Current Fellows
The Graham Institute’s Fellowship Program provides financial support and academic collaboration for a select group of U-M doctoral students pursuing interdisciplinary research related to environmental sustainability.
Andrew Bell, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2006
Research: Adaptive Agricultural Development in the Amazon: Informing Decisions with Agent-Based Models
andybell@umich.edu
Katie Bush, School of Public Health/Urban Planning
Year accepted: 2009
Research: Harmful Algal Blooms from a Toxicological, Ecological, and Human Health Perspective
kfbush@umich.edu
Jo-Yu Chin, School of Public Health
Year accepted: 2007
Research: Health and Environmental Impacts of Alternative (Biofuel) Fuels
jychin@umich.edu
Katie Cychosz, College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts
Year accepted: 2008
Research: Enabling Cleaner Fuels for Fuel Cell Applications: Removal of Organosulfur Compounds by Adsorption
kcychosz@umich.edu
Jeremy Guest, College of Engineering
Year accepted: 2008
Research: Development of a Predictive Lifecycle Assessment for the Evaluation of Innovative Alternatives in Sanitation Infrastructure and Wastewater Management
jsguest@umich.edu
Rebecca Henn, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2009
Research: Constructing Green: Leveraging Sustainability in the Built Environment
rhenn@umich.edu
Dana Jackman, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2006
Research: A Behavioral Approach to Integrated Climate-Economy Models
jackman@umich.edu
Doug Jackson, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Year accepted: 2009
Research: High biodiversity agriculture for the future: using the sciences of ecology and complexity to understand natural pest control in agroecosystems
dougjack@umich.edu
Robert Levine, College of Engineering
Year accepted: 2009
Research: Novel Thermo-Chemical Processing of Microalgae to Concomitantly Treat Wastewater and Produce Biofuels
rblevine@umich.edu
Heidi Liere, College of Literature, Science, & Arts
Year accepted: 2007
Research: Global Change, Agricultural Practices, and Ecosystem Services of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems
hliere@umich.edu
Ethan Schoolman, Department of Sociology
Year accepted: 2009
Research: Fencing Themselves In: Sustainable Growth and the Future of the City
edavsch@umich.edu
Shanna Shaked, College of Literature, Science, & Arts and the School of Public Health
Year accepted: 2006
Research: Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Trade on Human Health
shaked@umich.edu
Melissa Smiley, Environmental Health Sciences
Year accepted: 2008
Research: Linking Urban Planning and Public Health: How the Built Environment Shapes Patterns of Health Resources and Healthy Behaviors
mjsmiley@umich.edu
Esra Suel, College of Engineering and Design Science Program
Year accepted: 2008
Research: A Game Theoretic Meta-Systems Approach to Sustainability, Engineering Design and Technology Adoption
esrasuel@umich.edu
R. Andrew Swartz, College of Engineering
Year accepted: 2008
Research: Enhancing Energy Sustainability by Performance Monitoring of Wind Turbine Energy Generators
asgard@umich.edu
Qing Tian, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2008
Research: From Vulnerability to Sustainability: A Study of Vulnerability and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climatic and Institutional Changes in Rural China
qtian@umich.edu
Giridhar Upadhyaya, College of Engineering
Year accepted: 2009
Research: Biologically Mediated, Simultaneous Removal of Nitrate and Arsenic from Drinking Water Sources
giridhar@umich.edu