Leah Aronowsky

Research Interests: history of twentieth-century life and environmental sciences; the historical relationship between ecology and engineering; the historical intersections of ecology and space flight science and technology; the Anthropocene.

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laronowsky@fas.harvard.edu

Hannah Conway

Research Interests: History of science, technology, and engineering; public infrastructure and technology; state sponsorship of research and design; theory and epistemology of applied sciences; science-fiction and cultural acceptance of scientific and technological advance; technological fear. Read more about Hannah Conway

hannahconway@g.harvard.edu

Connemara Doran

Research Interests: history and philosophy of modern physics and mathematics; astronomy and cosmology; energy resources; visualization practices; mathematical invention.

Emily A. Harrison

Research Interests: The intersections of health and development, the global and the local, in the making and mediation of people, ideas, values, practices and materials. The focus of her current project is infant mortality.

Colleen Lanier Christensen

Research Interests: History of public health; history of environmental health; environmental history; science, technology, and society; science policy; history of biology and biotechnology; history of medicine. Read more about Colleen Lanier Christensen

Personal Website

colleenlanier@fas.harvard.edu

Gustave Lester

Research Interests: earth sciences; natural history; evolutionary theory; geologic time; science and religion. Read more about Gustave Lester

glester@g.harvard.edu

Angélica Márquez-Osuna

Research Interests: Agriculture; Anthropology; Environmental history; History of development. Read more about Angélica Márquez-Osuna

marquezosuna@g.harvard.edu

Wythe Marschall

Research Interests: Social studies of biotechnology and bioengineering; history of synthetic biology; science fiction; future of food; environmental criticism; history of the environmental sciences; history of medicine (pharmaceuticals); cultural entomology.

Eli Nelson

Research Interests: Native science; indigeneity and science; science and nation building; intellectual decolonization movements; New Deal sciences; traditional ecological knowledge, history of anthropology and archeology; environmental history; postcolonial, feminist and queer theory; Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history; postcolonial material history and museum studies.

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eliasnelson@fas.harvard.edu

Meg Perret

Research Interests: Endangered species research; Science and Technology Studies; Cultural Studies; The Anthropocene; The Sixth Mass Extinction. Read more about Meg Perret

mperret@g.harvard.edu

Aaron Van Neste

Research Interests: Environmental History; Science Policy; Natural Resource Management; History of Ecology and Environmental Science; Pacific Studies; Spatial and Digital Humanities; the History of Natural History. Read more about Aaron Van Neste

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vanneste@g.harvard.edu

Deng-Tung Wang

Research Interests: The historical elements of the environmental movement. From a research question that explores social reception to behaviors that impact the environment, my goal is to find something that would spark another environmental movement and incite change among the population to rally for action against climate change by mobilizing people of the world to fight for environmental issues Read more about Deng-Tung Wang

dengtungwang@college.harvard.edu

Che Yeun

Research interests: History of plant sciences.

Jongsik Christian Yi

Research interests: Modern China; East Asian Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Modern East Asian history of science and technology; environmental history; science and technology studies; history of socialism; political ecology; agricultural sciences; nutrition science; and animal studies.

History of Environmental Sciences