Hi! We are the board members of the ISIE Student Chapter. Feel free to contact us anytime by emailing students(at)is4ie.org or individual members (below).
Current board members (2024-2025)
Co-President of the board - Catrin Böcher
PhD Candidate, CML – Leiden University
c.bocher(at)cml.leidenuniv.nl
Hi! I am a second year PhD student at CML, Leiden University in the Netherlands. My work is mainly focussed on construction and demolition materials, and I am using MFA and GIS to study them. I have a particular interest in sand, and anything related to it. I am looking forward to working in the student chapter and to contributing to the IE community.
Co-President of the board - Jakob Napiontek
PhD Student in Industrial Ecology, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
napiontek(at)pik-potsdam.de
I am Jakob from Berlin, Germany. I'm a PhD student at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). I am using material flow analysis, input-output analysis and machine learning tools to study sub-national emissions from residential buildings in Germany. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or ideas!
Vice-President of the board - Anna Christy
PhD Student in Carbon Accounting, Newcastle UniversityA.Christy(at)newcastle.ac.uk
Hi! I’m Anna, a fellow enthusiast in the fascinating world of Industrial Ecology. Imagine a blend of German precision and South Asian vibrancy – that’s me! Since joining the ISIE community in 2021, at the start of my PhD, I’ve been eager to contribute my energy and ideas to continue fostering this vibrant community. I am thrilled to be on the Student Chapter board this year and am looking forward to the Industrial Ecology excitement ahead of us.
Board member - Jiajia Li
PhD Student in Industrial Ecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU
jiajia.li(at)ntnu.no
Hi, I am Jiajia, a PhD student at the Industrial Ecology Programme (Indecol) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). My research focuses on buildings, which are an important part of our daily lives. Specifically, I am exploring how buildings adapt to demographic changes. In my research, I mainly use Material Flow Analysis and Geographic Information Systems. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or bright ideas to share!
Board member - Ursula Cardenas Mamani
PhD Student, Louvain Research Institute for Landscape, Architecture, Built Environment – Université catholique de Louvain
ursula.cardenas(at)uclouvain.be
Hello, I'm Ursula, a PhD student at UCLouvain in Belgium. I'm a Civil Engineer by training, but became keenly interested in Urban sustainability, which led me here! My research focuses in the integration of Ecosystem Services in Urban Metabolism assessments, and to see how Nature-Based Solutions can contribute to the sustainability of cities under the Industrial Ecology perspective. As a member of the student board I'm looking forward to contribute to foster the ISIE community, if you have any ideas or suggestions feel free to reach out!
Board member - Sowmya Ravisandiran
PhD candidate, CML – Leiden University
s.marriyapillai.ravisandiran(at)cml.leidenuniv.nl
Board member - Xiangjie Chen
PhD candidate, University of Maryland, College Park
xjchen(at)terpmail.umd.edu
Board member - Federica Geremicca
PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh
FEG28(at)pitt.edu
Board member - Teymur Gogiyev
PhD Student in Industrial Ecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU
Teymur.gogiyev(at)gmail.com
Board member - Mengqing Kan
PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
mengqing.kan(at)mail.utoronto.ca
Former student board members
- 2023-2024: Koichi Kanaoka (President), Elisa Pastor-Vallés (Vice-President), Maximilian Koslowski, Wyatt Williams, Jakob Napiontek, Anna Christy, Catrin Böcher, Jiajia Li, Mithun Kumar Biswas, Ursula Cardenas Mamani
- 2022-2023: Kamila Krych (President), Miriam Stevens (Vice-President), Thomas Maani, Kavya Madhu, Julius Ott, Maximilian Koslowski, Koichi Kanaoka, Elisa Pastor-Vallés, Wyatt Williams, Jakob Napiontek
- 2021-2022: Fernando Aguilar Lopez (President), Jan Streeck (Vice President), Akshi Singh, Brent McNeil, Baba Imoro Musah, Kamila Krych, Thomas Maani, Kavya Madhu, Miriam Stevens, Julius Ott
- 2020-2021: Aishwarya Iyer (President), Glenn A. Aguilar-Hernandez (Vice President), Eliette Restrepo, Diana Ita Nagy, Sónia Cunha, Daniel Itzamna Avila-Ortega, Akshi Singh, Brent McNeil, Fernando Aguilar Lopez, Jan Streeck
- 2019-2020: Zhengyang Zhang (President), Aishwarya Iyer (Vice President), Amanda Gcanga (Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer), Eliette Restrepo (Vice Diversity & Inclusion Officer), Glenn A. Aguilar-Hernandez, Joe Bozeman III, Sónia Cunha, Daniel Itzamna Avila-Ortega, Diana Ita Nagy, Paul Currie.
- 2018-2019: Reed Miller (President), Stefanie Klose (Vice President), Amanda Gcanga (Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer), Hanjiro Ambrose, Joe Bozeman III, Paul Currie, Nathalie Spittler, Zhengyang Zheng,
- 2017-2018: Christoph Helbig (President), Dana Boyer (Vice President), Ana Rosa Rabelo de Lima, Yuwei Qin, Stefanie Klose, Hanjiro Ambrose, Reed Miller
- 2016-2017: Alessio Miatto (President), Carla Caldeira, Éléonore Lebre, Maryam Arbabzadeh,Ana Rosa Rabelo de Lima, Christoph Helbig, Dana Boyer, Yuwei Qin
- 2015-2016: Moana Silva Simas (President), Alessio Miatto, Carla Caldeira, Éléonore Lebre, Ignes Augusta Castro Contreiras de Carvalho, Luis Felipe Vásquez Correa, Maryam Arbabzadeh
- 2014-2015: Tomer Fishman (President), Alfred Wreh, Carolin Bellstedt, Ignes Augusta Castro Contreiras de Carvalho, Luis Felipe Vásquez Correa, Moana Silva Simas
- 2013-2014: Xiao Li (President), Burak Şen, Carolin Bellstedt, Claire Antalya, Lin Shi, Tomer Fishman
- 2012-2013: Graham Aid (President), Claire Antalya, Emma Keller, Simone Pereira de Souza, Prakhar Goel, Xiao Li
- 2011-2012: Susan Spierre (President), Ankit Aggarwal, Emma Keller, Graham Aid, Simone Pereira de Souza, and Yu Li
- 2010-2011: Catherine Izard (President), Ankit Aggarwal, Dexin Luo, Geoffrey Gilpin, Susan Spierre, Vivian Li