The FEWSION™ Team
Darren Bingham is a research assistant at Northern Arizona University (NAU) for FEWSION where his focus is on critical supply chain analysis, local food system development, and circular economies in Arizona. He received his master’s in 2021 from NAU and his bachelor's in 2017 from Utah State.
Jacques Bou Abdo, Ph.D. is a FEWSION Visiting Scholar from the University of Cincinnati. His research interest spans the applications of complex systems from cyber warfare and complexity economics to supply chains and cyber-bio-security.
Krutika Deshpande is a Research Software Engineer at Northern Arizona University’s SICCS. With a background in software development, data science, and geospatial analysis, she develops federated systems for harmonizing and discovering Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI) data.
Mike Fell is an applications programmer at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) and assists with FEWSION for the workflow and data portal.
Kat Fowler is a second-year Ph.D. student at Northern Arizona University in the Informatics & Computing program with an emphasis on Ecological & Environmental Informatics. She is interested in quantifying vulnerability and resilience in socio-ecological systems, especially in relation to water availability.
Sean Koenig is a data scientist at Northern Arizona University (NAU) focusing on global supply chain modeling and using data visualization for civic engagement. He received his master’s degree from the University of California, San Diego, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.
Jade Meskill is a recent graduate of NAU with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science. He joined the FEWSION team as a student worker in early 2024 and, since graduating, has transitioned to a staff position as the team's Research Software Engineer.
Dr. Benjamin Ruddell is the Director of the FEWSION supply chain data science project and a professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) at Northern Arizona University. His professional experience is in informatics, data science, systems engineering, and generally in the leadership of the interdisciplinary university enterprise.
Dr. Richard Rushforth is an assistant research professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems who applies novel data science techniques to environmental systems, supply chain analytics, and the analysis of urban systems. He has expertise in conducting greenhouse gas inventories and material flow analyses.
Eric Sjostedt is a Ph.D. student at Northern Arizona University in Ecological and Environmental Informatics, focusing on GIS, complex systems, and big data applications to supply chains and human-nature interactions.
Kendall Smith, MSc. is a senior data scientist at Northern Arizona University (NAU) with a focus on spatiotemporal modeling of the global supply chain. He received his master’s degree from Northeastern University in 2021, and his bachelor’s degree from University of Washington in 2010.
Lisa Whelan is a program director at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS). She is a licensed Project Manager Professional (PMP), received her master’s degree in 2013 from NAU and her bachelor’s in 2009 from Arizona State University.
Grants & Contracts
2016, 2018, and 2020 Community and Municipal Operations GHG Emissions Inventory for City of Phoenix in partnership with the ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions.
Arizona Board of Regents Technology and Research Initiative Fund, “Supporting and Increasing Recycling Around Arizona” in partnership with the ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions.
NSF CBET-2115169: “SRS RN: Transforming Rural-Urban Systems: Trajectories for Sustainability in the Intermountain West.” The Transformation Network (TN) aims to build resilient communities and ecosystems throughout the Intermountain Western United States.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), via [2021-2012040000], “The Early Supply Chain Emergency Warning System (ESChEWS)”
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, via Utah State University, “The Potential of Combining Water Banks with Virtual Water to Increase Water Availability in Utah.”
NAU Affiliates
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS)
- Center for Science Teaching & Learning
- College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences (CEIAS)
- School of Earth and Sustainability (SES)
- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS)
- The W.A. Franke College of Business
Other Partner Affiliates
- Argonne National Laboratory Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science
- Arizona State University Decision Theater
- CyVerse at the University of Arizona
- INFEWS-ER, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (IC-CAE) at the University of Arizona
- Kostas Research Institute at Northeastern University
- NSF XSEDE
- Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions
- The Transformation Network, University of New Mexico
- USGS, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis
2016 NSF INFEWS Project Team
Thank you to the original FEWSION science team funded by the National Science Foundation in 2016 by the INFEWS program. Our very successful project laid the foundation for so much great science ongoing in all of our labs.