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The NRT faculty team includes a wide range of junior and senior faculty across natural and social sciences and engineering disciplines whose expertise contributes to geohazards and community resilience. We strongly advise potential applicants to contact NRT Program faculty before making a formal application to determine the compatibility of their interests with the faculty member’s research program.
The NRT faculty team includes a wide range of junior and senior faculty across natural and social sciences and engineering disciplines whose expertise contributes to geohazards and community resilience. We strongly advise potential applicants to contact NRT Program faculty before making a formal application to determine the compatibility of their interests with the faculty member’s research program.
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Core-Faculty
Core-Faculty
We have faculty across natural sciences, social sciences and engineering disciplines.
Heejun Chang, Professor, Geography, Water
Jon Fink, Professor, Volcano, Fire
Lauren Frank, Professor, Risk Communication
Arash Khosravifar, Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
Paul Loikith, Associate Professor, Climate Science
Diane Moug, Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
Yu Xiao, Associate Professor, Urban Studies & Planning
Affiliate-Faculty
Affiliate-Faculty
Faculty who are interested in advising or mentoring students in a participating PSU graduate program can apply to become an affiliate of RECHARGE NRT.
Alida Cantor,
Associate Professor, Geography, School of Earth, Environment and Society
Adam Booth,
Professor, Geology, School of Earth, Environment and Society
Melissa Haeffner,
Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Management
Avram Hiller,
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Andrés Holz,
Professor, Geography, School of Earth, Environment, and Society
Max Nielsen-Pincus,
Associate Professor, Department Chair, Environmental Sciences and Management
Pronoy Rai,
Associate Professor, Academic Area Lead, Geography, School of Earth, Environment and Society
Safa Mote,
Assistant Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Maseeh Mathematics and Statistics, McNair Scholars Program
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
External advisors ensure the NRT program progresses in a way that is responsive to real-world needs in relation to cascading hazards and community resilience. Advisors make recommendations on how to appropriately support students and for sustaining the program beyond NSF funding.
Nancy Grimm
Arizona State University
Chandana Mitra
Auburn University
Bill Solecki
City University of NY
Yumei Wang
Portland State University
Marcia Nation, Nation Evaluation Consulting
Evaluation
Evaluation
Part of the NSF process is strong program evaluation. Marcia Nation is our external evaluator.
Tia H Ho, Senior Instructor in Urban Studies and Planning
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
In December of 2025 we welcomed Tia H. Ho, PhD, MST as the Program Coordinator.
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