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The current Climate Resilience Institute team on the University of Miami campus

Find Resilience Expertise

Connect with the people advancing resilience at the University of Miami. Explore the CRI network of staff, faculty affiliates, and Internal Advisory Committee members.

The CRI team · University of Miami

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Resilience Finance Research & Data

A curated evidence base and tools connecting financing, interventions, benefits, and hazards.

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Heat, equity, and community research

Discover the THREAD Research Collaborative and other interdisciplinary projects in UM’s climate resilience catalog.

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Water as an entry point for collaboration

Learn how South Florida and Dutch stakeholders connect water challenges with resilient urban development.

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Nature-based solutions at Biscayne Gardens

A workshop explores the engineering, funding, and community needs of a sponge park.

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Testing coastal protection with SEAHIVE

Physical wave-flume tests examine how modular SEAHIVE breakwaters reduce wave transmission.

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Meet the CRI network

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Michael Berkowitz
Leadership

Michael Berkowitz

Executive Director

Climate resilience

Executive Director of the Climate Resilience Institute and Eric T. Levin Endowed Chair in Climate Resilience. Connecting expertise across the University’s 12 schools and colleges.

Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos
Faculty

Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos

Associate Director (Faculty) · Associate Professor

Resilient structures

Designing more sustainable and resilient structures through structural morphology and morphogenesis, with work spanning structural and architectural systems.

Jennifer Posner
Leadership

Jennifer Posner

Director, Programs

Equitable resilience

Supporting interdisciplinary research and education to catalyze equitable resilience solutions, with experience in policy, programs, and civic and community engagement.

Tom Klein
Leadership

Tom Klein

Director, Center for Urban and Community Design

Built Environment

Landscape and urban designer working across design, policy, and climate adaptation to create resilient public spaces and strengthen communities.

Johnna Flahive
Programs

Johnna Flahive

Senior Program Manager

Resilience programs

Manages CRI's resilience programs, coordinating initiatives, events, and partners across the University's schools and colleges.

Beatriz Ruan
Programs

Beatriz Ruan

Senior Program Coordinator

Community engagement

A Miami native with Colombian roots engaging the South Florida community through her work with the Climate Resilience Institute.

Iris Reijnen
Operations

Iris Reijnen

Senior Administrative Assistant

Institute operations

Supports the Institute's day-to-day operations, including scheduling, event logistics, and administrative coordination.

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Operations

Emelia Duarte

Senior Business Officer

Business administration

Oversees the Institute's budget, finances, and business operations in coordination with the University's central budget office.

Faculty affiliates
Abigail L Fleming

Abigail L Fleming

Assoc. Professor Prof Practice Associate Director, Environmental Justice Clinic; Faculty, Environmental Law Program

Douglas Ruley

Douglas Ruley

Associate Professor of Clinical Education Director, Environmental Justice Clinic

Katharine Mach

Katharine Mach

Professor · Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Policy

Patricia S Abril

Patricia S Abril

Dean, School of Law · M. Minnette Massey Chair in Law

Rebecca Gruby

Rebecca Gruby

Professor · Robert K. Johnson Professor of Marine Conservation

Renee Valerie Fajardo

Renee Valerie Fajardo

Lecturer in Law · Climate Change and Environmental Law Fellow, Environmental Law Program

Robin Faith Bachin

Robin Faith Bachin

Assoc. Professor · Assistant Provost for Civic and Community Engagement

Internal Advisory Committee
Sylvia Daunert

Sylvia Daunert

Professor Director of STEM Institutes Director, Electron Microscopy Center

Norma Sue Kenyon

Norma Sue Kenyon

Chief Innovation Officer, Miller School of Medicine Professor of Surgery

Benjamin Kirtman

Benjamin Kirtman

Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science William R Middelthon III Endowed Chair of Earth Sciences Director: Cooperative Institute for Marine & Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) Deputy Director: Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC) Program Director: IDSC Earth Systems

Jessica Owley

Jessica Owley

Professor of Law Associate Dean for Research & Intellectual Life Faculty Director for the Environmental Law Program; Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Sciences (secondary appointment); Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy (affiliated faculty)

Hudson Santos

Hudson Santos

Dean, School of Nursing and Health Studies Dolores J. Chambreau Endowed Chair in Nursing Vice Dean for Research Affairs Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate School

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