Team

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 OfficeKeweenaw Bay Indian CommunityMichigan 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

Jenny Apriesnig

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

Miraj Kayastha

Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • PhD Candidate

Rao Kotamarthi

Argonne National Lab • Atmospheric Science • Co-principal Investigator

Evan Lanese

Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region • Co-principal Investigator

Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Collaborator • Community Co-production Team

Thomas Oommen

University of Mississippi • Geology and Geological Engineering Department • Co-principal Investigator

Rachael Pressley

Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region •

Co-principal Investigator

Jeff Ratcliffe

Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance – Community Co-production Team

Chelsea Schelly

Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences Department • Co-principal Investigator

Jobin Thomas

University of Mississippi • Department of Geology and Geological Engineering • Postdoctoral Research Associate

Thomas Wall

Argonne National Lab •

Engineering & Applied Resilience • Co-principal Investigator

David Watkins

Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Co-principal Investigator

Chuyan Zhao

Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Postdoctoral scholar

Jiali Wang

Argonne National Lab • Research Integration and Physical Modeling • Co-principal Investigator