Students
Multidisciplinary Team
The multidisciplinary team of staff and students offer experience and expertise across a diverse range of areas. We are formally trained as public administrators, engineers, planners, attorneys, finance/business specialists, economists, policy specialists, information and data scientists, environmental scientists, and more.
Students

Liz Barteldt
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Liz Barteldt is a sophomore majoring in Environmental Studies with a Business Administration Minor. On campus, she has previously worked at the Ackerman Center for Sustainability and is currently Vice President of Sustainable Business Club. … Continued

Kaden Graham
Graduate Research Assistant
Kaden is a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pursuing a Master’s degree in Information Science at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) via the dual-degree Environmental Informatics … Continued

Sam Hayes
Graduate Research Assistant
Sam Hayes is currently a Master’s student in the Department of City and Regional Planning. Prior to starting this program, Sam worked as a GIS Analyst and Project Coordinator for Furman University’s Shi Institute for … Continued

Jazmine Pritchett
Graduate Research Assistant
Jazmine is pursuing a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning as part of a dual degree program with Duke’s Master of Environmental Management. At the EFC, she is helping conduct applied research on various … Continued

Yutong Qiu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Yutong Qiu is an environmental science and statistics double major in the UNC class of 2025. In addition, she is in the dual degree program for a Master’s in Information Science. At EFC, Yutong is … Continued

Eva Ramirez-Flores
Graduate Research Assistant
Eva graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill May 2021 with a B.S. in Environmental Science and is pursuing a Master’s in Information Science as part of Carolina’s Dual-Degree Environmental Informatics program. She is looking forward to discovering … Continued

Abbie Renberg
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Abbie Renberg is a junior majoring in Environmental Science and English with an Environmental Justice minor. She previously worked at the UNC Writing Center and is currently leading a solar project with the Renewable Energy … Continued

Maegan Rhoades
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Maegan Rhoades is an undergraduate senior student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently pursuing a BA in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). In her free time, Maegan enjoys spending time outdoors … Continued

Imani Russell
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Imani Russell is an undergraduate student studying Sociology and Communications, with a minor in Creative Writing. Imani will graduate in 2023 and hopes to pursue a career in media research with a focus on TV and … Continued

Alessandra Caceres Torres
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Alessandra Caceres Torres is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double majoring in Political Science and Public Policy and minoring in Spanish for the Legal Professions. In the future, … Continued

Delia Wegner
Graduate Research Assistant
Delia Wegner graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in May 2021 with a major in Environmental Studies and a minor in Urban Studies and Planning. She is now pursuing a Masters in Information Science degree at UNC … Continued