MCDC is a large and growing collaboration of Chicago area university students, community organizations, project team mentors, professors, and staff.
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Suzan van der Lee
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwestern University
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Mark Potosnak
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Environmental Science and Studies
DePaul University
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Bennett Goldberg
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
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Nadja Insel
Associate Professor of Earth Science
Northeastern Illinois University
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Michelle Birkett
Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
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Rohan Attelle
Full Professor of Mathematics
Chicago State University
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Denise Drane
Director of Research & Evaluation
Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching
Northwestern University
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Eunice Santos
Professor and Dean of School of Information Sciences
School of Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Arend Kuyper
Director of Data Science; Assistant Professor of Instruction
Northwestern University
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Sunsoon (Julie) Hwang
Professor, Geography and GIS; Sustainable Urban Development
DePaul University
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Yoo-Seong Song
Associate Professor
School of Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Howard Rosing
Executive Director; Steans Center
DePaul University
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Sara Woods
Evaluation Specialist; Program Evaluation Core
Northwestern University
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Sara Woods
Evaluation Specialist; Program Evaluation Core
Northwestern University
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Francisco Iacobelli
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Northeastern Illinois University
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Ting Liu
Associate Professor, GIS Coordinator, Geography Advisor
Northeastern Illinois University
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Bill Miller
Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University
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Rob Voigt
Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science (by courtesy)
Northwestern University
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Elsa Anderson
Assistant Professor of Instruction; Environmental Science
Northwestern University
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Lizhen Shi
Assistant Professor of Instruction; Statistics and Data Science
Northwestern University
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Philip Yates
Associate Professor of Mathematical Science
DePaul University
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Daniel Block
Professory of Geography: Acting Chair, Department of Geography, Sociology, History, Anthropology, and African-American Studies
Chicago State University
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Amanda Stathopoulos
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Northwestern University
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Matthew Sperry
Senior Business Coordinator
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Northwestern University