Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman currently works at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park. Mitchell does research in Urban Ecosystem Ecology. His group works with approaches from biogeochemistry, ecohydrology, and social-ecological systems to assess the function, effectiveness, and application of green infrastructure, nature based solutions, and novel urban ecosystems. Their most recent publication is 'Identifying the key catastrophic variables of urban social-environmental resilience and early warning signal'.