Meet the Team

The Clean Air Toolbox core team consists of researchers from six divisions across Columbia University (Engineering, International and Public Affairs, Law, Public Health, Earth and Environmental Sciences), the Earth Institute, the Data Science Institute, Barnard, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

V. Faye McNeill

Co-lead, India

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Earth Institute Faculty

Daniel Westervelt

Co-lead, Africa

Associate Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Affiliate Faculty, Data Science Institute

Philippe Benoit

Adjunct Senior Research Scholar
Energy for Development
Center on Global Energy Policy
Columbia University - SIPA

Kiros Berhane

Cynthia and Robert Citron-Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein Professor and Chair, Biostatistics, CUMC Mailman School of Public Health

Michael Burger

Executive Director, Sabin Center

Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School

Steven Chillrud

Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Elizabeth Cook

Assistant Professor, Barnard Environmental Science

Roisin Commane

Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Pam Factor-Litvak

Professor of Epidemiology

Michael Gerrard

Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School, Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Jonathan Hickman

Senior Fellow, NASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Darby Jack

Associate Professor, CUMC Environmental Health Sciences

Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Co-chair, Smart Cities Institute, Data Science Institute

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou

Assistant Professor, CUMC Environmental Health Sciences

Jacqueline Klopp

Research Scholar and Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Earth Institute

Melissa Lott

Senior Research Scholar and Director of Research, Center on Global Energy Policy

Jasmine McDonald

Assistant Professor, CUMC Epidemiology

Vijay Modi

Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Director, Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab (QSEL)

Robbie Parks

Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

Frederica Perera

Professor, Environmental Health Sciences. Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

Andrew Revkin

Director, Initiative on Communication Innovation and Impact, Earth Institute

Dale Willman

Associate Director, Resilience Fellowship Program, Earth Institute

Venkat Venkatasubramanian

Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor, Chemical Engineering, Founder, gyandata, Director, Complex Resilient Intelligent Systems Laboratory (CRIS Lab)

Beizhan Yan

Lamont Associate Research Professor, Geochemistry