{"id":60,"date":"2024-02-23T23:26:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T23:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:13:53","slug":"60-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/60-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our team comprises dedicated researchers and community partners, each bringing unique expertise to the table. Collaborators come from Michigan Technological University<\/a>, the DOE\u2019s Argonne National Laboratory<\/a> (Argonne); Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region Office<\/a>; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community<\/a>; Michigan Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Network<\/a>; and Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pengfei Xue<\/strong>
Michigan Technological University \u2022 Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department \u2022 Principal Investigator,
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Jenny Apriesnig<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 College of Business \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Courtney Archambeau<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Social Sciences Department \u2022 Manager of Community Based Research Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mercedes Asamani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Social Sciences \/ Environmental and Energy Policy \u2022 Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wesley Beck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jess Brassard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Great Lakes Research Center \u2022 Research Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ana Dyreson<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jackie Gebhardt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Great Lakes Research Center \u2022 Research Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Geiger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former<\/strong> Community Co-production Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ara Hakim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department \u2022 Graduate student<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elizabeth Hoy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Great Lakes Research Center \u2022 Research Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eli Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 College of Business \u2022 Graduate Student<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miraj Kayastha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department \u2022 PhD Candidate<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rao Kotamarthi<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argonne National Lab \u2022 Atmospheric Science \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Evan Lanese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborator \u2022 Community Co-production Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew McNally <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPPCO \u2022 Community Co-production Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Oommen<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Mississippi \u2022 Geology and Geological Engineering Department \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rachael Pressley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region \u2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Ratcliffe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance \u2022 Community Co-production Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chelsea Schelly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Wisconsin-Madison \u2022 Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Beth Techtmann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Great Lakes Research Center \u2022 Communications Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jobin Thomas<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Mississippi \u2022 Department of Geology and Geological Engineering \u2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Wall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argonne National Lab \u2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineering & Applied Resilience \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jiali Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argonne National Lab \u2022 Research Integration and Physical Modeling \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Watkins<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Department \u2022 Co-principal Investigator<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chuyan Zhao<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Technological University \u2022 Great Lakes Research Center \u2022 Postdoctoral scholar<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our team comprises dedicated researchers and community partners, each bringing unique expertise to the table. Collaborators come from Michigan Technological University, the DOE\u2019s 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}