Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	60.83
Liaison	C Jane Hagen
Submission Date	March 2, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Virginia Commonwealth University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	7.78 / 12.00	Christine Long Intern The Office of Sustainability

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Part 1

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):

806

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :

11.66

Part 2

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:

118

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:

38.98

Research Inventory

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

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The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

John E. Anderson - Environmental Studies Danail Bonchev, Ph.D. Bioinformatics Gary Atkinson – Electrical Engineering Edward Crawford, Ph.D.-River Ecology Jayasimha Atulasimha – Mechanical Engineering Helen Ruth-Aspaas - Urban & Regional Planning Bonnie Brown - Department of Biology Paul Bukaveckas - Environmental Studies Kevin A. Caillouet - Environmental Studies Everett Carpenter - Inorganic & Materials Chemistry Daniel Carr – Biology Xueming Chen – Urban & Regional Planning Jennifer Ciminelli - Environmental Studies Arif Sikder, Ph.D. - Geochemistry Allison Johnson, Ph.D.-Environmental Studies Vickie S. Connors - Environmental Studies Jody Davis – Psychology Peter L. deFur - Environmental Studies Rodney J. Dyer - VCU Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences Bart Paxton-Avian ecology Hani El-Kaderi – Inorganic & Materials Chemistry Linda Fernandez - Environmental Studies & Economics Stephen Fong – Chemical Engineering Jeffrey Elhai- Biology Gregory Garman - Environmental Studies Christopher Gough - Biology Megan Gough - Urban & Regional Planning Kimberly Guthrie – Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Purusottam Jena - Physics Vojislav Kecman – Computer Science Shiv Kanna – Physics Brian Verrelli, Ph.D.- Population ecology Sama Bilbao y Leon – Nuclear Engineering Jason Levy - Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Rima Franklin, Ph.D. Microbial ecology Jamie Mahoney – Graphic Design S. Leigh McCallister - Environmental Studies Stephen P. McIninch - Environmental Studies Jim McLeskey - Chemical Engineering Karla Mossi – Mechanical Engineering Ramana Pidaparti - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Damian Pitt - Urban & Regional Planning Wang Qian - Physics Sun Qiang – Physics Rose Regni - Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Victor Chen, Ph.D.-Urban sociology Ulises Reveles - Physics Vijay A. Satyal - Environmental Studies Avrum Shriar - Urban & Regional Studies Arif Sikder - Environmental Studies Leonard A. Smock - VCU Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences I-Shian Suen – Urban & Regional Studies Vishnu Sundaresan – Mechanical Engineering Linda Tee - Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Robert E. Ulanowicz - Environmental Studies R. Leonard Vance - Environmental Studies Robert Ventura - Interior Design Catherine Viverette - Environmental Studies Bryan D. Watts - Environmental Studies Camden Whitehead - Interior Design Van Wood - School of Business Kenneth Wynne – Chemical Engineering Don Young - Biological Complexity Wei Zhang - Electrical and Computer Engineering Regina Bundy – VCU School of Education: Teaching and Learning Mohammad G. Rabbani, Ph.D. – VCU Department of Chemistry Michael Fine, Ph.D.-Environmental Chemistry Shiv Khanna – VCU Department of Physics Benjamin Evans – VCU Center on Human Needs Steven Woolf – VCU Center on Human Needs Amber Haley – VCU Center on Human Needs Tarynn M. Witten, Ph.D.-Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Emily Zimmerman – VCU Center on Human Needs Deirdre Condit – Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs John Powers – History Christina Lindholm – School of the Arts Luiz Shozo Ozaki, Ph.D.-Microbiology Randolph Barker – Business Management Faye Prichard – Education Salvatore Agosta, Ph.D. Evolutionary ecology Will Shuart-Environmental data management Myrna G. Serrano, Ph.D.-Ecology Deborah Cowles - Marketing Gregory Greenhalgh - Sports Leadership Karen Kester - Evolutionary Ecology Dr. Yuichi Motai, Dr. Zhifang Wang-Electrical Engineering Derek Johnson, Ph.D. Population and invasion biology Alenka Luzar, Ph.D.- Biophysics Peter Uetz, Ph.D. - Environmental Studies J. Paul Brooks, Ph.D. Environmental studies Dr. James Vonesh- Ecology Lesley Bulluck, Ph.D.-Avian Ecology Daniel McGarvey, Ph.D.-Macroecology Julie Zinnert, Ph.D. Plant ecophysiology and remote sensing Leigh McCallister, Ph.D.-marine biogeochemistry

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

This inventory was completed with the help of the Sustainability Academic Leadership Team by identifying departments that may have sustainability research and reaching out to them to determine if any research meets the criteria and identifying the individuals doing research.

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