Joseph Fiksel joined Ohio State in 2005 as co-founder of the multidisciplinary Center for Resilience, which is now integrated into the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State. Previously he had a varied career in private industry, including contract research and management consulting. Most recently he was Vice President for Life Cycle Management at Battelle, where his clients included global consortia, leading multi-national companies, and Federal government agencies. From 2010 to 2014, he took a leave from Ohio State to serve as Special Assistant for Sustainability at the U.S. EPA.