ELEVATE Faculty
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Sanjay Arwade
Professor
Civil and Environmental EngineeringOffshore wind energy robustness and resiliency, reliability, sustainable design
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Michael Ash
Professor
Economics, Public Policy & AdministrationEnvironmental justice, political economy of health, corporate accountability, inequality, quantitative methods
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Erin Baker
Professor
Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringModeling macro energy systems, decision theory applied to climate change and energy technology policy, sustainable and equitable energy systems.
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Dwayne Breger
Director, Clean Energy Extension
Environmental ConservationClean energy and climate policy, extension activities to support clean energy markets and state programs
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Nick Caverly
Assistant Professor
Cultural Anthropology
Science, technology, and society, Environmental racism and justice seeking, urban infrastructural systems
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Christine Crago
Associate Professor
Resource EconomicsEconomics of solar power, distributional and equity impacts of energy policy, empirical analysis
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Rob DeConto
Professor
GeosciencesClimate physics, sea level rise, climate impacts on coastlines and people, intersection of climate change and sustainability
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Christian Guzman
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental EngineeringSediment transport, hillslope hydrology, stable water isotopes, sociohydrology
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Krista Harper
Professor
AnthropologyEthnographic, qualitative, and participatory action research on community mobilizations for environmental and climate justice
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David Irwin
Associate Professor
Computer ScienceSustainable computing, clean energy systems and informatics, distributed software systems
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Juniper Katz
Associate Professor
School of Public PolicyEnvironmental policy, solar siting, nonprofit management
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Matthew Lackner
Professor
Mechanical EngineeringOffshore wind turbine engineering, resilient renewable energy systems
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James Manwell
Professor
Mechanical EngineeringOffshore wind turbine design, meteorological and oceanographic design conditions, energy systems, energy storage
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Ezra Markowitz
Associate Professor of Environmental Conservation
Environmental decision-making; effective communication; public engagement with science
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David Schmidt
Professor
Mechanical EngineeringOffshore wind energy
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Prashant Shenoy
Professor
Computer ScienceAI for sustainability, smart buildings, renewables and energy storage, energy informatics
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Regine Spector
Associate Professor
Political Science -

Jay Taneja
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineeringinfrastructure systems measurement, international development, embedded and mobile systems, remote sensing
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Eve Vogel
Associate Professor
Geoscienceshuman-environmental dynamics, river governance and policy, hydroelectric energy impacts
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Jon Woodruff
Professor
GeosciencesSediment and Coastal Dynamics, Flood Hazards, Tidal Wetlands, Post-Glaciated Shorelines, Estuaries
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Brian Yellen
Research Assistant Professor
GeosciencesImpacts of dams and hydropeaking on rivers; coastal processes, tidal wetlands
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Golbon Zakeri
Professor
Industrial EngineeringOptimization and economics of power markets, integration of renewables into electricity markets