Meet the Team

Leadership

Portrait of Marina Astitha

Interim Director
Marina Astitha, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Eversource Energy Professor in Environmental and Sustainability Education, College of Engineering
marina.astitha@uconn.edu

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

Associate Director
Di Shi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University
dshi@nmsu.edu

Founding Director
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
860-486-6806
manos@uconn.edu
Tasnim Zaman Center Manager
Tasnim Zaman, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
tasnim.zaman@uconn.edu

Staff

Financials
Natalka Tuczkewycz
Eversource Energy Center
natalka.tuczkewycz@uconn.edu

For general inquiries, please contact us at EversourceEnergyCenter@uconn.edu.

Faculty and Research Affiliates

Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
amvrossios.bagtzoglou@uconn.edu
  Yang Cao, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
yang.cao@uconn.edu
Fred Carstensen, Ph.D.
Professor, Finance; Director, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
fred.carstensen@uconn.edu
  Portrait of Diego Cerrai Diego Cerrai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
diego.cerrai@uconn.edu
Jeffery Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor, Finance
jeffrey.cohen@uconn.edu
  Leila Daneshmandi Portrait Leila Daneshmandi, Ph.D.
Director of the Entrepreneurship Hub, College of Engineering; Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
leila.daneshmandi@uconn.edu
Fatemeh Fakhrmoosavi Portrait Fatemeh Fakhrmoosavi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
moosavi@uconn.edu
  marcello graziano portrait

Marcello Graziano
Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University; Research Fellow, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
marcello.graz@gmail.com

Peter gunther portrait Peter Gunther
Senior Research Fellow, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
petergunther139@gmail.com
  Suining He, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Computer Science Engineering
suining.he@uconn.edu
Amir Herzberg, Ph.D.
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering; Comcast Chair for Security Innovation
amir.herzberg@uconn.edu
  Abi Lawal Portrait Abi Lawal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
alawal7@uconn.edu
Fangni Lei, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
fangni.lei@uconn.edu
  Baikun Li Portrait Baikun Li, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
baikun.li@uconn.edu
Zhi Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
zhi.2.li@uconn.edu
  Georgios “George” Matheou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
matheou@uconn.edu
Cory Merow, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
cory.merow@gmail.com
  Anita Morzillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
anita.morzillo@uconn.edu
Thi Ha Nguyễn Portrait Thi Ha Nguyen, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
ha.t.nguyen@uconn.edu
  Sita Nyame Portrait Sita Nyame, Ph.D., E.I.T
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Eversource Energy Center
sita.nyame@uconn.edu
Ozkan Desen Portrait Desen Özkan, Ph.D.
Collins Aerospace Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
desen.ozkan@uconn.edu
  Oak Leaf Kathryn Parr, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Early Childhood
kathryn.parr@uconn.edu
Malaquias Peña, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
mpena@uconn.edu
  Wei Ren, Ph.D.
Associate professor, Natural Resources & the Environment
wei.ren@uconn.edu
Francesco Rouhana Portrait Francesco Rouhana, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Eversource Energy Center
francesco.rouhana@uconn.edu
  Mary Lai Salvana Portrait Mary Lai Salvana, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics
marylai.salvana@uconn.edu
Lyle Scruggs Lyle Scruggs, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science
lyle.scruggs@uconn.edu
  Eleanor (“Elle”) Shoreman-Ouimet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Human & Environment Interactions
Department of Anthropology
eleanor.ouimet@uconn.edu
Giulia Sofia, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Eversource Energy Center
giulia.sofia@uconn.edu
  Jackson Somers Portrait Jackson Somers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
jackson.somers@uconn.edu
Dongjin Song Portrait Dongjin Song, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Computing
dongjin.song@uconn.edu
  Tanaka Shinsuke Portrait Shinsuke Tanaka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
shinsuke.tanaka@uconn.edu
Kingsley Udeh portrait Kingsley Udeh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Eversource Energy Center
kingsley.udeh@uconn.edu
  Mark Urban holding a lake trout near one of the labs research lakes on the North Slope of Alaska. Mark Urban, Ph.D.
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
mark.urban@uconn.edu
Guiling Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
guiling.wang@uconn.edu
  David Wanik, Ph.D.
Business School Affiliation
Assistant Professor in Residence, Business School
dave.wanik@uconn.edu
Chandi Witharana, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
chandi.witharana@uconn.edu
  Thomas Worthley, Ph.D.
Extension Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
thomas.worthley@uconn.edu
Wei Zhang, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
wzhang@uconn.edu
  Hanlin Zhau portait Hanlin Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Geography
hanlin.zhou@uconn.edu
Zhe Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
zhe@uconn.edu
  Shan ‘Susan’ Zuo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
shan.zuo@uconn.edu

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