Global Water Initiative - People

ECONOMICS

Charles Holt, A. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economy. Research area in GWI: water market design 
Spencer Phillips, Lecturer. Research area in GWI: water quality 
Sheetal Sekhri, Associate Professor of Economics. Research area in GWI: water quality, water markets (for drinking water), water access

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Lawrence Band, Professor of Environmental Sciences. Research area in GWI: water quality, water in urban environments (public utilities) 
Paolo D’Odorico  (formerly at UVA), Professor of Hydrology, at UC Berkeley. Research area in GWI: water scarcity, water markets 
Deborah Lawrence, Professor of Environmental Sciences. Research area in GWI: water and climate change, water and land use 
James N. Galloway, Sidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences. Research area in GWI: water quality, water footprint 
Salvi Asefi Najafabadi, Postdoctorate. Research area in GWI: water and climate change 
Michael Pace (Director of Research GWI), Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences. Research area in GWI: water markets, water quality 
Matthew Reidenbach, Associate Professor Environmental Science. Research area in GWI: Water quality

HISTORY

Chris Gratien, Professor of History. Research area in GWI: water and health, infrastructure
Christian McMillan, Professor of History. Research area in GWI: water and health, water quality

MIDDLE EASTERN & SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES & CULTURES

Tessa Farmer, Assistant Professor. Research area in GWI: water and infrastructure

Teresa Culver, Program Director, GWI; Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Research area in GWI: water quality, water infrastructure 
Geoffrey Geise, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering. Research area in GWI: water infrastructure, desalination 
Garrick Louis, Associate Professor of Systems and Information Engineering (courtesy appointments in Civil and Environmental Engineering and in Engineering and Society). Research area in GWI: water quality, water infrastructure, water-energy nexus 
John Scully, Charles Henderson Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Co-Director of Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering. Research area in GWI: water quality, water infrastructure 
James Smith, Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Environmental Engineering. Research area in GWI: water quality, innovation 

Timothy Beatley, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning in the School of Architecture. Research area in GWI: water infrastructure 
Brian Richter, Adjunct Professor, Senior Water Scientist Nature Conservancy. Research area in GWI: water markets, water scarcity 
Inaki Alday, Quesada Professor of Architecture, Director of the Yamuna River Project. Research area in GWI: water infrastructure 

Peter Debaere, Executive Director, GWI; Associate Professor of Business Administration. Research area in GWI: water markets, water scarcity, water quality 
Mike Lenox, Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business. Research area in GWI: corporate social responsibility and water 
Elena Loutskina, Associate Professor of Business Administration. Research area in GWI: water infrastructure and financing 
Tianshu Li, Postdoc. Research area in GWI: water markets

Molly Lipscomb, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Research area in GWI: Water Infrastructure, water-energy nexus 
Jay Shimshack, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Research area in GWI: Water Policy, corporate social responsibility 
Allan Stam, Professor of Public Policy and Politics.
William Shobe, Director the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, Professor of Public Policy. Research area in GWI: water market design 
Robbi Savage, Executive Director Rivanna Conservation Alliance, Adjunct Instructor. Research area in GWI: water policy, storm water 

Cale Jaffe, Assistant Professor of Environmental Law, Director of the Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic. Research area in GWI: water quality

Kristen Wells, Assistant Professor. Research area in GWI: water quality 

Melissa Collier 
Tyla Gallegos