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
  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
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 Zuo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer
shan.zuo@uconn.edu

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