Energy Resources & Access

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Andrew Kulmatiski

2001 Fellow
Andrew Kulmatiski's Switzer supported dissertation research compared the relationship between native plants and their soils to the relationship between exotic plants and their soils. Andrew found that exotic plants created soils that...
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Jason Selwitz

2006 Fellow
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer: Philippines, 1998-2000. Co-founder of Palawan Conservation Corps (1999). MS graduate of Cal Poly Pomona in Regenerative Studies with focus on bioenergy from algae used to enhance water quality (2007)...
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Holly Welles

1999 Fellow
Holly Welles is the Communications and Outreach Manager for the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) at Princeton University. The Institute is the interdisciplinary center of environmental research, education and outreach at Princeton...
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David Takacs

2007 Fellow
David is a Professor at University of California, Hastings College of Law, teaching courses in Domestic Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Cliate Change Law, Biodiversity Law, and Torts. His research interests include REDD+...
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Evan Hansen

1996 Fellow
Evan Hansen founded Downstream Strategies, an environmental consulting firm in Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1997. He has more than 25 years of experience as an environmental consultant for nonprofit organizations, government agencies...
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Lily Verdone

2005 Fellow
Lily Verdone is an environmental leader with two decades of experience in partnership building, fostering diverse teams, and strategic development in organizations with a focus on natural resource conservation, water, and climate. Since...
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Alexa Engelman

2009 Fellow
A 2009 Switzer Fellow, Alexa graduated from a joint law and public policy degree program at UCLA's Law School and School of Public Affairs in 2011. She focused her studies on environmental law and policy, especially as it is applied to...
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Pam McElwee

2002 Fellow
Pamela McElwee received a PhD in Forestry & Environmental Studies and Anthropology from Yale University in 2003. Her dissertation was titled ''Lost Worlds' or 'Lost Causes'?: Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Management and Rural Life in...
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Sarah Johnson

2007 Fellow
Sarah Johnson is currently a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. From 2009-2011, Sarah worked on climate and sustainability issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; prior to that, she completed field...
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Evan Goldsmith

2000 Fellow
Evan Goldsmith is currently the Head of Business Development at IndiVillage, an impact sourcing social enterprise that delivers expert data annotation, natural language processing, and content optimization solutions that drive machine...