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In 2021, the City College of New York launched an internal grant competition, the College-wide Research Vision. The competition challenged researchers to “harness paradigm-shifting fundamental research to address challenging real-world problems by connecting diverse disciplines, techniques, and ways of thinking.”

A team called “Climate Solidarity”, led by 10 faculty members across four disciplines - architecture, sociology, engineering and computer science - was eventually selected as the winning team. The goal of this team is to create solidarity around climate actions and address issues around housing justice, climate adaptation, and energy production in New York City.

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Katherine K. Chen

Participatory and qualitative research methods

Yana Kucheva
Team Lead
Housing policy, urban inequality

Shawn Rickenbacker

Urban justice and community engagement

Zihao Zhang
Co-Lead
Urban ecology, landscape systems

Ahmed Mohamed
Co-Lead
Power systems, microgrids

Prathap Ramamurthy

Urban climate models

Huy T. Vo

Urban computing

Zhigang Zhu

Data science, AI & machine learning

Michael Bobker

Energy engineering

Giovani Graziosi

Post Doctoral Fellow

Xueqi Huang

PhD, Computer Science

Abrar Abdelbary

PhD, Electrical Engineering

Courtney Behrens

Master of Landscape Architecture

Mary Daly

Master of Landscape Architecture

Christopher Martinovic

Master of Landscape Architecture

Lea Manglicmot

Bachelor of Arts, Electrical Engineering

Ninad Kashyap

Masters in Sustainability