The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation has announced its 2026-27 Research Seed Grants and Faculty Fellow Awardees, all focused on finding sustainable solutions to the world’s complex challenges. These projects cover three broad areas, including climate impacts and health, environmental justice, and circular economy.
Post-Doc Fellowships in Sustainability
“A Scalable Framework for Enhancing Building Observability and Occupant Comfort Through Spatial Sensing and Adaptive Analytics”
Stephen Lee, Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Information
“Reconstructing Ecosystem Resilience Through Microbiome and Isotope Linkages in Freshwater Bivalves” and “Exploring the terrestrial-aquatic connection and building long-term ecosystem resiliency in Pittsburgh”
Patrick Shirey, Assistant Professor, Geology & Environmental Science
John C. Mascaro Faculty Awards in Sustainability
“Powering Intelligence Sustainably: Data Center Expansion and Regional Environmental Burdens in Pennsylvania”
Sungwan Hong, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
“Global TEACH: A Transnational Initiative to Advance Sustainability-Informed Cancer
Disparities Research in Nigeria and Appalachia”
Abi Fapohunda, Assistant Professor, Behavioral/Community Health Science, School of Public Health