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.
Susan Cheng, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Year accepted: 2012
Research: Can forest carbon sequestration be sustained under climate change? Coupling atmospheric & ecological sciences to inform forest management
chengs@umich.edu
Tara Clancy, College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Year accepted: 2011
Research: Biological Drinking Water Treatment for Arsenic Removal: Spanning Regulatory Frameworks and Borders
tmclancy@umich.edu
Visit Tara's website
Sherri Cook, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Year accepted: 2010
Research: Waste Resource Recovery System Sustainability: Performance & Reliability of Codigestion
cooksm@umich.edu
Read Sherri's bio
Paul Coseo, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Year accepted: 2010
Research: Green Alleys: The Design of Sustainable Infrastructure, its Usefulness in Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and the Adaptation of Urban Landscapes in Chicago
pcoseo@umich.edu
Read Paul's bio
Irem Daloglu, School of Natural Resources & the Environment
Year accepted: 2011
Research: Diffusion of Innovations, an Application to Agriculture with an Emphasis on Comparing Policy Alternatives
daloglu@umich.edu
Visit Irem's website
Rebecca Henn, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2009
Research: Constructing Green: Leveraging Sustainability in the Built Environment
rhenn@umich.edu
Read Rebecca's bio or visit her website
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
Read Doug's bio
Namwoo Kang, Design Science
Year accepted: 2012
Research: Integration of Marketing & Engineering in Green Product Design
nwkang@umich.edu
Dana Kornberg, Department of Sociology
Year accepted: 2012
Research: Negotiating Sustainability & Social Justice: The Case of Garbage in Indian Cities
danakorn@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
Daniel Miller, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2011
Research: Coping with Conservation: The Legacy of Biodiversity Aid on a West African Frontier
dcmille@umich.edu
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Erica Morrell, Gerald R. Ford School of Public PolicyYear accepted: 2012
Research: Knowledge, Power & the Politics of Sustainable Development: American Oil Shale & the Canadian Tar Sands in Comparative Perspective
eblom@umich.edu or erica.c.morrell@gmail.com
Baruani Mshale, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2011
Research: Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) in a Changing World: The Case of Kilwa District, Tanzania
bimshale@umich.edu
Christoph Nolte, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Year accepted: 2012
Research: Explaining the impact of international conservation projects in the Amazon Basin
chrnolte@umich.edu
Visit Christoph's website
Nicholas Rajkovich, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Year accepted: 2011
Research: Adding Adaptive Capacity through Resilient Residences: A Case Study of Detroit, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio
rajkovic@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
Read Ethan's bio or visit his website
Laura Smith, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Year accepted: 2010
Research: Buildings as Environmental Educators: A Question of Engagement
laurbria@umich.edu
Read Laura's bio
Brian Vickers, Department of PsychologyYear accepted: 2012
Research: Tackling the human side of sustainability: Examining the effects of emotion on decisions about resources
brvicker@umich.edu