Ruth Johnson Phone: 217-333-6833Email: rejhnsn1@illinois.edu Ruth Johnson started her University of Illinois journey with the Illinois Natural History Survey in 1999, which became part of the Prairie Research Institute in 2008. She previously worked in banking for 18 years, focusing on accounting, bookkeeping, auditing, and finance. She joined iSEE in November 2023.
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Michael Ward
Michael Ward Phone: 217 244-4089Email: mpward@illinois.edu Dr. Mike Ward is originally from Jacksonville, IL and received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2004. He is currently the Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and […]
Jeremy Guest
Jeremy Guest Phone: 217-244-9247Email: jsguest@illinois.edu Dr. Jeremy Guest is the Levenick Professor and Director of the Levenick Center for a Climate-Smart Circular Bioeconomy. He holds appointments in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and, by courtesy, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. In addition to his role as the Director of the Levenick Center, Prof. Guest […]
Sarah Gerth
Sarah Gerth Phone: 217-244-4561Email: segerth@illinois.edu Sarah Gerth has been a Proposal Developer and Financial Specialist with iSEE since 2023, bringing 16 years of experience in grants and contracts across county government and higher education. Outside of work, she spends weekends at her son’s CUYHA hockey games and summers cheering on her daughter in local park […]
Basia Nilges-Latawiec
Basia Nilges-Latawiec Email: latawic2@illinois.edu Basia Nilges-Latawiec has served as a Research Project Coordinator at the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since December 2021. She is the primary project manager for the SCAPES initiative, supporting interdisciplinary sustainability and agricultural research through project management, stakeholder engagement, and research administration. […]
Madhu Khanna
Madhu Khanna Phone: 217-333-5176Email: khanna1@illinois.edu Dr. Madhu Khanna is the Alvin H. Baum Family Chair and Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE). She is also the ACES Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She […]