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Professor Barchers specializes in landscape architecture

Professor Berquist specializes in sustainable agriculture

Marina Bottomley is a third year Honors student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, majoring in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, with a minor in Environmental Science. Her academic and research interests lie at the intersection of environmental health, climate policy, and economics, particularly how data analysis can advance policy and climate goals.

Professor Bowlick specializes in CyberGIS

Professor Cooley specializes in Plant Pathology

Courtney Crossgrove specializes in sustainable agriculture and food systems, and community outreach

Rob DeConto is a Professor of Geosciences and Director of the School of Earth & Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Previously, he held research positions at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  Rob studies polar climate change, the response of ice sheets to a warming climate, and coastal impacts of sea-level rise. Rob serves on international science advisory boards and is a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Brita Dempsey joins the School of Earth & Sustainability (SES) as Program Manager, bringing over 20 years of expertise in project-based learning and the development of experiential educational frameworks. With a career spanning K-12 systems to undergraduate lab instruction, Brita specializes in building the operational systems that connect students with meaningful, real-world applications of their studies. In her role at SES, Brita is dedicated to scaling student success outcomes by expanding hands-on training and high-impact experiential learning opportunities. She will lead the growth of

Professor Dunn specializes in landscape architecture and city planning

Cristiana Evdokas, Undergrad Intern