A Partnership of UConn and Eversource
Eversource Energy Center
Faculty and Staff
Leadership
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Director |
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Associate Director Robert Fahey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-2840 robert.fahey@uconn.edu |
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Center Manager and 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 |
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Associate Director for Grid Modernization and Strategic Partnerships Junbo Zhao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 860-486-9496 junbo@uconn.edu |
Coordination Team
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Weather Forecasting Team Leader Marina Astitha, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 860-486-3941 marina.astitha@uconn.edu |
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Grid Resilience Team Leader Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, Ph.D. Professor and Department Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 860-486-4017 amvrossios.bagtzoglou@uconn.edu |
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Grid Modernization Team Leader |
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Tree and Forest Management Team Leader Robert Fahey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-2840 robert.fahey@uconn.edu |
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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
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Yang Cao, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 860-486-0915 yang.cao@uconn.edu |
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Fred Carstensen Professor, Finance; Director, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis 860-486-0614 fred.carstensen@uconn.edu |
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Zhe Zhu Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-6885 zhe@uconn.edu |
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Amir Herzberg Professor, Computer Science and Engineering; Comcast Chair for Security Innovation 860-486-4825 amir.herzberg@uconn.edu |
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Georgios “George” Matheou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 860-486-8729 matheou@uconn.edu |
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Wei Zhang, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 860-486-5642 wzhang@uconn.edu |
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Thomas H. Meyer, Ph.D. Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-0145 thomas.meyer@uconn.edu |
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Cory Merow, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center cory.merow@gmail.com |
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Fei Miao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering 860-486-3471 fei.miao@uconn.edu |
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Anita Morzillo, Ph.D. Associate Director, Eversource Energy Ctr and Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-3660 anita.morzillo@uconn.edu |
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Thomas Worthley Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-345-4511 thomas.worthley@uconn.edu |
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Thi Ha Nguyen, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Eversource Energy Center ha.t.nguyen@uconn.edu |
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David Wanik, Ph.D. Business School affiliation Assistant Professor in Residence, Business School dave.wanik@uconn.edu |
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Malaquias Peña, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 860-486-2450 mpena@uconn.edu |
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Xinyi Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 860-486-1799 xinyi.shen@uconn.edu |
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Giulia Sofia Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center 860-486-1799 giulia.sofia@uconn.edu |
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Chandi Witharana, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-2840 chandi.witharana@uconn.edu |
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Guiling Wang, Ph.D. Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 860-486-5648 guiling.wang@uconn.edu |
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Ali Bazzi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 860-486-5377 bazzi@uconn.edu |
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Junbo Zhao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering junbo@uconn.edu |
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Xinxuan Zhang Assistant Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering xinxuan.zhang@uconn.edu |
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Zonjie Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering zonjie.wang@uconn.edu |
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Marika Koukoula, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Associate, Eversource Energy Center marika.koukoula@uconn.edu |
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Fangni Lei, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center fangni.lei@uconn.edu |
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Sung-Yeul Park, Ph.D. |
Staff
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Ronny Heredia Financial Assistant Eversource Energy Center 860-486-8800 ronny.heredia@uconn.edu |
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Claudia Dijmarescu Student Worker, Eversource Energy Center claudia.dijmarescu@uconn.edu |
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Raymond V. Petniunas, Ph.D. Member, Academy of Distinguished Engineers |