A Partnership of UConn and Eversource
Eversource Energy Center
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. Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-2840 robert.fahey@uconn.edu |
 | Center Manager Diego Cerrai, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Civil 860-486-8913 diego.cerrai@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 and Department Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 860-486-4017 amvrossios.bagtzoglou@uconn.edu |
 | Grid Modernization Team Leader Malaquias Peña, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 860-486-2450 mpena@uconn.edu |
| Tree and Forest Management Team Leader Robert Fahey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment 860-486-2840 robert.fahey@uconn.edu |
Team Members
 | Yang Cao, Ph.D. Associate 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. Assistant 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. Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 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. Associate Director, Eversource Energy Ctr and 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 |  | Ha Thi Ngyuen, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor |
 | 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 |
 | Xinyi Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 860-486-1799 xinyi.shen@uconn.edu |  | Giulia Sofia Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 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 |
Staff
 | Ronny Heredia Financial Assistant Eversource Energy Center 860-486-8800 ronny.heredia@uconn.edu |  | Claudia Dijmarescu Student Worker, Eversource Energy Center claudia.dijmarescu@uconn.edu | |
 | Raymond V. Petniunas, Ph.D. Member, Academy of Distinguished Engineers |