Meet The Green Grok Team

Head Grok - Dr. Bill Chameides

Dr. Chameides combines more than 30 years in academia as a professor, researcher, teacher, mentor, and now dean with a 3-year stint in the NGO world as the chief scientist of Environmental Defense Fund. He is a

* member of the National Academy of Sciences,

* fellow of American Geophysical Union, and

* recipient of the American Geophysical Union's MacElwane Award.

Bill has served on numerous national and international committees and task forces and, in recognition of his “extraordinary service,” was named a National Associate of the National Academies. He has been the dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University since 2007.

Bill is a natural, gifted communicator. He has tapped the fizz of carbonated soda at time.com to explain “integrated gasification combined cycle,” given NPR listeners a primer on carbon trading, doled out green tips to ABCNEWs viewers, and turned Katie Couric on to how to curb global warming on The Today Show. Read his full bio.

Grok Editor – Erica Rowell

A published author with more than 15 years of combined experience writing for news outlets and web sites, Erica Rowell has focused on environmental science since 2003. She spearheaded Environmental Defense Fund's guide to energy-saving lights, creating what Smithsonian Magazine called "the best CFL guide on the Internet."

Since February 2008, she has been the Nicholas School of the Environment’s online managing editor. Got an idea to share? Write her at yourgrok [at] thegreengrok [dot] com.

Grok Researcher – Wendy Graber

Armed with a Masters in Geology from Duke, Wendy Graber worked in the front lines as an environmental consultant for 15 years applying science to solve real-world problems. She is happy to be back in academia, focusing on science and its role in shaping the policies of the coming decades.

You can reach her at wendy dot graber at duke dot edu.

Grok Technician – Stephanie Thirolle

Director of Web Projects for the Nicholas School and Nicholas Institute, Stephanie has more than 10 years experience developing and maintaining Web sites.

Technical inquiries about the blog can go to Stephanie at webmanager at nicholas dot duke dot edu.

Meet our Guest Grokkers.