Delve into a world of innovative ideas, groundbreaking research, and inspiring discussions focused on environmental research, sustainable practices, and the path to a greener future with ECo Talks from the Earth Commons.
Come build community and grow with the Earth Commons every Friday at 3pm in our new location in 111 Mass. Avenue fifth floor. Happy hour to follow.
Participation is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be provided.
ECo Talks: Climate Action Through Government Partnerships with Kate ZylaSep. 12
Assistant Professor at the Earth Commons: Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability
“Narrowing Uncertainties of Halocarbon Emissions and Atmospheric Lifetimes and their Impacts on Ozone Recovery.”Assistant Professor at the Earth Commons: Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Professor from Practice at Georgetown Law. Founding Executive Director of the Georgetown Climate Center.
Assistant Professor at the Earth Commons: Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability
“Studying Birds in the Context of the Full Annual Cycle“. Dean of the Earth Commons: Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Assistant Professor at the Earth Commons: Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability
“Conservation, Management, and Ecology of Large-bodied Mammals in the Amazon”. Assistant Teaching Professor at the Earth Commons: Georgetown University’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability
“Global Climate Policy“. Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.
Global Lead for Transition Finance at the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
“Biogeochemical Consequences of Food Production in Aquatic Ecosystems”. Assistant Professor in the School of Marine Science & Policy at the University of Delaware.
“Continued Emission of CFCs and a Reevaluation of their Lifetimes”. Earth Commons Postdoc.
“What Does Climate Change Have to do With the Courts?“. Science and Policy Analyst at the Environmental Law Institute.
“Lessons from Advocating for Environmental Justice in DC with Air Quality Data “. Associate Professor of Chemistry at Trinity Washington University.
“The Enduring and Elemental Importance of Natural History“. Founding Director of the Natural History Institute.
“Unveiling African Rainforest Composition and Vulnerability to Global Change”. Senior Researcher at CIRAD The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development.
” Gendered Responses to Climate Change and the Well-Being of Girls and Women“. Associate Professor Department of Environmental Studies University of Colorado Boulder.
“Regeneration of Tree Crops in Palestine: Adaptation, Climate, History”. Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Birzeit University in Palestine.
“Protecting The Stratospheric Ozone Layer: Historical Successes and Recent Challenges“. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland.
“Partitioning of PFAS and other Organic Contaminants Between Water, Air, and Mineral Surfaces.” Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University.
“Regional Decarbonization Drivers and the Geography of Global Industrial Supply Chains.” Professor in the department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and the Associate Director of the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.
“Urban Ecology, Systems Thinking, and Problem Solving in Baltimore.” Research Scientist for the USDA Forest Service and lecturer at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE), where he teaches urban ecology.
“Eroding Sovereignty and Ecological Realism: How Climate Change is Making Fools of the Realists.” Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, a Research Fellow in the Environmental Change & Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and a Research Chair with Fulbright Canada.
“Data-Centric Methods for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure and Communities.” Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and the director of the Laboratory for Advancing Sustainable Critical Infrastructure at Purdue University.
“The Role of Critical Raw Materials in the Energy Transition” PhD Candidate in Analytics for Economics and Management (AEM) at the University of Brescia (Italy) and Visiting PhD Student at MIT CEEPR (Boston).
“The Future of Water Security in the Gulf.” Senior Advisor to the Dean of Georgetown University Earth Commons and the Dean of Georgetown University in Qatar.
“Marine-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Options and Governance.” Visiting Professor in the Environmental Policy & Culture program at Northwestern University and the Co-Founding Director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University.
“The Contribution of Afrocentric Ecological Wisdom in Addressing the Climate Crisis.” Postdoctoral researcher at Georgetown University’s Environmental Justice Program.
“The NASA/NSF ACCLIP Aircraft Mission.” Research physical scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratoryalso co-leads the NASA GEOS Chemistry Climate Model (GEOSCCM) project.
“Addressing Climate Change and Sustainability through Data and Modeling.” Professor in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and Director of MIT’s Technology and Policy Program.
“Atmospheric Aerosols and Super Greenhouse Gases: chemical transformation and policy implications for global governance on ozone layer, climate and plastics.”Teaching Professor in the Chemistry Department, Georgetown University.
“Infrastructure and Environment in UN Peace Operation.”Post Doctoral Fellow. The Earth Commons Institute, Georgetown University.
“Locals, Leaders and the Reverberating Consequences of Disaster Intervention” Associate Professor of Classical Studies at The University of Pennsylvania.
“Blowing the Whistle on International Climate Corruption.” Attorney, author, and activist. Founding Partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP.
“Light and Vision in the Ocean.” Post Doctoral Fellow. The Earth Commons Institute, Georgetown University.
“Effects and implications of environmental, geographic, socio-economic, and demographic factors on human and avian malaria.” Post Doctoral Fellow. The Earth Commons Institute, Georgetown University.
“The NIST Greenhouse Gas Urban Testbed System.”Principal Investigator of the Northeast Corridor Urban Testbed Project.
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
“Three Case Studies in Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Johns Hopkins.
“Investigating how Humans Dominate Smoke Air Pollution and How Air Pollution Impacts Disadvantaged Communities.” Postdoctoral fellow. George Washington University. Congressional Joint Economic Committee
“From Narratives of Future Socio-economic Development to Calculations of Risk From Floods and Heatwaves. An Overview of Climate Change Scenarios.” Earth Scientist. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, UMD.
“The New High Seas Treaty: what’s in it, how we got there, and what’s next.” Senior Officer Ocean Governance. Pew Charitable Trust.
“Participatory Science in Ocean Exploration.” Research Zoologist with NOAA Fisheries and Curator of Invertebrates with the Smithsonian Natural Museum of Natural History.
The Contribution of Afrocentric Ecological Wisdom in Addressing the Climate Crisis with Barwendé M. Sané
The Future of Water Security in the Gulf with Raha Hakimdavar
The Role of Critical Raw Materials in the Energy Transition with Ilene Gaia Romani
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Earth Commons
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, the Earth Commons
Assistant Professor
Post Doctoral Fellow | Temporary/Intermittent — Academic and Student Services (non-exempt)
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