Leadership Team

The YSE leadership team comprises faculty and staff who serve in key administrative roles that support the School community and its major programs and initiatives.

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    Indy Burke

    Indy Burke

    Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean; Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

    Dr. Indy Burke, the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of the Environment, is a respected educator and intellectual leader in the U.S. and internationally. She is particularly interested in fostering interdisciplinary scholarship and exploring the role universities can play in advancing sustainable solutions. Her research as an ecosystem ecologist has focused on carbon and nitrogen cycling in dryland ecosystems. She teaches in the fields of environmental science, ecosystem ecology, and biogeochemistry.