A Partnership of UConn and Eversource

Eversource Energy Center

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Faculty and Staff

Leadership

Director
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
860-486-6806
manos@uconn.edu

Associate Director
Robert Fahey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
860-486-2840
robert.fahey@uconn.edu

Associate Director for DEI and Industrial Workforce Development
Zongjie Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

860-486-0080
zongjie.wang@uconn.edu

Associate Director for Storm Preparedness and Emergency Response
Diego Cerrai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
860-486-8913
diego.cerrai@uconn.edu
Associate Director for Grid Modernization and Strategic Partnerships
Junbo Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
860-486-9496
junbo@uconn.edu
Center Manager
Xinxuan Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
xinxuan.zhang@uconn.edu

Coordination Team

Weather Forecasting Team Leader
Marina Astitha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
860-486-3941
marina.astitha@uconn.edu
Grid Resilience Team Leader
Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
860-486-4017
amvrossios.bagtzoglou@uconn.edu

Grid Modernization Team Leader
Junbo Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
860-486-9496
junbo@uconn.edu

Tree and Forest Management Team Leader
Robert Fahey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
860-486-2840
robert.fahey@uconn.edu
Grid Modernization Graduate Certificate and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinators
Malaquias Peña, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
860-486-2450
mpena@uconn.edu

Team Members

Yang Cao, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
860-486-0915
yang.cao@uconn.edu
Fred Carstensen
Professor, Finance; Director, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
860-486-0614
fred.carstensen@uconn.edu
Zhe Zhu
Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
860-486-6885
zhe@uconn.edu
Amir Herzberg
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering; Comcast Chair for Security Innovation
860-486-4825
amir.herzberg@uconn.edu
Georgios “George” Matheou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
860-486-8729
matheou@uconn.edu
Wei Zhang, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
860-486-5642
wzhang@uconn.edu
Thomas H. Meyer, Ph.D.
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
860-486-0145
thomas.meyer@uconn.edu
Cory Merow, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
cory.merow@gmail.com
Fei Miao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
860-486-3471
fei.miao@uconn.edu
Anita Morzillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
860-486-3660
anita.morzillo@uconn.edu
Thomas Worthley
Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
860-345-4511
thomas.worthley@uconn.edu
Suining He, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Engineering
suining.he@uconn.edu
David Wanik, Ph.D.
Business School affiliation
Assistant Professor in Residence, Business School
dave.wanik@uconn.edu
Malaquias Peña, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
860-486-2450
mpena@uconn.edu
Sung-Yeul Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
860-486-5647
sung_yeul.park@uconn.edu
Giulia Sofia
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
860-486-1799
giulia.sofia@uconn.edu
Chandi Witharana, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
860-486-2840
chandi.witharana@uconn.edu
Guiling Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
860-486-5648
guiling.wang@uconn.edu
Ali Bazzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
860-486-5377
bazzi@uconn.edu
Junbo Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
junbo@uconn.edu
Xinxuan Zhang
Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
xinxuan.zhang@uconn.edu

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer

shan.zuo@uconn.edu

Feifei Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center,
feifei.yang@uconn.edu
Fangni Lei, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
fangni.lei@uconn.edu
Kaleel Mahmood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence, Computer Science and Engineering
kaleel.mahmood@uconn.edu
Stergios Emmanouil, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
stergios.emmanouil@uconn.edu
Eleanor (“Elle”) Shoreman-Ouimet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Human & Environment Interactions
Department of Anthropology
eleanor.ouimet@uconn.edu
Ankur Srivastava, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
ankur.srivastava@uconn.edu
Image result for ding caiwen uconn Ding Caiwen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,                      Computer Science & Engineering
ding.caiwen@uconn.edu
Image result for kimberly rollins uconn Kimberly Rollins, Ph.D.
Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
kimberly.rollins@uconn.edu
Jeffery Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Finance
jeffrey.cohen@uconn.edu
   

Staff

Ronny Heredia
Financial Analyst
Eversource Energy Center
ronny.heredia@uconn.edu
Natalka Tuczkewycz
Financial Assistant
Eversource Energy Center
natalka.tuczkewycz@uconn.edu

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