Our team comprises dedicated researchers and community partners, each bringing unique expertise to the table. Collaborators come from Michigan Technological University, the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne); Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region Office; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community; Michigan Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Network; and Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance.
Get to know the faces behind the research fueling C-CHARM’s goals.
Pengfei Xue
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Principal Investigator,
C-CHARM Director
Michigan Technological University • College of Business • Co-principal Investigator
Courtney Archambeau
Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences Department • Manager of Community Based Research Projects
Mercedes Asamani
Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences / Environmental and Energy Policy • Graduate Student
Wesley Beck
Michigan Technological University • Graduate Student
Jess Brassard
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Research Development
Ana Dyreson
Michigan Technological University • Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department • Co-principal Investigator
Jackie Gebhardt
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Research Development
Emily Geiger
MiSTEM • Community Co-production Team
Ara Hakim
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Graduate student
Elizabeth Hoy
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Research Development
Zena Huhta
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Natural Resource Department • Community Co-production Team
Miraj Kayastha
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • PhD Candidate
Rao Kotamarthi
Argonne National Lab • Atmospheric Science • Co-principal Investigator
Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region • Co-principal Investigator
Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Collaborator • Community Co-production Team
Andrew McNally
UPPCO • Community Co-production Team
University of Mississippi • Geology and Geological Engineering Department • Co-principal Investigator
Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region •
Co-principal Investigator
Jeff Ratcliffe
Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance • Community Co-production Team
Jobin Thomas
University of Mississippi • Department of Geology and Geological Engineering • Postdoctoral Research Associate
Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences Department • Co-principal Investigator
Thomas Wall
Argonne National Lab •
Engineering & Applied Resilience • Co-principal Investigator
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Co-principal Investigator
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Postdoctoral scholar
Jiali Wang
Argonne National Lab • Research Integration and Physical Modeling • Co-principal Investigator