Directory
At this time, there are no formal faculty affiliations to the Institute. The following individuals have contributed in various ways to the development of the Institute and are active participants in Institute activities.
Institute Executive Committee
Charles L. Liotta
Interim Director, Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
Regents Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Green chemistry
Judith A. Curry
Professor and Chair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Meeting the challenges of global climate change
Joseph B. Hughes
Professor and Chair, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Remediating hazardous waste through environmental biotechnology
Faculty Directory
Richard P. Barke
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Environmental politics
Terry C. Blum
Ted Munchak Chair of Management
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Bert Bras
Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Making engineering design and manufacturing more sustainable
Marilyn A. Brown
Professor of Public Policy
Assessing energy policy
Ronald R. Chance
Professor of the Practice in Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
CO2 separations and transport
Michael Chang
Senior Research Scientist, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Improving urban air quality
Joel H. Cowan
William B. Turner Chair in Servant Leadership
Leadership training for sustainable management practices
Susan Cozzens
Associate Dean, Ivan Allen College and Professor, Public Policy
Water and sanitation for the developing world
Charles Eastman
Professor of Architecture
Designing sustainable buildings
Charles Eckert
J. Erskine Love, Jr., Institute Chair in Engineering and Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Developing sustainable technologies through chemistry
Mark Ferguson
Gregory J. Owens Associate Professor of Management
Supply chain design for sustainable management
Srinivas Garimella
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Sustainable energy systems
Aris Georgakakos
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Management of world water systems
Mark Hay
Teasley Chair in Environmental Biology
Engineering our ecosystems
Benjamin H. Hill
Director, Venturelab
Commercializing clean technologies
Seth Marder
Professor of Chemistry
Organic Photonic and Electronics
Leon F. McGinnis
Eugene C. Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems and Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Sustainable manufacturing design
Michael D. Meyer
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sustainable transportation systems
Bryan Norton
Professor, School of Public Policy
Social impact of sustainability
Calton Pu
Professor, College of Computing
Information systems
Ajeet Rohatgi
Regents' Professor and Georgia Power Chair, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Harnessing solar power for electrical engineering
Catherine Ross
Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development
Sustainable solutions for growth and development
William Rouse
Professor Industrial Systems Engineering
Sustainable enterprise transformation
Armistead G. Russell
Georgia Power Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Controlling air pollution
Brian Stone
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning
Environmental and transportation planning
Valerie Thomas
Anderson Interface Associate Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Nexus between public policy and engineering
Beril Toktay
Associate Professor, College of Management
Closing the supply loop for better manufacturing
Peter J. Webster
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Climate forecast applications
Jeannette Yen
Professor of Biology
Biologically inspired design