Last Name | First Name | Title | Institution | Email | URL | Phone | Met at | Notes | Research Interest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pruden | Amy | Professor | Virginia Tech | 2025 GRC MoBE | Amy was the Chair of the 2025 GRC MoBE. | Water Distribution SystemsAgricultural PracticesMicrobesBuildingsBioinformaticsARGsOpportunistic PathogensWater EngineeringBacteria | |||
Hartman | Erica | Associate Professor | Northwestern University | 2025 GRC MoBE | Erica was the Vice Chair of the 2025 GRC MoBE and will be the Chair of the 2027 GRC MoBE. | Environmental HealthPublic HealthMicrobe-Chemical InteractionsBuilt EnvironmentsPhageARGsBiofilmsSynthetic BiologyMicropollutants | |||
Thompson | Janelle | Associate Professor | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | 2025 GRC MoBE | Janelle served as the discussion leader for the Microbes in Space and Extreme Environments session and presented a poster. | ||||
Lee | Patrick | Professor | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China | 2025 GRC MoBE | Patrick presented “Bacterial Adaptation and Viral Evolution in Response to Anthropogenic Disturbances in Built Environments.” His lab is a member of MetaSUB. Notes on his presentation are located here. | ||||
Fierer | Noah | Professor | University of Colorado Boulder, United States | 2025 GRC MoBE | Noah presented “Exploring the Mysteries of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Living in Our Homes and Other Environments.” Notes on his presentation are located here. | MicrobesEcosystemsBacteriaFungiWater Distribution SystemsSoilBuildingsStreamsPlantsThe AtmosphereArchaeaViruses | |||
Laskey | Allison | Associate Editor | Nature Cities | UAA | Allison joined Nature Cities as Associate Editor in May 2023. She is primarily responsible for research and opinion pieces about urban planning, public policy, community development, and related social science, humanities, and interdisciplinary contributions. Before joining the Nature family, Allison was a postdoctoral researcher at Wayne State University studying community economic development and resilience in critical infrastructure systems. Allison earned a PhD in urban and environmental planning and policy from the University of California, Irvine, where she conducted an ethnographic study of a long term Detroit resident association fighting to stop displacement, resegregation, and gentrification. Prior to PhD studies, Allison worked at the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute. Allison is based in the Washington, D.C. office. | Urban PlanningPublic PolicyCommunity DevelopmentInterdisciplinaryEthnography | |||
Burnside | William | Chief Editor | Nature Cities | NYU CUSP | Bill joined Nature Sustainability in 2017 as an associate editor and then senior editor, covering agriculture, conservation, life and Earth science, and urban science. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the US National Socio-environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). His PhD in biology was awarded by the University of New Mexico, where he studied large-scale human ecology and the influence of metabolic constraints on ecological patterns and processes, collaborating with scholars in anthropology, computer science, ecology and physics. Before his doctoral work, he edited environmental and life science textbooks and earned an MS in natural resources and environment from the University of Michigan and a BA in human biology from Stanford University. Originally from the city of El Paso, Texas, Bill is based in the New York office. | EcosystemsAgricultural PracticesConservationLife and Earth ScienceUrban ScienceEnvironmental Health |