Nicolas Choquette-Levy, assistant professor in the Penn State Department of Geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has joined the faculty of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. His role will also include collaboration with the Penn State Climate Consortium, which strongly supported his appointment.
Choquette-Levy brings a unique blend of scientific expertise and policy experience to his work. His research focuses on how climate risks are reshaping migration and land-use patterns in smallholder farming communities around the world.
"We are delighted to welcome Nicolas Choquette-Levy to Penn State," said Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, associate director of the Institute of Energy and the Environment and director of the Penn State Climate Consortium. "His exceptional expertise in climate risk and adaptation, focused on the complex challenges faced by the world's most vulnerable communities, will be invaluable. Nicolas' contributions will strengthen both the consortium's efforts to develop evidence-based, actionable solutions and will ignite interdisciplinary collaboration across the University to address the urgent global challenges of climate change."
