 Cutler J. Cleveland is co-Director of the Project on Human Development in the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future at Boston University. Dr. Cleveland holds a B.S. in Ecology and Systematics from Cornell University, a M.S. in Marine Science from Louisiana State University, and a Ph. D. in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently is the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University, where he also holds the position of Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment. Dr. Cleveland’s research focuses on the ecological-economic analysis of how energy and materials are used to meet human needs. Dr. Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecological Economics. He has been a consultant to numerous private and public organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, Charles River Associates, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Wilderness Society, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has won publication awards from the International Association of Energy Economics and the National Wildlife Federation.
|
|
|
|
 Adil Najam is co-Director of the Project on Human Development in the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future at Boston University. Dr. Najam holds a B.Sc. from the University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan, and two Master’s Degrees and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He specializes in negotiation analysis to study global cooperation for sustainable development with a particular focus on developing countries and non-state institutions. His research and writing focuses on the links between environment and development, trade and development, finance and development, and human security and development. He is co-author of 'Civic Entrepreneurship: Civil Society Perspectives on Sustainable Development' (2002), and author of the forthcoming book 'Getting Beyond the Lowest Common Denominator: Developing Countries in International Environmental Negotiations' (2003; Rowman and Littlefield Publishers). He has also been a chapter lead author for the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has been awarded the MIT Goodwin Medal for Effective Teaching (1997), the Stein Rokan Award of the International Political Science Association (1997), the ARNOVA Emerging Scholars Award from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations, (1995) and the Pakistan Television Medallion for Outstanding Achievement (1989).
|
|
|
|
 Jenny K. Ahlen holds a B.A. in Environmental Analysis and Policy (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa), from the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University. As an undergraduate, she completed a Work for Distinction on estimating the value of the pest control service provided by the Mexican free-tailed bat in south-central Texas. She is currently working on an M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis at Boston University and conducts research on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
|
|
|
|
 Libby Sommer holds a B.S. in Mathematics (cum laude) from Randolph-Macon
Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA. She has conducted research on drinking water
quality in Nebraska, and has interned at the Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality in the Hazardous Waste Section. Most recently she
completed a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) at Penn State-Erie in mathematical biology. There she
analyzed biological models, including the Lotka-Volterra three-species food
chain. Her academic interests include math modeling and industrial ecology. She is currently working on her M.A. in Energy and Environmental
Analysis at Boston University.
|
|
|
|
 Tybe Goldberg is pursuing a B.A. in Environmental Analysis and Policy and a
M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis at Boston University. In 2003 she
presented a paper on Central America Land Degradation and Policies for the
Future at the World Student Community for Sustainable Development (WSC-SD)
Annual Meeting in Tokyo, Japan. She currently works with the Students for
Global Sustainability at MIT - of member school of the WSC-SD. Tybe's current
focus is on international environmental law relating to sustainable
development and persistent organic pollutants.
|
|
|
|
|
| Project Alumni |
 Janice M. Poling holds an M.A. in International Relations and Environmental Policy from Boston University. Her Master's paper looks at the responsibilities of different countries in achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. She also holds a B.A. in Geological Sciences and History from Case Western Reserve University. She recently co-authored an article in the journal Environment with Adil Najam et al. about perceptions of progress in the international environmental agenda since 1992.
|
|
|
|
|
Jissette Lopez is working on a bachelor’s degree in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. Anthropology and psychology are potential majors, and she has varied interests which include volunteering with children, working on environmental conservation projects, and traveling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|