# Faculty Committee | Board of Tutors ## expand\_more ## What is the Board of Tutors? The concentration is overseen by a Standing Committee that serves as a Board of Tutors. This committee includes faculty from multiple departments within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as from several Schools as appropriate, ensuring the requisite breadth of the program. [### Paul Moorcroft ](/people/paul-moorcroft) [paul\_moorcroft@harvard.edu](mailto:paul_moorcroft@harvard.edu)Chair/Head Tutor Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Research Interests: Ecological dynamics of terrestrial plant communities and ecosystems; biosphere-atmosphere interactions; ecology of animal movement. ![PM](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/paul_moorcroft_crop.jpg?itok=3tvg6t0d) [### Stephen Ansolabehere ](/people/stephen-ansolabehere) Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government Stephen Ansolabehere is the Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is an expert in public opinion and elections, and has published extensively on elections, mass media, and representation, political economy, and public opinion... ![SA](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/sa.jpg?itok=SuswPQ6K) [### Jeannine Cavendar-Bares ](/people/jeannine-cavendar-bares) Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology I am interested in the physiological and evolutionary dimensions of plant ecology that influence community assembly and ecosystem function. A current focus is a collaborative effort to determine protocols and best practices for NextGen spectral... ![JCB](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/jcb_2024.jpg?itok=LVL7L3dK) [### Andrew Davies ](/people/andrew-davies) [andrew\_davies@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:andrew_davies@fas.harvard.edu)Associate Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Research Interests: Our research examines how animals interact with the environment and each other to affect ecosystem processes at landscape scales. We draw on the fields of community and ecosystem ecology, animal behavior, and remote sensing to explore... ![AD](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/andrew_davies_crop.jpg?itok=KjR54kHC) [### Christopher Golden ](/people/christopher-golden) Bruce A. Beal, Robert L. Beal and Alexander S. Beal Associate Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health Research Interests: Two primary portfolios of research: 1) creating systems of climate-smart public health through data science approaches to climate and environmental monitoring and disease surveillance; and 2) evaluating the connections among climate... ![C Golden](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/C%20Golden.jpeg?itok=_vT_kBRp) [### N. Michele Holbrook ](/people/noel-michele-holbrook) Bullard Professor of Forestry Professor of Biology Research Interests: The physics and physiology of vascular transport in plants with the goal of understanding how constraints on the movement of water and solutes between soil and leaves influences ecological and evolutionary processes. Dr. Holbrook is... ![NMH](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/n._michele_holbrook_crop.jpg?itok=o97C2WxA) [### Peter Huybers ](/people/peter-huybers-0) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering Research Interests: Developing a better understanding of the climate system and its implications for society. On-going research involves interactions between volcanism and glaciation, trends and predictability of extreme temperatures, and implication of... ![PH Image](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/huybers-oto-c-dominic-chavez.jpg?itok=una4z8eE) [### Sheila Jasanoff ](/people/sheila-jasanoff) Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies Harvard Kennedy School Research Interests: The role of science and technology in the law, politics, and policy of modern democracies, with particular attention to environmental and biotechnology regulation in Europe and the U.S. ![Sheila Jasanoff](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/sheilajasanoff.jpg?itok=XvmjRHCP) [### Kaighin McColl ](/people/kaighin-mccoll) Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering ![KM](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/mccoll-240_1.jpg?itok=76ooHXQN) [### Michael McElroy (In Memorium) ](/people/michael-b-mcelroy-0)Mike was a founding member of the concentration and served on the Faculty Board from its establishment in 1993 until his passing in January 2026. Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Mike was a founding member of the concentration and served on the Faculty Board from its establishment in 1993 until his passing in January 2026. Research Interests: Changes in the composition of the atmosphere, with an emphasis on the impact of human... ![Michael B. McElroy](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/_mg_7723_1.jpg?itok=KC6YnCQ4) [### Forest Reinhardt ](/people/forest-reinhardt) John D. Black Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School Research Interests: Behavior of private and public organizations that manage natural resources; economics of externalities and public goods; environmental management; energy strategy. ![Forest Reinhardt](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/forestreinhardt.jpg?itok=slGBtGqA) [### Wolfram Schlenker ](/people/wolfram-schlenker)Ray A. Goldberg Professor of the Global Food System Research interests: Food availability and price; economics of climate change; energy prices; pollution and human health; and migration. ![w schlenker](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/w%20schlenker.jpeg?itok=hdrBpmVi) [### Daniel P. Schrag ](/people/daniel-p-schrag) Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Research Interests: Geochemical oceanography; stable isotope geochemistry; paleoclimatology; climate change; carbon sequestration; energy technology. ![Daniel P. Schrag](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/danschrag.jpg?itok=RHpcoTia) [### Robert Stavins ](/people/robert-stavins) [robert\_stavins@harvard.edu](mailto:robert_stavins@harvard.edu)A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development Harvard Kennedy School Research Interests: Environmental economics, natural resource economics, and related public policy; innovation and diffusion of technology; market-based strategies for future climate policy; international climate agreements. ![RS](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/faculty_stavins_robert_ms58r_220x330_0.jpg?itok=hq78MX-K) [### James Stock ](/people/james-stock) [james\_stock@harvard.edu](mailto:james_stock@harvard.edu)Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy Department of Economics Research Interests: Macroeconomic forecasting, monetary policy, econometric methods, and environmental policy. ![James Stock](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/58.jpg?itok=cLpY7vKE) [### Elsie Sunderland ](/people/elsie-sunderland) Fred Kavli Professor of Environmental Chemistry Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Research Interests: Characterizing the relationship between anthropogenic releases of contaminants, changes in ambient environmental concentrations at a variety of scales, and human exposure ![Elsie Sunderland](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/_mg_7239.jpg?itok=UPS4Piri) [### Benton Taylor ](/people/benton-taylor) Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum Research Interests: How terrestrial ecosystems respond to various global change drivers such as rising CO 2, nutrient pollution, human land use, and extreme weather events, and how these ecosystem responses, in turn, influence the trajectory of global... ![Benton Taylor](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/benton_taylor_reduced.jpeg?itok=voqhj1_a) [### Charles Taylor ](/people/charles-taylor) Assistant Professor of Public Policy Research Interests: Environmental economics with a focus on climate, agriculture, land use, ecosystem services, and migration. I like using satellite data and remote sensing products to help answer policy questions. ![CT](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/headshot_taylor_2019.jpeg?itok=b-eQ69QS) [### Dustin Tingley ](/people/dustin-tingley) Professor of Government Department of Government Research Interests: International relations, international political economy, statistical methodology, and experimental approaches to political science. Professor Tingley's book on American foreign policy, Sailing the Water's Edge, was published in fall... ![DT](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/tingleyheadshot.jpg?itok=_rlQKeGj) [### Steven Wofsy ](/people/steven-wofsy) Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Research Interests: Sources, sinks, transformations, and transport of atmospheric gases; climate change; atmospheric chemistry. ![SW](/sites/g/files/omnuum4076/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/espp/files/swofsy.jpg?itok=-KM5Kbfo)