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Experts Guide

If you are looking for an expert in environmental science or practice, you have come to right place! Yale School of the Environment faculty, research scientists, and practitioners regularly provide insight, commentary, and expert opinion on a wide array of topics. The experts guide can help you learn more about their work and connect with them. 

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  • Business and the Environment [27] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy [6]
    • Corporate Sustainability [5]
    • Environment and Trade [1]
    • Environmental Economics [13]
    • Environmental Markets and Finance [9]
    • Entrepreneurship and Innovation [10]
    • International Negotiations [6]
    • Sustainable Finance and ESG [2]
  • Climate Science and Policy [50] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation [17]
    • Climate Change Communication [11]
    • Climate/Environmental Policy [22]
    • Deforestation [4]
    • Environmental Politics [14]
    • Extreme Weather and Climate Change [12]
    • International Agreements and Organizations [1]
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change [8]
  • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity [27] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Biodiversity Loss [7]
    • Biogeochemistry [7]
    • Carbon Sequestration [17]
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience [12]
    • Ecosystem Restoration [6]
    • Habitat Conservation [8]
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction [2]
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems [10]
    • Tropical Ecosystems [7]
    • Wildlife Ecology [5]
  • Energy [35] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Clean Energy [19]
    • Energy Policy [20]
    • Energy Poverty [3]
    • Energy Systems [12]
    • Transportation Policy and Systems [6]
  • Environmental Analysis [17] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Carbon Footprint [7]
    • Ecosystem Modeling [3]
    • Environmental Contamination Data [3]
    • Exposure Assessment Models [3]
    • Human Health Data [4]
    • Life Cycle Assessment [5]
    • Material Flow Analysis [6]
  • Environmental Justice [16] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Climate Migration [3]
    • Environmental Ethics [8]
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership [7]
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity [5]
    • Human Health and Well-Being [7]
    • Tribal Co-Management [3]
  • Environmental Resources and Systems [33] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Air Pollution [5]
    • Biomass Resources [2]
    • Chemicals [6]
    • Ecosystem Stability [6]
    • Freshwater Ecosystems [6]
    • Natural Capital [7]
    • Pollution Control [4]
    • Soil Science [4]
    • Waste Management and Recycling [6]
    • Water Supply, Quality, and Scarcity [10]
    • Water Resource Management and Policy [6]
    • Watershed Management and Coastal Systems [8]
  • Forestry [33] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Ecosystem Services [13]
    • Forest Dynamics [8]
    • Forest Ecology and Silviculture [6]
    • Forest Fires [5]
    • Forest Resource Management [6]
    • Land Conservation [15]
    • Parks and Protected Areas [9]
    • Tropical Forest Ecosystems [10]
    • Urban Forestry [4]
  • Social and Cultural Perspectives [15] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History [8]
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation [4]
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology [5]
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements [6]
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences [4]
    • Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Practice [5]
    • Native Uses of Forests and Grasslands [4]
    • Participatory Science [1]
    • Religion and the Environment [4]
    • Rurality [4]
  • Sustainability [24] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Circular Economy/Industrial Ecology [7]
    • ESG [1]
    • Green Chemistry [5]
    • Green Engineering [4]
    • Recycling [4]
    • Sustainable Design [8]
    • Sustainable Development [14]
    • Sustainable Products and Technology [10]
  • Urban [18] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    • Sustainable and Green Design [4]
    • Urban Ecology [7]
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces [9]
    • Urban Heat [9]
    • Urban Land Use [7]
    • Urbanization [7]
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    Salazar-Miranda portrait

    Arianna Salazar-Miranda

    Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Data Science
    • Sustainability
    • Urban
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    • Sustainable Design
    • Sustainable Development
    • Urban Heat
    • Urban Land Use
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces
    • Urbanization
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    Portrait of Luke Sanford

    Luke Sanford

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance; Assistant Professor of Political Science (secondary)
    • Business and the Environment
    • Climate Science and Policy
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    • Climate/Environmental Policy
    • Environmental Markets and Finance
    • Environmental Politics
    • International Negotiations
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change
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    O. Schmitz

    Oswald J. Schmitz

    Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    More topics
    • Biodiversity Loss
    • Carbon Sequestration
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation
    • Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience
    • Ecosystem Modeling
    • Ecosystem Restoration
    • Ecosystem Services
    • Ecosystem Stability
    • Forest Dynamics
    • Habitat Conservation
    • Human-Wildlife Interaction
    • Land Conservation
    • Natural Capital
    • Parks and Protected Areas
    • Terrestrial Ecosystems
    • Wildlife Ecology
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    Karen Seto

    Karen C. Seto

    Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science; Director of the Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability; Co-Director of the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions
    • Climate Science and Policy
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Sustainability
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Biodiversity Loss
    • Carbon Footprint
    • Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation
    • Habitat Conservation
    • Land Cover and Land Use Change
    • Sustainable Design
    • Sustainable Development
    • Sustainable and Green Design
    • Urban Ecology
    • Urban Heat
    • Urban Land Use
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces
    • Urbanization
  • Expert
    Photo of David Skelly standing above the Dinosaur Hall of the Peabody Museum

    David K. Skelly

    Frank R. Oastler Professor of Ecology; Director and Curator, Yale Peabody Museum; Affiliated Facuilty, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
    • Ecosystem Dynamics and Biodiversity
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Forestry
    • Urban
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    • Freshwater Ecosystems
    • Habitat Conservation
    • Land Conservation
    • Urbanization
    • Wildlife Ecology
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    Dorceta Taylor

    Dorceta Taylor

    Wangari Maathai Professor of Environmental Sociology
    • Energy
    • Environmental Analysis
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Resources and Systems
    • Social and Cultural Perspectives
    • Sustainability
    • Urban
    More topics
    • Agriculture, Agroecosystems, and Agrarian History
    • Cultural and Political Aspects of Natural Hazards, Disasters, and Resource Degradation
    • Energy Poverty
    • Environmental Anthropology and Sociology
    • Environmental Contamination Data
    • Environmental Governance and Leadership
    • Environmental Institutions and Movements
    • Food Systems and Food Insecurity
    • History and Anthropology of the Environment-Related Sciences
    • Human Health Data
    • Human Health and Well-Being
    • Rurality
    • Sustainable Development
    • Urban Ecology
    • Urban Heat
    • Urban Land Use
    • Urban Parks and Green Spaces
    • Urbanization
    • Waste Management and Recycling

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The World

A potential market for tree planting emerges as developers eye wood instead of concrete

Almost all the trees now that are being used in the timber market have been grown for the timber market. And by expanding the timber market a little bit more, what we’re doing is creating a market incentive to grow more trees.

RO Mendelsohn

Robert O. Mendelsohn

Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor Emeritus of Forest Policy; Professor Emeritus of Economics; and Professor Emeritus, School of Management

Colorado Public Radio

The Department of Energy said it was saving taxpayers $7.56 billion. The actual amount is much less

Having funding pulled is a death knell to many projects that have real jobs and real people’s lives attached to them. Pulling back on that innovation is just simply short-sighted.

Ken Gillingham

Kenneth Gillingham

Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Grinstein Class of 1954 Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics

National Geographic

America once made daylight saving time permanent. Here’s what went wrong.

Matthew Kotchen
CBS News

Elon Musk's “polarizing and partisan actions” hurt Tesla sales, Yale study finds

Kenneth Gillingham
HEALTHBEAT

Climate change is delaying the arrival of spring in NYC parks, researchers find

Karen Seto
Grist

Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore

Anthony Leiserowitz
CT Insider

Former National Park Services director joins Yale to lead new Indigenous Programs

Chuck Sams
Associated Press

Trump EPA moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation

Daniel Esty
Slate

America is in denial about its flood risks

Jennifer Marlon
Bloomberg Law

Climate youths’ fresh claims target Trump orders as overreach

Daniel Esty
Colorado Public Radio

The Department of Energy said it was saving taxpayers $7.56 billion. The actual amount is much less

Kenneth Gillingham
Chemistry World

EPA will officially dissolve its scientific research arm

Paul Anastas
NBC News

The best plastic-free food storage containers for meal prep and more

Paul Anastas
The Connecticut Mirror

CT’s solar industry clouded by Trump administration policies

Kenneth Gillingham

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