
Carolyn A. Lin, Ph.D., Director
Professor, Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Risk Preparedness and Adaptation; Environmental Literacy; Risk Communication
- Health/Disaster Informatics; Crisis Management;
Public Outreach and Engagement

Diego Cerrai, Ph.D., Associate Director
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Power Grid Resilience; Renewable Energy Integration
- Electricity Demand; Vegetation Uprooting

Davis Chacon-Hurtado, Ph.D., Associate Director
Assistant Research Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Transportation System Planning and Evaluation
- Transportation Equity; Transportation in Latin America

Rupal Parekh, Ph.D., Associate Director
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Transportation Disadvantage; Public Policy
- Vulnerable Population; Community Engagement

Chris Newell, Tribal Liaison
Director of Native American Cultural Programs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Akomawt Educational Initiative
- Passamaquoddy Nation

Program Coordinator
Position Vacant

Fangni Lei, Ph.D., Interim Program Manager
Assistant Research Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Watershed-Scale Hydrology; Soil Moisture
- Land surface water and energy balance;
Remote Sensing


Community Organizer
Position Vacant

Christopher Hominski, M.S., Graduate Assistant
- Public Outreach; Strategic Communication
- Health Equity; Environmental Justice

Sasha Shamrai, Office Assistant
- Data Analytics; Database Management
- Network Design and Applications

Bryan Ford, Communication Assistant
- Social Marketing; Message Development
- Communication Design; Social Media