People

Leadership

Photograph of Frederick Steiner Frederick Steiner Faculty Co-Director
Photograph of Catherine Seavitt Catherine Seavitt Faculty Co-Director
Headshot Rebecca Popowsky Wilks Family Director

Affiliated Faculty

Matthijs Bouw Professor of Practice
Headshot of Burkholder Sean Burkholder Associate Professor
Azzurra Cox Assistant Professor
Christopher Marcinkoski Associate Professor
Karen M'Closkey Associate Professor
Nicholas Pevzner Nicholas Pevzner Assistant Professor
Robert Gerard Pietrusko Associate Professor
Keith VanDerSys Senior Lecturer
Jessica Varner Assistant Professor

McHarg Fellows

Headshot Shurui Zhang 2026-2027 McHarg Fellow
Headshot Tami Banh 2025-2026 McHarg Fellow
Photo of Leah Kahler Leah Kahler 2024-2025 McHarg Fellow
Headshot Emma Mendel 2023-2024 McHarg Fellow
Headshot Douglas Robb 2022-2023 McHarg Fellow

Advisory Board Members

Lucinda R. Sanders, Chair
Keith Bowers
Carol Collier
Headshot of Christian Gabriel Christian Gabriel
Faye Harwell
Ed Hollander
Michael Kihn Perkins + Will
Headshot of Henry Myerberg in a black turtleneck with dark wireframed glasses Henry Myerberg
Headshot Charles Neer
Joyce Anne Pressley
Elliot Rhodeside
Bonnie Stone Sellers
Barbara Wilks
Andrew Zolli
Headshot Megan Born Board Member

Current Research Assistants

Headshot Mavi Arias MLA '27
Headshot Dagny Elise Carlsson MLA/MArch '27
Headshot Bianca LaPaz MLA '27
Headshot Tatum Phillips MLA '27
Headshot Liz VanDerwerken MLA/MCP ‘27
Headshot Amy Xu MLA ‘27
Headshot Claire Glavin MLA’28
Headshot Sarah Jane Henman MLA '28
headshot Abbey Levy MLA '28
Headshot Rachel Rowlee MLA/MCP '29
Headshot Leyna Tran MLA/MSHP '29

Former Research Assistants

Headshot Jiayue Ma
Headshot Harisa Martinos MLA '26
Headshot Clio Macrakis MLA '26
Headshot Annie Parker
Headshot Melissa Lynne Bleecker
Headshot Siyu Zhang MLA '26
Headshot Maeve Fogarty MLA '26
Headshot Zhijie Wang MLA '26
headshot Junyi Yang MLA/MCP '26
default headshot for Clarasophia Gust Clarasophia Gust
Headshot Laura VanKoughnett MLA '26
Headshot Lydia Huitong Li MLA '26
headshot Madi Howard MLA '26
Headshot Shreya Mehta MLA '26
Headshot Thomas Hellman MLA '26
Headshot Lillia Schmidt
Headshot Megan Singleton MLA '26
Headshot Gabe Weber MLA '26
Headshot Rachel Aaronson MLA '26
Headshot Nitya Patel
Headshot Shubhra Goel
Headshot Khulan Enkhbold
Headshot Noa Mori Machover MLA '26
Headshot Ankita Nagwekar
Headshot William(Jiyan) Wang
Michelle Chan Michelle Chan
Headshot Hassan Saleem
Jiachen Sun
Shengqian Wang
Headshot Xinchen Wei
Headshot of Palak Agarwal Palak Agarwal
Headshot of Oliver James Atwood Oliver James Atwood
Headshot of Alice Bell Alice Bell
Headshot of Leila Bahrami Leila Bahrami
default headshot for Hanyu Gao Hanyu Gao
Headshot Mariya Lupandina Ian L. McHarg MLA/MCP Fellowship
Headshot Nicole Cheng
Headshot Marian April Glebes
Headshot Ari Vamos
default headshot for Aaron O'Neil Aaron O'Neil
Headshot Youzi Olivia Xu
Headshot Zane Griffin Talley Cooper
Selina Cheah Selina Cheah Ian L. McHarg MLA/MCP Fellowship
Headshot Ian Dillon
Headshot Yixin Wei
Headshot Kayla Lumpkin
Katie Pitstick
Headshot of James Andrew Billingsley James Andrew Billingsley
Headshot Zach Hammaker Ian L. McHarg MLA/MCP Fellowship
Headshot Katie Lample
Headshot Tone Chu
Headshot Xan Lillehei
default headshot for Xuanang Li Xuanang Li
default headshot for Rob Levinthal Rob Levinthal Ian L. McHarg MLA/MCP Fellowship
Headshot Christine Chung
Headshot Chris Feinman Ian L. McHarg MLA/MCP Fellowship
Headshot Sara Harmon
Qi Wang
Headshot Yun Wang
Headshot Erica Yudelman
rosa zedek Rosa Zedek
Headshot Lujian Zhang Lujian Zhang
Sydney Goldstein
Nick Jabs
default headshot for Ao Zhang Ao Zhang
Katherine Randall

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