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Since 1998, the Heinz Family Philanthropies has supported outstanding researchers exploring emerging environmental issues. We are proud to acknowledge and congratulate the following Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research award recipients:
2007 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Melissa L. Chan
Carnegie Mellon University |
Life Cycle Analysis of Options to Generate Electricity from Coal |
Katrina K. Jessoe
Yale University |
Welfare Gains from Improved Drinking Water Sources: Are Households
Behaving Efficiently? |
Erin L. Kurten
Stanford University |
Direct and Indirect Effects: How Mammalian Herbivory Affects Plant
Functional Diversity, Plant Community Assembly and Other Tropic Groups |
Kelly E. Levin
Yale University |
Protecting Biodiversity in a Changing Climate: Can Scientific
Knowledge Facilitate Policy Change for Adaptation? |
Megan E. O'Rourke
Cornell University |
Insect Outbreaks in Agriculture: Interactions of Land-Use, Insect
Diet Breadth and Insect Dispersal |
Robert M. Pringle
Stanford University |
Keystone Herbivores in African Savannas: Conservation of Ecological
Processes in a Human-Dominated Landscape |
Constantine Samaras
Carnegie Mellon University |
Life Cycle Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Energy
System Infrastructure Evolution: Policy Actions for Greenhouse Gas
Mitigation |
Steven F. Wallander
Yale University |
Impermanent Fixtures: Technological Change ni Residential Demand for
Water |
| Masters' Candidates |
Yun-Shang Chiou
Carnegie Mellon University |
Virtual Metropolis for Smart Growth Policy Analysis - an
Agent-Based Model for Urban Fossil Energy Demand |
Andrea E. Gelatt
Yale University |
Factors Affecting Adoption of Integrated Pest Management on
Conventional Midwestern Farms |
Tara A. Moberg
Yale University |
Thresholds of Hydrologic Impairment: A Comparative Study of
Connecticut Streams Across a Range of Water Supply Diversion
Rates |
Phuntsho Thinley
Cornell University |
Spatial Modeling of Key Tiger (Panthera Tigris)
Conservation Areas and Corridors in Bhutan Using Ecological and
Human Dimensions |
2006 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Susan E. Alter
Stanford University |
Investigating the Historical Demography and Conservation Biology of the
Gray Whale (Eschrichtius Robustus) Using a Population Genetic
Approach |
Jason P. Andras
Cornell University |
The Causes and Consequences of Genetic Diversity in Populations of the
Caribbean Seafan Coral, Gorgonia Ventalina |
Weslynne S. Ashton
Yale University |
Coordinated Resource Management in Regional Industrial Ecosystems |
Rebecca L. Goldman
Stanford University |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Conservation Investments on Working
Lands |
Paulina Jaramillo
Carnegie Mellon University |
Development and Application of a Multi-Attribute Decision-Making
Model to Determine the Best Use of Natural Gas and Coal |
Carolyn M. Kousky
Harvard University |
Providing Ecosystem Services: Policy Design at the Local Level |
Heather L. Wakeley
Carnegie Mellon University |
The Future of Hydrogen as a Transportation Fuel |
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Annika Walters, Yale University |
Linking Hydrology and Ecology: An Investigation of the Effects of
Lowered Stream Flow on Stream Community Structure and Ecosystem
Functioning |
| Masters' Candidates |
Heather C. Arrowood
Yale University |
Tarangire National Park: Local Perceptions of Tourism and Park
Management |
Joanna C. Carey
Yale University |
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Instream Flow Requirement |
Britney J. McCoy
Carnegie Mellon University |
The Impacts of Engineered Systems on Society: Environmental
Justice and Oil Refineries |
Hannah A. Shayler
Cornell University |
Mercury Outreach: Strategies for Community Action |
Crystal Ybanez
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi |
Affect of Heat Shock Proteins on Stability of Dermo in
Intertidal and Subtidal American Oyster (Crossostrea
Virginica) |
2005 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Jennifer K. Balch
Yale University |
The Wildife Frontier – Fire Feedbacks and
Thresholds in the Amazon’s Transitional Forests |
Deboshri Banerjee
Carnegie Mellon University |
Deactivation of Bacterial Spores Using TAML-Peroxide
Technology Towards Developing a “Green” Process for Efficient Water
Disinfection |
Nathan
C. Gregory
Princeton University |
The Role of Anthropogenic Fire and Livestock
Grazing in Sustaining Avian Diversity in East African Savannas |
Shafqat
Hussain
Yale University |
Landscapes of Ideology: Colonial and Post-colonial Roots of National
Parks |
Katherine E. Mills
Cornell University |
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Maine:
Addressing Scientific and Governance Needs |
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Kolson
L. Schlosser Pennsylvania State University |
The
Political Construction of Environmental Threat: National Security
Policy and the Environment |
Veena
Srinivasan
Stanford University |
Sustainability of an Agricultural-Urban Water Market in Southern
India: Assessment of Biophysical and Welfare Impacts and Policy
Implications |
Fan
Zhang
Harvard University |
The
Effects of Electricity Market Deregulation on the Diffusion of Clean
Technology |
| Masters' Candidates |
Elena S. Bondareva
Cornell University |
Evaluating LEED-CI, a Green Building Rating System, for the
Russian Context |
David E. Butman
Yale University |
An
Analytical Approach to Measuring Carbon in Tropical Peat Swamp
Forests: Impacts of Land-Use and Fire on Storage and Atmospheric
Emissions |
Jason T. James
Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi |
Catch-and-Release Mortality of Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion
Nebulosus) |
Sarah E. Knuth
Pennsylvania State University |
Advancing Stakeholder Involvement in Local Climate Change
Mitigation Policy: A Case Study of Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania |
Caroline B. Simmonds
Yale University |
The
Local Dimensions of the Namwera-Mangochi Road, Malawi |
Dora J. Sugar
Cornell University |
Tree Decline and Defense: Does Calcium Deficiency Predispose
Sugar Maple to Disease and Insect Damage? |
Larissa L. Yocom
Yale University |
Bird Perching and Visitation Preference Among Native Planted
Trees in Panama |
Yeqing Zheng
Yale University |
Why
the Market Fails: An Analysis of Chinese SO2 Allowance Trading
Program |
2004 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Berry J. Brosi
Stanford University | Pollination, Landscape Configuration and Conservation Congruence in Tropical Countryside. |
Alissa A. Hamilton
Yale University | Fabricating Fresh: The Growth of Florida’s Orange Juice Industry and the Transformation of Taste, Tradition and Territory. |
Katie R. Hampson
Princeton University | Multihost-Parasite Systems: Rabies Ecology and Transmission in North West Tanzania. |
Melissa D. Ho
Pennsylvania State University | Co-optimization of Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L) Root Architecture for Water and Phosphorus Acquisition. |
Darby W. Jack
Harvard University | The Economics of Domestic Energy Use: Household Choices and Government Policies in Peru. |
Kathleen M. McDonough
Carnegie Mellon University | Temperature Effects on PCB Fate and Transport in Anaerobic Near-Surface Sediment. |
Anastasia R. O’Rourke
Yale University | Innovations in Finance and Policy for High-Growth Environmental Ventures. |
Krystal L. Rypien
Cornell University | The Impacts and Transmission of Aspergillosis, an Emergent Marine Disease in Caribbean Gorgonian Coral Communities. |
| Masters' Candidates |
Ann J. Grodnik
Yale University |
The Clean Development Mechanism as an Instrument for Carbon Mitigation and Sustainable Development: Early Lessons from Two Case Studies. |
Paulina Jaramillo
Carnegie Mellon University |
Cost Benefit Analysis of Landfill Gas-to-Energy Programs. |
Andrea E. Johnson
Yale University |
Researching the Researchers: A Comparative Case Study Exploring Linkages Between Institutional Structure, Stakeholder Perceptions and Conservation Activities at Indonesian Ecological Research Stations. |
Kimberley A. Kinder
Carnegie Mellon University |
The Lost Life of Water: Reintroducing Streams and Wetlands Into the Urban Environment. |
David M. Kneas
Yale University |
Assessing the Assessments: Environmental Impact Assessments and Community Relations with Multinational Mining Companies. |
Jeffery L. Landgraf
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi |
Relationship of Larval and Juvenile Fish Community Structure in Laguna Madre to Oceanic Connections and other Environmental Factors. |
Helen A. Markewich
Cornell University |
The Impact of Livestock Manure on Soil Fertility Under Different Storage Conditions in Western Kenya. |
Jeffrey C. Milder
Cornell University |
Conservation and Limited Development Projects: Effectiveness and Limitations of an Emerging Land Use Tool. |
2003 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Monica E. Araya
Yale University | Information-based Strategies and Environmental Policymaking: An Analysis of the Gap in Cross-border Environmental Disclosure. |
Ted R. Feldpausch
Cornell University | Secondary Forest Management, Biogeochemistry and Sustainable Land-use of Brazilian Amazonia. |
Ilya R. Fischhoff
Princeton University | Movement Decision-making of Ungulates in Laikipia, Kenya. |
Anindya Ghosh
Carnegie Mellon University | Design, Synthesis and Applications of Electron Deficient Fe-TAML Catalysts as Hydrogen Peroxide Activators. |
Cheryl L. Margoluis
Yale University | Changing Land Use: Tragic Choices and Creative Compromises in Guatemala. |
Maria Zelia Menete
Cornell University | Modeling and Monitoring Salt-affected Soils and Strategies for Improving Rice Yields in the Chokwé Irrigation System. |
David W. Newcomer
Yale University
| Innovations in Private Land Conservation: Analyzing Adoption Antecedents and Effectiveness of the Payment for Environmental
Services Program in Implementing the Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor Initiative in Costa Rica. |
Anand B. Rao
Carnegie Mellon University
| A Technical, Economic and Environmental Assessment of Carbon Capture Technologies for Greenhouse Gas Control. |
| Masters' Candidates |
Cecilia M. Blasco
Yale University
| How Governance Mechanisms Impact Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Antigua River Basin: A Case Study in Jalcomulco,
Veracruz, Mexico. |
Kathleen E. Campbell
Yale University
| Talking the Talk: Corporate Environmental Communications and Voluntary Climate Change Programs. |
Thomas M. Cullen
Cornell University | Exploring Indigenous Knowledge of Native Fruit Trees in Malawi. |
Mary Jennison Kipp
Pennsylvania State University | Valuing Tradeoffs Between Quality of Life Attributes: Climate Change and Development as Vehicles of Change in Cape May County,
New Jersey. |
Jacob E. Kubel
Pennsylvania State University | Nesting Ecology of the Golden-winged Warbler in Three Early Successional Habitats of Central Pennsylvania. |
Michael Mahala
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Community Structure and Function of Mitigated and Natural Seagrass Beds. |
William R. Morrow III
Carnegie Mellon University
| Barriers to a Decentralized Power Generation Market. |
Joanna M. Radin
Cornell University | Communicating the Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology Research and Development. |
2002 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Heidi E. Gjertsen
Cornell University | Identifying Factors for Success of Marine Protected Areas |
Sasha B. Kramer
Stanford University | Microbial Community Composition and Nitrogen Fluxes in Agroecosystems; Understanding the Connections Between Agricultural Management |
Margaret M. Mayfield
Stanford University | Effects of Long-term Habitat Conversion on Native Plant Diversity and Community Maintenance In Temperate and Mediterranean Ecotones |
Pamela D. McElwee
Yale University | Lost Worlds and Local People: The Effects of Migration, Land Tenure, and Ethnicity on Natural Resources Use Around Protected Areas |
Pascale F. Poussart
Harvard University | Capturing the Tritium Signal in Mangroves: An Investigation About Thermocline Variability In the Eastern Tropical Pacific With Implications For Understanding Interannual and Decadal Modes of Climate Variability |
Suk B. Rhee
Yale University | Intent and Consequences: Examining Forestry Institutions and Community Management in Indonesia |
Daniel J. Sherman
Cornell University | The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: Public Responses and Implementation Consequences |
Lori D. Snyder
Harvard University | Regulating Pollution through Information Disclosure: Facility Response to the Toxics Release Inventory |
Charles O. Stanier
Carnegie Mellon University | Ultraline Particles In the Atmosphere: Emissions, Formation, and Growth |
| Masters' Candidates |
Gwen C. Christini
Carnegie Mellon University | Assessing Voluntary Environmental Management Programs |
Bronwen S. Eastman
Cornell University | An Evaluation of Three Improved Efficiently Cook Stove Integrated Conservation-Development Projects (ICDPs) in Madagascar |
Adesuwa I. Erhunse
Florida A&M University | Implications to Environmental Health Risk Policies of Blood Lead Assessments in Committed Juveniles in the State of Florida |
Elizabeth A. Gordon
Yale University | The Brushmeat Crisis and the Great Apes: Working Toward a more Integrated Decision-Making Process |
Christopher M. Menone
Yale University | Urban Environmental Sustainability Metrics: Developing Goals for Green Cities |
David J. Newstead
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | The Relative Importance of Freshwater Inflows to Estuaries: Larval Fish Recruitment to Isolated Nursery Grounds in Nueces Bay, Texas |
Elizabeth N. Shapiro
Yale University | Interdisciplinary Agroecological Research as Tool for Conservation Planning |
Amy L. Thurlkill
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Nutrient Effects on Seagrass in the Upper Laguna Madre, Texas |
2001 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Lori L. Driscoll
Cornell University | A Cognitive and Neurochemical Profile of Developmental Lead Exposure: Alterations In the Cholinergic and GABAergic Modulation of Sustained Attention |
Jennifer A. Fox
Cornell University | Trajectories of Genetic Change in Populations with Different Founding Sizes: Recovery of Daphnia Populations in Two Upstate New York Lakes |
Ricardo M. Holdo
Princeton University | The Effect of Elephants, Fire, and Rainfall on the Structure and Dynamics of Kalahari Sand Woodlands: Implications for Elephant Management and Conservation |
Eloise Kendy
Cornell University | Policies Drain the North China Plain: Attaining Sustainable Water Use in an Over-Allocated Region |
Robert J. Klee
Yale University | Measuring Sustainability through Materials Flow Analysis of Industrial Systems In Antarctica |
Dmitri Perekhodtsev
Carnegie Mellon University | Treating Uncertainties In the Decision-Making in Electricity Industry of the U.S. and Its Policy Implication for the Environmental Regulation |
Joshua B. Plotkin
Princeton University | Spatial Patterns of Plant Diversity in Tropical Rainforests: Implications for Forestry Management in Peninsular Malaysia |
Leigh W. Shemitz
Yale University | Exploring the Connection Between Land Use and Human Health in Urban Environments: A Case Study Examining the Health Impact of Outdoor Air Pollution Sources on Children With Severe Respiratory Distress |
| Masters' Candidates |
Towanda L. Anthony
Florida A&M University | A Decision Making Model for the Evaluation of Potential Secondary and Cumulative Environmental Impacts of Transportation Projects |
Andrew H. Baker
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Symbiotic Bio-remediation of Shrimp Farm Effluent with the Native Oyster |
Jennifer E. Davidson
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Effects of Recreational Boating on Molluscan Community Structure in Seagrass Meadows |
Theodore S. Eisenman
Cornell University | Interpretive Mapping: A Tool for Building Watershed Stewardship and Designing for Watershed Protection |
Brett T. Greene
Yale University | Shifting Topoclimatic Positions in Montane, Subalpine, and Alpine Meadows: Influences on Carbon Flux, Vegetation, and Water Balance |
Jianguo Ma
Cornell University | A GIS-based Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for Sustainable Watershed Management |
Christopher M. Rigaud
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Sea Urchin Grazing as a Structuring Force in Artificial Reef Communities |
Justin A. Ruben
Yale University | Think Globally, Act Globally? Prospects for North-South Solidarity Between Movements Challenging the Environment and Social Impacts of Globalization |
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2000 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Dominika Anna Dziegielewska
Yale University | Can Poland Afford Implementation of European Union Standards? Valuation of Benefits from Air Quality Improvement |
Timothy John Farnham
Yale University | The Concept of Biological Diversity: The Evolution of a Conservation Paradigm |
Aarti Gupta
Yale University | Regulating Safe Use of Biotechnology: The Challenges of Anticipatory Environmental Governance |
Noel Paul Gurwick
Cornell University | Controls on Nitrogen Removal in Riparian Zones: Plant Roots and Carbon-Supply |
Almira Lydia Hoogesteyn
Cornell University | Birdsong: A Strategy to Assess the Impact of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals In Coastal Ecosystems |
Anna E. Jolles
Princeton University | Disease Dynamics of Bovine Tuberculosis In African Buffalo — Implications for Wildlife Conservation and Public Health |
Marc Lapin
Cornell University | A Model for Conservation Planning in a Highly Fragmented Ecosystem: Champlain Valley Clayplain Forest |
John Marion Sydenstricker-Neto
Cornell University | Institutions, Demographic Factors, and Land Use In the Brazilian Amazon: A Temporal-Spatial Analysis |
| Masters' Candidates |
Liam Morgan Carr
Yale University | Economically Justifying Coral Reef Conservation Efforts Using the Travel Cost Method |
Shith Kamal
Cornell University | Remote Sensing Investigation of Monsoon Flooding and Precipitation In the Lower Brahmaputra Basin, Bangladesh |
Amy Lynd Luers
Stanford University | Understanding the Legal, Socio-economic and Institutional Drivers of Aquaculture Development In Southern Sonora, Mexico; Implications for the Sustainable Governance of Coastal Ecosystems |
Aurelia Micko
Yale University | Changing Face of Polish Agriculture: Social, Political and Environmental Implications for Poland Joining the European Union |
Jonathan Edward Padwe
Yale University | The Implications of Protected Areas Designation for Natural Resources Management and Conservation Among the Tsimane Indigenous Group of Beni, Bolivia |
William Robert Sprengnether
Cornell University | Design Solutions for Reducing Urban Run Off: Through the Merging of Historic Islamic Design Principles and Modern Technology |
Jace Wesley Tunnell
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Abundance and Community Structure of Juvenile Fish Using Shoal Grass, Manatee Grass and Bare Substrates in Upper Laguna Madre, Texas |
Mark Henry Wishnie
Yale University | The Structure and Composition of Riparian Vegetation and Stream Geomorphology in the Panama Canal Watershed: Implications for Water Quality |
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1999 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Kai Ming Adam Chan
Princeton University | Where Populations, Phylogenies and Ecosystems Meet: The Origin and Maintenance of Biodiversity |
Marian Chertow
Yale University | Accelerating Commercialization of Environmental Technology In the United States |
Michelle Evelyn
Stanford University | Maintaining Species and Their Ecological Services in Fragmented Forest Landscapes: Habitat Use and Seed Dispersal Activities of Birds and Bats In a Fragmented Neotropical Landscape |
Patrick Gurian
Carnegie Mellon University | Modeling the Costs of Compliance With Multiple Drinking Water Standards |
Joseph Mathews
Cornell University | Game Theoretic Aspects In Tradable Emission Permits In River Systems |
Kathleen Purvis
Princeton University | Assessment and Abatement of Volatile Organic Compound Exposure to Workers In the Paint Manufacturing Industry of Developing Countries |
Taylor Ricketts
Stanford University | The Matrix Matters: Effective Isolation in Patchy and Fragmented Landscapes |
Murray Bruce Rutherford
Yale University | Ecosystem Management in the U. S. Forest Service: Science, Values and Symbolism in Environmental Policy |
Pamela Templer
Cornell University | Role of Five Tree Species in Reducing Harmful Impacts of Acid Rain and Improving Water Quality in the Catskill Mountains |
| Masters' Candidates |
Huei-An Chu
Yale University | Forest Stand Dynamics and Carbon Cycle |
Kathryn Harvey
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Flora and Fauna Associated with Prop Roots In Two Mangrove Forests, Veracruz and Quintana Roo, Mexico |
Nancy Lyn Hilbun
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Distribution and Abundance of Echinoderms from Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
Koralie Hill
Cornell University | Predicting the Plant-Mediated Mobilization of Trace Toxic Metals from Soils Subjected to Wastewater Sludge |
Jeffrey Himel
Cornell University | Back to the Future, Restoring Traditional Water Control in Kompong Thom, Cambodia |
Shannon Larsen
Cornell University | An Econometric Analysis of the Effects on Economic Growth of Investments In Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure |
Benjamin Neimark
Cornell University | Advances in Vegetative Propagation of the Tropical Multipurpose Fruit and Forest Trees Leucaena and Inga |
John Niles
Stanford University | Climate Change and Tropical Forests: Policy Synergies In the Clean Development Mechanism |
Laura Stenzler
Cornell University | The Genetic Consequences of Natal Dispersal In Birds |
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1998 Scholars and Research Topics
| Ph.D. Candidates |
Celia N. Cruz
Carnegie Mellon University | Physicochemical Properties of Secondary Organic Aerosol |
Heather Louise MacLean
Carnegie Mellon University | Life Cycle Models of Conventional and Alternative-Fueled Automobiles |
Frederick A.B. Meyerson
Yale University | The Relationship Between Human Population Growth and the Loss of Biological Diversity: A Maya Biosphere Reserve Case Study and Policy Analysis |
Steven Kealty Rose
Cornell University | Public Forest Land Allocation: A Dynamic Spatial Perspective on Environmental Timber Management |
Joseph Robert Stencel
Princeton University | Trace Metal Contamination of Ground and Surface Water From Crude Oil Spills |
Iris T. Stewart
Stanford University | Characterization of Non-Point Source Vadose Zone Pesticide Leaching at the Regional Scale Using a Type Transfer Function Approach |
Deborah Campbell Trefts
Yale University | Toward Sustainable Fish Stocks and Fishing Communities In the Greater Gulf of Maine Region |
Richard L. Wallace
Yale University | Improving Protected Species Programs: Lessons From Organizational Behavior and Marine Mammal Conservation in the United States |
| Masters' Candidates |
Elisabeth Edge Clemence
Cornell University | A New Urban Greenway: Re-imaging Green Space In the Context of the Contemporary Urban Landscape |
Maria Hristova Ivanova
Yale University | Economic Integration and Regulatory Harmonization: The Case of Russian Environmental Standards |
Michael Anthony Villarreal
Texas A&M University
at Corpus Christi | Effects of Urbanization on Texas Barrier Islands |
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