The Underground Climate Change Global Working Group aims to develop solutions for the ways rising temperatures in the subsurface of cities impact environmental, built, human, and energy systems. Specifically, this initiative brings together scholars, cities, utilities, and industry partners to synthesize existing knowledge, translate insights from adjacent fields, and identify priorities for research, policy, and practice.
Group Members
Co-leads
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
Louis Berger Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Magdalena R. Osburn
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and (by courtesy) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Northwestern University Research Collaborators
Ludmilla Aristilde
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Giorgia Chinazzo
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
David A. Dana
Professor and Director, Program on Sustainability and Food and Animal Law, Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA.
George Wells
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Giuseppe Buscarnera
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Gianluca Cusatis
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Amanda Stathopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.
Sera L. Young
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University, USA.
Ludmilla Aristilde
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
Giorgia Chinazzo
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering.
David A. Dana
Professor and Director, Program on Sustainability and Food and Animal Law, Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management.
George Wells
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering.
Giuseppe Buscarnera
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering.
Gianluca Cusatis
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering.
Amanda Stathopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering.
Sera Young
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences.
Partners
International Research Collaborators
Peter Bayer
Professor, Department of Applied Geology, University of Halle, Germany.
Philipp Blum
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Geosciences and Environmental Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.
Ruchi Choudhary
Professor of Architectural Engineering,
University of Cambridge, England.
Jannis Epting
Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of Basel, Switzerland.
Kathrin Menberg
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Geosciences and Environmental Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.
Deepanshu Shirole
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.
Asal Bidarmaghz
Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
Alessandro Casasso
Associate Professor, Land and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Giovanni Crosta
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
Grant Ferguson
Professor, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Alberto Previati
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
Kenichi Soga
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley, USA.
Tuvia Turkeltaub
Associate Professor, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Israel.
Industry & Government Partners
Engineering and Architecture Companies
Utility Providers and Associations
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York, USA.
Con Edison,
New York City, USA
Boston Groundwater Trust,
Boston, USA
British Geological Survey (BGS),
London, UK
Energy Directorate (DGE-DIREN),
Vaud Canton, Switzerland
