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Institute on the Environment 
 1954 Buford Avenue
325 VoTech Building
St. Paul, MN 55108
Map / Directions

Phone: (612) 626-9553
Fax: (612) 626-5555 
E-mail:  ione@umn.edu


STAFF | PROGRAMS | RESIDENT FELLOWS | STUDENTS | ASSOCIATE FELLOWS


IonE Staff

Administration

Jonathan Foley e-mail Director (612) 626-9553
Michelle Beaman e-mail Data & Info Systems Developer (612) 624-6555
Dawne Brown White e-mail Administrative Chief of Staff (612) 626-3879
Sue Lewis e-mail Assistant to Director / Office Mgr. (612) 626-9553


Communications

Todd Reubold e-mail Director (612) 624-6140
Beth Anderson e-mail Video Producer (612) 625-0897
Eve Daniels e-mail Managing Editor (612) 626-2670
Sarah Karnas e-mail Marketing & Comm. Manager (612) 624-6566
Stephanie Szurek e-mail Events Coordinator (612) 626-1202


Accounting / HR

Ann Sather e-mail Accountant (612) 626-3578
Mary Swenson e-mail Fiscal Lead (612) 625-3483
Lori Young-Williams e-mail Human Resources Manager (612) 626-1872

IonE Programs

Dialogue Earth

Kent Cavender-Bares e-mail Director (612) 624-2450
Tom Masterman e-mail Associate Director (612) 624-2778
Chris Mueller e-mail Research Assistant  


Global Landscapes Initiative

Jonathan Foley e-mail Director (612) 626-9553
Jamie Gerber e-mail Program Coordinator (612) 624-2639
Jason Hill e-mail Program Coordinator (612) 624-2692
Nathan Mueller e-mail Research Assistant (612) 626-4058
Deepak Ray e-mail Postdoctoral Research Scholar (612) 626-4029
John Sheehan e-mail Program Coordinator (612) 626-1143


Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment

Dick Hemmingsen e-mail Director (612) 624-7266
Rod Larkins e-mail Associate Director (612) 624-6055
Theresa Bipes e-mail Research Program Coordinator (612) 626-1203
Kent Cavender-Bares e-mail Assistant Director for Bioenergy Sys. (612) 624-2450
Sue Lewis e-mail Assistant to Director / Office Mgr. (612) 624-7266
John Sheehan e-mail Program Coordinator (612) 626-1143
IREE Grants Team e-mail  


NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise

Tim Smith e-mail Director (612) 624-6755
Sherry Enzler e-mail Director, NorthStar Consortium (612) 625-2417
Laura Babcock e-mail NorthStar Research Fellow (612) 626-4945
Jennifer Edwards e-mail NorthStar Research Fellow (612) 626-3637


River Life

Pat Nunnally e-mail Coordinator (612) 626-7014
Joanne Richardson e-mail Digital Information Manager (612) 626-1228


Acara Challenge

Fred Rose e-mail Director (612) 845-0297
Sri Latha Ganti e-mail Administrative Fellow


Sustainability Studies Minor

Beth Mercer-Taylor e-mail Coordinator (612) 624-9430
Lance Brisbois e-mail Communications & Events Assistant  
Mary Scott e-mail Communications Assistant  

IonE Resident Fellows

Jeannine Cavender-Bares e-mail Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (612) 624-6337
Aaron Doering e-mail Curriculum & Instruction (612) 625-1073
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou e-mail Civil Engineering (612) 626-0369
Patrick Hamilton e-mail Environ. & Earth Sys. Sciences (651) 221-4761
Jason Hill e-mail Sustainable Bioenergy Systems (612) 624-2692
I. Volkan Isler e-mail Computer Science (612) 625-1067
Jennifer Kuzma e-mail Science, Technology & Public Policy (612) 625-6337
Clarence Lehman e-mail Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (612) 625-5734
Steven Manson e-mail Geography (612) 625-4577
Julian Marshall e-mail Civil Engineering (612) 625-2397
Mark Pedelty e-mail Journalism & Mass Comm. (612) 625-6383
Katey Pelican e-mail Veterinary Population Medicine (612) 625-8561
Stephen Polasky e-mail Applied Economics (612) 624-3663
Jennifer Powers e-mail Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (612) 625-5721
Peter Reich e-mail Forest Ecology (612) 624-4270
Carissa Schively Slotterback e-mail Urban & Regional Planning (612) 626-3193
Randy Singer e-mail Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences (612) 625-6271
Tim Smith e-mail Bioproducts & Biosystems Eng. (612) 624-6755
David Tilman e-mail Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (612) 625-5740

IonE Students

Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Recipients

David Bael e-mail Applied Economics Graduate Fellow
Vamsi Ganti e-mail Civil Engineering Graduate Fellow
Julia Haltiwanger e-mail Mech. Engineering / Public Policy Graduate Fellow
Emily Peters e-mail Ecology, Evolution & Behavior Graduate Fellow


Graduate Research Assistants

Paula Guetter e-mail River Life Graduate RA
Lucius Jonett e-mail River Life Graduate RA
Kate Knuth e-mail Conservation Biology Graduate RA
Chris Mueller e-mail Dialogue Earth Graduate RA
Nathan Mueller e-mail Global Landscapes Initiative Graduate RA


Undergraduate Student Employees

Shari Hemmingsen e-mail Institute on the Environment / IREE Student Admin. Assistant
Mike Weitekamp e-mail Institute on the Environment Student Comm. Assistant