The Center on Global Energy Policy is supported by an Academic Steering Committee composed of leading faculty in relevant fields at Columbia University. The committee provides intellectual guidance and support for our research and programs around the world.
Dr. Scott Barrett: Vice Dean, School of International and Public Affairs; Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, SIPA:
Dr. Steve Cohen: Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, SIPA; Director, Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management, The Earth Institute; Director, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, SIPA
Dr. Alex Cooley: Director, Harriman Institute; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University
Dr. Ruth Defries: Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Dr. Caroline Flammer: Professor International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Dr. Tim Frye: Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Mr. Michael B. Gerrard: Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice & Director, Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
Dr. Alex Halliday: Director of Columbia’s Earth Institute
Dr. Geoffrey M. Heal: Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social Enterprise, Columbia Business School
Dr. Diana Hernandez: Associate Professor, Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Dr. Peter Keleman: Arthur D. Storke Professor & Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Dr. Safwan Masri: Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, SIPA
Dr. Faye McNeil: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering
Dr. Vijay Modi: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dr. Alissa Park: Lenfest Chair in Applied Climate Science & Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Ken Prewitt: Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs; Special Advisor to the President of Columbia University
Dr. Mo Raymo: Interim Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Adjunct Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Steve Sestanovich: Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor for the Practice of International Diplomacy, School of International and Public Affairs
Dr. Dan Steingart: Co-Director of Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center; Stanley-Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
Mr. Bruce Usher: Co-Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise; Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director; Professor of Professional Practice