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Peder Anker, PhD
He received his PhD in history of science from Harvard University in 1999. He is an Associate Professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the Environmental Studies Program at New York University. His works include "Imperial Ecology: Environmental Order in the British Empire, 1895-1945" (Harvard University Press 2001) and "From Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Design" (Louisiana State University Press 2010).

Louise Harpman
Louise is a principal in the firm Specht Harpman, founded in 1995 by Scott Specht and Louise Harpman, who began working together while classmates at the Yale School of Architecture. Specht Harpman was recognized in Wallpaper* magazine's Architects' Directory as one of the "top 50 up and coming architectural practices from around the world." Specht Harpman has been honored through the "Emerging Voices" series of the Architectural League of New York, named "Tastemakers" by House and Garden magazine, and included as one of New York City's "Top 100" architects by New York magazine.
Louise Harpman is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU. Her research and teaching interests include architecture, urban design, sustainability, and mapping.

Mitchell Joachim, PhD
Co-founder of Planetary ONE + Terreform ONE, design groups that integrate ecological principles in the urban environment.  He is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU.  Previously he was selected to be the Frank Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto and has taught at Pratt, Syracuse, Parsons, and Columbia. Mitchell has been an architect with Gehry Partners and Pei Cobb Freed, and held a research fellowship with Moshe Safdie. He was awarded a TED Senior Fellowship for the TED 2011 Conferences, and in 2009, Rolling Stone magazine named him one of its; "100 People Who Are Changing America". He earned a PhD at MIT, MAUD at Harvard, and M.Arch at Columbia.
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