Faculty Mentors

NEW: Call for Postdoctoral Research Projects

UVA’s Environmental Institute is pleased to announce a call for research projects on climate issues which will help recruit and fund postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines under the Climate Fellows Program.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 17, 2023.

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Faculty Mentors

All fellows receive dedicated mentorship that is focused on current research and future career prospects.

For those applying for the Global to Community category of Climate Fellows, the following faculty members at UVA are current mentors for the program:

Karen

McGlathery

EI Director, Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Environmental Sciences

https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/kjm4k

Lawrence

Band

Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Science Professor and Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/larry-band

Patricia

Wiberg

Professor, Environmental Sciences

https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/pw3c

Kevin

Grise

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science

https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/kmg3r

Kathleen

Schiro

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science

https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/kas7ex

Andres

Clarens

EI Associate Director, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/andres-fernando-clarens

Jonathan

Goodall

Professor, Engineering Systems and Environment Associate Director, Link Lab

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/jonathan-l-goodall

Arsalan

Heydarian

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/arsalan-heydarian

Eric

Loth

MAE Department Chair, Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor Director, Fluids Research Innovation Lab

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/eric-loth

Lisa

Peterson

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Engineering Systems & Environment

https://engineering.virginia.edu/faculty/lisa-colosi-peterson

Christine

Mahoney

Professor of Public Policy and Politics

https://batten.virginia.edu/people/christine-mahoney

Howard

Epstein

Professor of Environmental Sciences and Chair

https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/hee2b

Willis

Jenkins

Professor of Ethics, Department of Religious Studies Chair

https://religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu/willis-jenkins

Charity

Nyelele

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science

https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/hbt3mb

Jennifer

Lawrence

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

https://www.arch.virginia.edu/people/jennifer-lawrence

For a full list of all UVA faculty potentially available to be mentors for general Climate Fellows, please visit the expert directory.

Contact Henry Boachi, Program Manager, with questions regarding Faculty Mentors and UVA faculty availability.