Climate Measurements Center of Excellence Team

CMeC Team

Gillian Galford

Research Associate Professor

Jessica Balerna

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Renhui Lola Chen

Program Manager, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence

Research Working Group: Health

Jesse E. Bell

Health Research Working Group Co-lead, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence • Gund Affiliate • Claire M. Hubbard Professor of Water, Climate and Health Director, Water, Climate and Health Program, UNMC • Director, Water, Climate and Health, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska • Professor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jeremy J. Hess

Health Research Working Group Co-lead, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence, University of Vermont • Gund Affiliate • Professor, Global Health, University of Washington • Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Washington • Adjunct Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Sustainable Communities, Climate Change, Disaster resilience, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Heat, Wildfires

Research Working Group: Food

Eric Roy

Associate Professor • Director of the Casella Center for Circular Economy and Sustainability • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Sustainability, Ecology, & Policy
Research: Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, Circular bioeconomy, Ecological engineering & design, Life cycle assessment, Green infrastructure, Emerging contaminants, Soil & water sciences, Waste management, Agricultural & biological engineering

Kate Porterfield

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Climate Impacts in Food Systems, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence

Nutrient cycling, ecological engineering, sustainable agriculture, phosphorus recovery and reuse

Research Working Group: Water

Kate Brauman

Water Research Working Group Lead, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence • Gund Affiliate • Associate Director for Communications and Analysis, Global Water Security Center at The University at Alabama

Water resources, ecohydrology, ecosystem services, hydrology, agricultural water use, water scarcity.