Climate Preparedness

President’s Task Force on Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resilience
Working Group on Climate Preparedness

 

The Working Group on Climate Preparedness (Working Group 6) focuses on resilience of the University, its outlying facilities, and surrounding communities to higher temperatures, more intense precipitation, and higher sea levels. The Working Group is considering responses to both acute physical risks (e.g., heat waves, severe storms) and chronic risks (e.g., routine flooding of coastal facilities).

To see the detailed charge for the Working Group on Climate Preparedness, click here.

 

Climate Preparedness Working Group Members

 

Co-Chairs 

Robin Leichenko
Co-director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Professor and Geography Department Chair, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

David Robinson
New Jersey State Climatologist
Distinguished Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

 

Members

Francisco Artigas
Director, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute
Research Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Newark

Lisa Auermuller
Senior Program Administrator, Marine Outreach, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station

Tony Broccoli
Co-Director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Brian Buckley
Executive Director, Laboratories and Administration
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

David Bushek
Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Patricia Findley
Master of Social Work Director, Associate Professor, and Special Assistant to the Dean for Interprofessional Health Initiatives, Rutgers School of Social Work
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Panos Georgopulos
Professor, School of Public Health
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Jeffrey Issler 
Emergency Management Specialist, Office of Emergency Management – Newark, Institutional Planning and Operations

Marjorie Kaplan
Associate Director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Steven Keleman
Director, Office of Emergency Management, Institutional Planning and Operations

Laura Landau
Graduate Student, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rory Langan
Graduate Student, School of Social Work
Rutgers University – Newark

Ric  Marlink
Director, Rutgers Global Health Institute
Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Mark McLane
Executive Director, Rutgers Environmental, Health and Safety, Institutional Planning and Operations

Kathe Newman 
Associate Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Nancy  Pontes
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Rutgers University–Camden

Ashaki Rouff
Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Newark

Alejandro Ruiz
Associate Director, Rutgers Environmental Health and Safety, Institutional Planning and Operations

Jennifer Schrum
PhD/MSE Student, School of Social Work
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Soko Setoguchi 
Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Natalie Teale
Graduate Student, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Roger Wang
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Roger Wang
Student, Rutgers Business School
Rutgers University–New Brunswick