{"id":36,"date":"2015-07-13T08:46:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T15:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hcsed\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:05:35","slug":"hixon-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/academic-programs\/hixon-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Hixon Center Faculty, Staff and Affiliates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet the Hixon Center Faculty and Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each faculty member of the Hixon Center has an affiliation with an academic department and an office located in the Olin Science Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-box-count=\"8\" data-col-count=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-people-2\">\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/12\/Portrait_358x412_Hawkins23.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Lelia Hawkins\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/hawkins\/\">Lelia Hawkins<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Associate Director of the Hixon Center<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Hixon Professor of Climate Studies<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Professor of Chemistry &#8211; on Sabbatical 2026-2027<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-address\">Olin 1261<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-phone\"><a href=\"tel:+19096218522\">909.621.8522<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:l&#104;&#97;wk&#105;ns&#64;g.h&#109;&#99;&#46;edu\">&#108;ha&#119;&#107;&#105;ns&#64;g&#46;&#104;&#109;&#99;.&#101;du<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/09\/Portrait_358x412_Sarah-Kavassalis-189.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Sarah Kavassalis\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \">Sarah Kavassalis<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-address\">Olin 1257A<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:&#115;&#107;&#97;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#115;&#97;&#108;&#105;&#115;&#64;g.&#104;mc&#46;edu\">&#115;&#107;&#97;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#115;ali&#115;&#64;g&#46;&#104;&#109;c&#46;&#101;du<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/12\/Portrait_358x412_Lynn-Kirabo-1.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Lynn Kirabo\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.hmc.edu\/~kirabo\/\">Lynn Kirabo<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Maria M. Klawe Assistant Professor of Climate and Computer Science<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-address\">Olin 1253<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:&#108;k&#105;&#114;a&#98;o&#64;g&#46;&#104;mc&#46;e&#100;&#117;\">lki&#114;a&#98;o&#64;&#103;&#46;hm&#99;&#46;&#101;d&#117;<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/07\/Guo-Jessica_photo-web.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Jessica Guo\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \">Jessica Guo<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Assistant Professor of Climate and Biology<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Barbara Stokes Dewey Assistant Professorship in the Life Sciences<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-address\">Olin 1255<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:j&#101;&#115;&#115;i&#99;&#97;g&#117;&#111;&#64;&#104;mc.e&#100;u\">jes&#115;&#105;c&#97;g&#117;o&#64;&#104;&#109;&#99;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/07\/Sanchez-web.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Robert Sanchez\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \">Robert Sanchez<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Assistant Professor of Climate and Mathematics<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:r&#111;&#115;&#97;n&#99;h&#101;&#122;&#64;hmc&#46;&#101;&#100;u\">&#114;os&#97;&#110;&#99;he&#122;&#64;hm&#99;.&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/06\/tom3.jpeg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Tom Donnelly\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \">Tom Donnelly<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Professor of Physics<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Director, Hixon Center for Climate and the Enviornment<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-address\">Sprague 403<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-phone\"><a href=\"tel:+19096218122\">909.621.8122<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:&#100;&#111;n&#110;ell&#121;&#64;&#104;&#109;c&#46;&#101;d&#117;\">d&#111;&#110;n&#101;lly&#64;h&#109;&#99;.&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/08\/Garcia_Louis-Portrait-resized-for-web.jpeg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Louis Garcia\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \">Louis Garcia<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Administrator for the Hixon Center<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-address\">Olin 1265<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-phone\"><a href=\"tel:+19096071421\">909.607.1421<\/a><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-email\"><a href=\"mailto:lo&#103;&#97;r&#99;&#105;a&#64;&#104;&#109;c&#46;&#101;du\">l&#111;g&#97;&#114;c&#105;&#97;&#64;&#104;&#109;&#99;.e&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-show-photo=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/09\/Portrait_358x412_Richard-Haskell-1.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Richard Haskell\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-details\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-name \">Richard Haskell<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-contact\"><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Burton G. Bettingen Professor of Physics (Emeritus)<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Director, Physics Clinic (Emeritus)<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-mudd-person-2-titles\">Director (Emeritus), Center for Environmental Studies<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Hixon Center Faculty and Staff Each faculty member of the Hixon Center has an affiliation with an academic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4168,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/4168"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hixon-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}