Office Staff

Jinhua Zhao
Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program
E-mail: jzhao@msu.edu

Biosketch:

Jinhua holds appointments in the Department of Economics and the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. He was a co-editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2005-07) and is on the editorial council of JEEM and the Review of Development Economics.

Research interests include: Natural resource and environmental economics, applied micro theory, global climate change, energy economics, trade and environment, real option theory, technology adoption, dynamic decision making..

Volodymyr Tarabara
Associate Director
E-mail: tarabara@egr.msu.edu

Biosketch:

Vlad Tarabara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MSU. He is an Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering.

Research in Dr. Tarabara's group is in the broadly defined area of water quality engineering with particular emphases on membrane separation processes, materials science of membranes, and nanotechnology-enabled water treatment solutions. Tarabara's strong secondary interest is in environmental, societal and policy implications of novel materials and technologies

Marcy Heberer
Assistant to the Director
E-mail: espp@msu.edu

Biosketch:
Marcy Heberer is in charge of ESPP's finances, including fellowships and grants, and schedules.

She was previously at the Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP), part of International Studies and Programs at MSU, where she worked for two years. Now at ESPP, Heberer says, "I love it here." Working at ESPP meshes with her interest in environmental science and policy.

Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Heberer has traveled extensively throughout the United States before settling down in East Lansing with her three children. Some of the places she has lived are South Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Minnesota. Before coming to MSU she worked for 14 years in East Lansing's public schools. She has strong MSU links, with her daughter having graduated from MSU in 2005 and a son who now studies economics here.

Derek Moy
Webmaster
E-mail: moy@msu.edu

Biosketch:
Derek Moy earned a M.S. in Geography from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, and a B.S. in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He holds a joint appointment with Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Research and Outreach Services (RS&GIS), where he specializes in web site and graphic design.

Jon MacDonagh-Dumler
Research
Email: macdon47@msu.edu

Biosketch:
Jon MacDonagh-Dumler has most recently served as visiting associate professor for the Institute of Water Research at Michigan State University. He was a Fulbright Scholar for Ireland 2008-2009 at the National University of Ireland, Galway where his research focused on the Water Framework Directive as it is being implimented in Ireland and other European Union member states. He served as regional manager for the Great Lakes Commission and received his Ph.D. in resource development from Michigan State University in 2000.

Karessa Weir
Communications and Outreach Specialist
E-mail: weirkare@msu.edu

Biosketch:
Karessa Weir works on various outreach efforts for ESPP, including writing for and maintaining the website. She has a master's degree in environmental journalism from MSU, as well as bachelor's degrees in journalism and anthropology from MSU. She has worked as an environmental reporter in Michigan and Maryland.