On Wednesday, September 2nd, Dr. Mike Piehler was named Carolina’s chief sustainability officer and special assistant to the chancellor for sustainability. Dr. Piehler is a Marine Science professor at the Institute for Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC. He has joint appointments with the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program. He has also served as the director of the UNC Institute for the Environment since 2018.
Congratulations are in order for Dr. Piehler on all of his hard work leading up to this position!