[ Meet our team ]
A global team with a shared mission.
Our international team brings together expertise in science, engineering, field operations and communications to develop practical cooling solutions that protect people from extreme heat today while contributing to a cooler, more resilient future.
Directors
Our Directors
Dr. Ye Tao
Founder & Science Director
Kathy Posey
Deputy Director
Eric Golden
Advisory Chair
Peter Dynes
Managing Director
Dr. Barbara J. Sneath
Director of Education
Kaeza Fearn
Director of Communications
Global team
Our Global Team
Adam Lee
Senior Engineer
USA
Arjana Ejupi
Senior Project Officer
USA
Amy O'Leary
Fundraising Consultant
USA
Andrew Malcher
Chartered Engineer
UK
Mark Milne
Projects Officer
Switzerland
Cristián Miquel
Translations Coordinator
Chile
Rose Taylor
Education Coordinator
UK
Erik Schreiner
Research Assistant
USA
Gifty Renner
Program Coordinator
Sierra Leone
Helen Paine
Strategy Officer
USA
Kate Hill
Donor Stewardship Officer
UK
Lucinda Shearman
Administrative Assistant
USA
Bill Dillon
Operations, CA
USA
David Rennke
Videographer
USA
Samiksha Gotephode
Project Officer
India
Samuel Eaton
Engineering Intern
USA
Sangita Ekka
Marketing Consultant and Strategist
India
Simon de Wrangel
Architect
Belgium
Zhoutong Deng
Material Scientist
China
Collaborators
Our Collaborators
Yan Li
Professor, Faculty of Geographical Sciences
Beijing Normal University
Dr. Atousa Pirvaram
Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Lisa Doner
Assoc. Prof. Environmental Science
Plymouth State University
Peter Kitanidis
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
Tracey E. Lesser
Professor, NHTI
Concord's Community College
Hoà Thanh Lê
Co-Founder
Lotus Microsystems
Thomas Goreau
President & Founder
The Global Coral Reef Alliance
Eric Hoffman
Professor of Meteorology
Plymouth State University
Eugenia Kargbo
Heat Officer
Sierra Leone, West Africa
Martin Palmer
Former President (Active Member)
Chelwood Bridge Rotary Club
Herb Simmens
Author, Speaker and Climate Advocate
Climate Vocabulary Project
Voices
Voices from the team in Africa
Hear directly from the people building MEER on the ground and in the lab.
Coordinating MEER's rooftop programme in Freetown, from community engagement to installation.
On the ground with the MEER installation team.
Voices from the MEER team.
Voices from the MEER team.
Alumni
Our Alumni
Albert Chang
Urban Built Environment
University of California (SD)
Alfredo Quezada
Marine Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
Anthony Hon
Technical Research
University of California, Berkeley
Bunny Singh Chouhan
Project Officer
India
Caio Henrique Rossetto Coelho
Engineering
Fed. Univ. of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Gregory Pan
Urban Built Environment
Cornell University
Jagger Alexander
Temperature Modeling
University of Miami
Jamie Shiplet
Climate Policy
University of San Francisco
Jasmine Salazar
Environmental Engineering Intern
USA
Ruby Santiago Alvarenga
Environmental Systems
USA
Sophia Yue
NOx Valorization Technology
Vanderbilt University