New England

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Nicole Wong

2024 Fellow
Nicole explores the intersection of affordable housing and climate equity, including building energy retrofit strategies that can reduce energy burden, prevent displacement, and target climate investments to low-income communities of color.
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Nia Harmon

2024 Fellow
Nia aims to create efficient, solar-powered catalysts to transform groundwater nitrate contaminants into useful products, spanning the gap between research and application.
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Fen Levy

2024 Fellow
Fen is an avian ecologist unraveling how forested landscapes can jointly support ecosystems and human need, specifically in the North Woods of Maine.
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Sydney Clements

2024 Fellow
Sydney is a researcher and community organizer based in Eastern Connecticut. Her work focuses on the intersection of farmer viability, food access and environmental sustainability.
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Kathryn Rodgers

2024 Fellow
Kathryn is a scientist and communicator committed to science translation for decision-makers in governments, businesses, unions, and community groups to support environmental health.
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Natalie Baillargeon

2024 Fellow
Natalie Baillargeon is an Energy/Environmental Policy Researcher in the Energy Markets and Planning Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), contributing to research on energy permitting and policy. She earned a Master of...
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Wes Gobar

2023 Fellow
A climate and racial justice organizer, Wes is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Black environmental networking & career development organization BlackOak Collective, and co-founder of Evergreen Action.
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Rafeed Hussain

2023 Fellow
Rafeed's research focuses on offshore wind development perceptions and impacts on coastal communities. Although Rafeed has a brain trained in natural and social sciences, his heart lies in photography and science communication.
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Sebastian Moreno

2023 Fellow
In an increasingly urbanizing world, Sebastian aims for his work to increase science and nature accessibility for historically marginalized and excluded communities, which will ultimately help in the conservation of our natural environment.
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Mackenzie Roeder

2023 Fellow
Mackenzie "Kenzie" Roeder is the State Songbird Biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. She combines research, conservation, and community engagement to advance the understanding and protection of Maine's birds and the habitats on which they depend.