New England

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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.
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Nia Bartolucci

2023 Fellow
Nia Bartolucci (she/her/hers) earned her BA from Mount Holyoke College and her Ph.D. in marine biogeochemistry from Boston University in 2025. She currently is a Physical Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency based in...
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Katelynn Warner

2023 Fellow
Katelynn studies the ecological mechanisms driving toxic cyanobacteria blooms to further understand when and why cyanobacteria produce harmful toxins that inhibit recreational uses of freshwater lakes.
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Dyanna Jaye

2023 Fellow
Dyanna is studying policies to guide long-haul economic transition pathways to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. Before graduate school, Dyanna organized with grassroots movements to design and win climate policy for over a decade.
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Cielo Sharkus

2023 Fellow
Cielo earned her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research is focused on hydrodynamic modeling, spatial analysis, and risk assessment tools to study exposure and adaptation to...
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Claudia Diezmartínez

2023 Fellow
Claudia Diezmartínez is the Deputy Director for Policy and Programs at the City of Boston's Environment Department. Claudia holds a PhD in Earth & Environment from Boston University, where she conducted research on urban climate policy, climate finance, and climate justice.
Staff

Laine Kuehn

Laine Kuehn is the Administrative Coordinator at the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, where they manage the office, assist in programming and other functions, and coordinate details. Previously, Laine worked as Program Officer with...
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Josephine Benson

2022 Fellow
Josephine Benson is an interdisciplinary scientist and communicator. In her role as Environment, Health and Safety Manager in the private sector, she combines her backgrounds in environmental science and healthcare to support manufacturing...
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Abraham Herzog-Arbeitman

2022 Fellow
A polymer chemist, Abe studies polymer and supramolecular materials for next-generation batteries and sustainable plastics. Using organic and macromolecular synthetic methodologies, he designs polyelectrolytes, mechanochemically-active networks, and self-assembling graft copolymers.
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Nicholas Dorian

2022 Fellow
Nick is an ecologist, educator, and naturalist studying how native bees cope with the impacts of climate change in order to develop strategies for bee conservation. His public education efforts reconnect people with urban nature and teach them to support pollinators in their own yards.