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.
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Pengfei Xue
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Principal Investigator,
C-CHARM Director
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Michigan Technological University • College of Business • Co-principal Investigator
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Courtney Archambeau
Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences Department • Manager of Community Based Research Projects
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Mercedes Asamani
Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences / Environmental and Energy Policy • Graduate Student
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Wesley Beck
Michigan Technological University • Graduate Student
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Jess Brassard
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Research Development
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Ana Dyreson
Michigan Technological University • Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department • Co-principal Investigator
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Jackie Gebhardt
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Research Development
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Emily Geiger
MiSTEM • Community Co-production Team
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Ara Hakim
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Graduate student
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Elizabeth Hoy
Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Research Development
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Miraj Kayastha
Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • PhD Candidate
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Rao Kotamarthi
Argonne National Lab • Atmospheric Science • Co-principal Investigator
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Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region • Co-principal Investigator
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Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Collaborator • Community Co-production Team
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University of Mississippi • Geology and Geological Engineering Department • Co-principal Investigator
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Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region •
Co-principal Investigator
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Jeff Ratcliffe
Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance – Community Co-production Team
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Michigan Technological University • Social Sciences Department • Co-principal Investigator
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Jobin Thomas
University of Mississippi • Department of Geology and Geological Engineering • Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Thomas Wall
Argonne National Lab •
Engineering & Applied Resilience • Co-principal Investigator
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Michigan Technological University • Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department • Co-principal Investigator
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Michigan Technological University • Great Lakes Research Center • Postdoctoral scholar
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Jiali Wang
Argonne National Lab • Research Integration and Physical Modeling • Co-principal Investigator