
Terrestrial Ecology; Fire Ecology
Jason Rohr
jrohr2@nd.edu
Biology
Climate Change & Disease
Kim Rollings
krolling@nd.edu
Architecture
Built environment & public health and well-being
Phil Sakimoto
psakimot@nd.edu
FYS
Climate Change Education for the Public
Samantha Salden Teach
ssalden1@nd.edu
Architecture
Nature and the Built Environment
Roy Scranton
rscranto@nd.edu
English
Fiction & Nonfiction Writing on the Environment
Tony Serianni
aseriann@nd.edu
Chemistry
Sustainability: Principles & Practices
Joshua Shrout
jshrout@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Environmental Microbiology
Antonio Simonetti
asimonet@nd.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Tracing of environmental pollutants; nuclear forensics
Christian Smith
csmith22@nd.edu
Sociology
Food, Agriculture, and Society
Jen Tank
tank.1@nd.edu
Biology
Stream Ecology & Biogeochemistry
Julia Thomas
jthomas2@nd.edu
History
Little Ice Age; Impact of climate on history
Sandra Vera-Munoz
sveramun@nd.edu
Accountancy
Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Laura Walls
lwalls@nd.edu
English
Thoreau; American Transcendentalism
Kevin Walsh
kwalsh8@nd.edu
Civil Engineering
Resiliency of Infrastructure; Water Systems; Life Cycle Analysis
Susanne Wengle
swengle@nd.edu
Political Science
Agriculture & Market Regulation
Oliver Williams, C.S.C.
owilliam@nd.edu
Management
UN Global Compact
Mark Wistey
mwistey@nd.edu
Electrical Engineering
Solar Photovoltaics; Energy Sources and Conversion