Faculty, Staff, and Research Assistants

STAFF Heading link

Director and Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
Thomas L Theis
Director and Professor, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
Senior Research Specialist
John Murphy
Senior Research Specialist
Director of Research Operations
Tasneem Chowdhury
Director of Research Operations

JOINT FACULTY Heading link

Research Associate Professor
Ning Ai
Research Associate Professor
Research Professor
Sybil Derrible
Research Professor
Research Associate Professor
Samuel Dorevitch
Research Associate Professor
Research Professor
Jie (Jane) Lin
Research Professor
Research Professor
Kathryn L Nagy
Research Professor

Research Assistants Heading link

Cassie Varrige

Cassie Varrige


Graduate Research Assistant
Urban Planning and Policy
cassie.varrige@gmail.com

PREDOCTORAL FELLOW Heading link

The UIC Institute for Environmental Science and Policy awards predoctoral fellowships to students engaging in interdisciplinary environmental research themes that are congruent with the mission and goals of the Institute.

2016-2017 Predoctoral Fellow

Charles Corwin


Predoctoral Fellow
ccorwi3@uic.edu

Fadwa Dababneh


Predoctoral Fellow
fdabab2@uic.edu

Megan Garfinkel


Predoctoral Fellow
mgarfi2@uic.edu

Ramin Shabanpour


Predoctoral Fellow
rshaba4@uic.edu

2015-2016 Predoctoral Fellow

Nicholas Haas


Predoctoral Fellow
nhaas3@uic.edu

Kellen Marshall


Predoctoral Fellow
kmarsh9@uic.edu

Matthew McCary


Predoctoral Fellow
mmccar26@uic.edu

2014-2015 Predoctoral Fellow

Sk Nasir Ahmed


Predoctoral Fellow
sahmad38@uic.edu

Soheil Hosseini


Predoctoral Fellow
shosse3@uic.edu