Prof. Dr. Netra Chhetri obtained his bachelor’s in Agriculture from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Rampur,
Chitwan, Nepal, and his master’s and doctoral degrees in Geography, with a minor in Demography, from Pennsylvania State University. He is a professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. His expertise areas include climate change, food policy, human dimensions of sustainability, and science policy.
Dr. Chingwen Cheng is the director of Stuckeman School and Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Pennsylvania State University. Prior positions of his include the Program Head and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Environmental Design at The Design School at Arizona State University. Dr. Cheng chairs the Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene (NATURA) Design for Justice thematic working group, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL) Climate Justice and Community Resilience working group.
Dr. Cheng previously served as the president of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) and was the chair of the CELA 2025 conference, co-chair of Climate Agency and Climate Resilience subcommittee in the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Biodiversity and Climate Actions Committee, and a member of the Climate and Biodiversity Action Plans Advisory Group. She co-chaired ASLA Environmental Justice Professional Practice Network and received the 2020 Educator of the Year from AZ ASLA. Dr. Cheng held a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental justice research at the University of Michigan, a Ph.D. in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture from the National Taiwan University.
Dr. Ruijie Zeng obtained his bachelor’s in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University, China, and his master’s and doctoral degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He works as an assistant professor in hydrologic modeling and water resources analysis at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University. Dr. Zeng received the NSF CAREER Award in 2023 and the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2020. He works on enhancing mechanistic understanding, predictable capability, and sustainable management of watersheds.
