MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
Our Faculty + Researchers
The Sustainability Initiative builds on world-class teaching, research, and engagement by faculty across MIT. These scholars propel innovation in products and services, management practices, business models, market infrastructure and institutions, and public policy. The faculty and researchers on this page showcases the powerful ecosystem we have fostered of sustainability leaders fueling action nationally and globally.
Meet our affiliated faculty & researchers:
MIT faculty members that teach Sustainability Certificate required and elective courses, and collaborators affiliated with our research projects:

John A. Davis
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
John A. Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Family Enterprise at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a globally recognized pioneer and authority on issues related to the family enterprise, family wealth, and the family office. Since the 1970s, he…
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Jason Jay
Senior Lecturer, Director, Sustainability Initiative, PhD '05
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Christopher Knittel
Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability
Christopher Knittel is the Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability, the George P. Shultz Professor and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to MIT Sloan, Knittel taught at the University of California,…
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Harvey Michaels
Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics and Information Technology
Harvey Michaels is an MIT Sloan Lecturer who teaches Energy Management Innovation, and is Principal Investigator for the MIT ESI Cities and Climate Change Program. At MIT he leads the Clean Heat Systems Dynamics Project, and participated in several…
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Bethany Patten
Senior Lecturer, Sustainability; Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center
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Gita R. Rao
Senior Lecturer, Finance
Gita Rao is a Senior Lecturer in Finance, and Associate Faculty Director of the Master of Finance program at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She joined the MIT Sloan finance faculty with over two decades of experience in global investing, asset…
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Florian Berg
Co-Founder, Principal Research Scientist
Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Jason Jay
Co-Founder
Senior Lecturer, Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, PhD '05
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Julian Kölbel
Co-Founder, Research Affiliate
Assistant Professor for Sustainable Finance, University of St. Gallen
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Roberto Rigobon
Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management
Roberto Rigobon is the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Census…
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Florian Heeb
Postdoctoral Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Aneil Tripathy
MCSC Impact Fellow
Impact Fellow at MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)
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Esther Kohler
Postdoctoral Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Lajos Kossuth
Postdoctoral Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Isabella Loaiza
Postdoctoral Associate
Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Sloan School of Management
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MIT Climate Pathways Project Leadership


Bethany Patten
Senior Lecturer, Sustainability; Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center
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Krystal Noiseux
Senior Associate Director, MIT Climate Pathways Project

Andrew Jones
Executive Director, Climate Interactive; MIT Sloan Research Affiliate; MS '97
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Michael Sonnenfeldt
Founder, Chairman, MUUS & Company, Tiger21, SB ’77, SM ’78
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Benjamin Wolkon
Founding Partner, MUUS Climate Partners
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Florian Kapmeier
Professor of Strategy at ESB Business School; MIT Sloan Research Affiliate
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Curt Newton
Director, MIT OpenCourseWare
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Sophia Lee
Data and Communications Co-op, MIT Climate Policy Center

Shannon Abrams
Data and Communications Co-op, MIT Climate Policy Center

Hadley Timmermann
Summer Intern, MIT Climate Pathways Project
Owning Impact Project Team

Kirsten Andersen
Research Affiliate, Director of Applied Research, CSP North America
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Sam Bonsey
Chair, Supervisory Board, TransCap Initiative
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Courtney Collette
Partner, Cambridge Family Enterprise Group
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Jess Daggers
Research Affiliate, Head of Research, TransCap Initiative
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John A. Davis
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
John A. Davis is a Senior Lecturer in Family Enterprise at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a globally recognized pioneer and authority on issues related to the family enterprise, family wealth, and the family office. Since the 1970s, he…
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Temple Fennell
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Clean Energy Ventures
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Alessandro Fumi
Research Assistant, MBA '25
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Jonathan Harris
Research Affiliate, Director, Total Portfolio Project, University of Zurich CSP
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Dominic Hofstetter
Executive Director, TransCap Initiative
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Hibah Khan
Research Assistant, MBA '25
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Falko Paetzold
Research Affiliate, Managing Director, University of Zurich CSP
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Idongesit Sampson
Research Scientist
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Alban Yau
Research Affiliate, MIT SDM '23
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