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Professor in the Energy and Resources Group,
Goldman School of Public Policy & Department of Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley
Ph.D (1988) Harvard University (Physics)
M.A. (1986) Harvard University (Physics)
A.B. (1984) Cornell University (Physics)
Research Interests: Renewable energy and development; R&D policy; climate change; decarbonization and dramatic reductions in resource consumption; energy-health and energy-food linkages; energy and gender; national and multinational energy policy; rural development; risk assessment. Particular geographic interests in Africa, Central America/Mexico, E and SE Asia.
Robert Bailis
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1996) Northwestern University (Physics)
A.B. (1994) Penn State University (Physics)
Research Interests: Renewable energy and development;
community and household energy use in less developed countries;
biomass energy resources; energy use and development in South and
East Africa.
Projects: Biomass Energy in Zimbabwe;
Charcoal Production in Narok District of Kenya
Rebecca Ghanadan
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.A. (2002) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.S. (1996) Oregon State University (Chemistry)
Research Interests: Energy and development pathways, Renewable energy, energy efficiency & appropriate technologies, local-national-international linkages of policy and technology choices, Small and medium scale enterprises, Geographic interest in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Chris Greacen
Ph.D. candidate (2004), Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1997) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. ((1991) Reed College (Physics)
Research Interests: Community scale renewable energy and
energy efficiency, rural electrification, energy and the environment
in Asia; electricity restructuring and civil society .
Projects: Rural Electrification in Thailand; www.palangthai.org; Wind Farm in North Korea
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
B.Sc. (hons) University of New South Wales, Australia (Environmental Science)
B.A. University of New South Wales, Australia (History and Philosophy of Science)
Research Interests: Sustainable energy use, focused in rural
areas of Southeast Asia; renewable energy technology transfer especially
of photovoltaic systems in Thailand and grid connected wind systems
in China; gender and technology issues; climate change and
equity concerns; globalization, regional hierarchies and power
structures.
Projects: Solar Battery Charging
Stations
Arne Jacobson
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1997) Humboldt State University (Environmental Systems)
B.A. (1990) Earlham College (Physics)
Research Interests: Renewable energy systems, solar energy, rural
electrification, economic development in rural areas of non-industrialized
countries.
Projects: Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya
Kamal Kapadia
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1998) University of Oxford, UK (Environmental Change and Management)
B.A. (1996) St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India (Life Sciences)
Research Interests: Renewable energy and development, solar PV in South Asia, multilateral energy programs and projects
Joanna Lewis
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.A. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
A.B. (1997) Duke University (Environmental Science & Policy; French)
Research Interests: Renewable energy policy and technology development in China,
international and comparative environmental policy and energy policy, political economy
of energy in China.
Projects: China Energy and Carbon Scenarios and Energy Databook with LBNL
Andrew McAllister
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S (1992) ERG
B.A. (1987) Dartmouth College (Engineering Sciences)
B.A. (1987) Dartmouth College (Art History)
Research Interests: Technological innovation: drivers and public goods
impacts; energy efficiency policy; rural electrification policy and practice
in the developing countries; knowledge transfer (training) in energy program
implementation settings.
Project: "Consumer battery chargers: estimating demand and potential
reductions in California"
Tracey Osborne
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1999) University of Florida (Food and Resource Economics)
B.A. (1991) Wesleyan University (English Literature)
Research Interests: Renewable (particularly biomass) energy and economic development; environmental and social impacts of power sector reforms in Latin America/Caribbean.
Project: Biomass Energy in Cuba
Fermin Reygadas
M.S./Ph.D. Student, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Research Interests: Rural energy; water purification systems; energy policy in developing regions; renewable energy; appropriate technology; Latin America.
Projects: Agua SALud
Karen (Rosen) Herter
Ph.D. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1998) San Jose State University (Environmental Studies)
B.A. (1991) University of Rochester (Mathematics; Psychology)
Research Interests: Furthering international cooperation of business, scientific and government communities to promote appropriate energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies, with the ultimate goal of preventing pollution, climate change, and nuclear proliferation.
M.A. Candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
A.B. (1995) Stanford University (Human Biology)
Research Interests: Renewable energy, rural development in Latin America, local and international energy policy, environmental justice and energy.
M.S. Candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
B.S. (1998) Swarthmore College (Engineering)
Research Interests: Renewable energy, hydrogen energy systems and infrastructure, fuel cells, system modeling, development.
M.A. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
A.B. (1995) Dartmouth College (Geography and Economics)
Research Interests: Renewable energy, technology and environmental policy, energy R&D, technological change, ecological modernization, distributed generation, carbon to hydrogen transition, technology transfer, global environmental change.
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Daniel Prull
Ph.D. candidate, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
M.S. (2005) University of California, Berkeley (Mechanical Engineering)
B.S. (2003) University of Colorado (Mechanical Engineering)
Research Interests: Wind energy, wave power, aerodynamics, hydroelectric power, control, digital logic design, electromechanical design
M.A., Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
B.S. (2001) Peking University, China (Environmental Science and Economics)
Research Interests: Renewable energy and development, especially in China; biomass energy resources; GIS and energy applications.
Alicia Cohn
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
M.A. (2002) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1999) Barnard College, Columbia University (Environmental Science)
Research Interests: Water chemistry and water resource issues.
Projects: Ultraviolet Water
Disinfection System in Mexico
Ph.D. (1996) University of Pennsylvania (Energy Management and Environmental Policy)
Short Biography: Alex Farrell's research interests focus on energy and environmental technology,economics, and policy. More specifically, he is interested in the
use of technical (i.e. scientific and engineering) information in policy-making, market-based environmental regulation (i.e. emission trading),
the environmental impacts of energy, the application of sustainability in decision-making, security in energy systems, and alternative transportation fuels.
Alex has a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Ph.D. in Energy Management and Policy from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.
His prior experience has been with Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Air Products and
Chemicals, and the U.S. Navy. For the last two years, he was the Executive Director of the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center.
Ph.D. (1998) University of California, Berkeley (Mechanical Engineering)
Research Interests: Refinement and testing of a low cost UV
water disinfection system for households in urban and rural regions
without reliable access to potable water.
Projects: Ultraviolet Water
Disinfection System in Mexico
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California State University, Hayward
Guest Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
Ph.D. (1993) UC Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
M.S. (1988) UC Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
A.B. (1986) UC Berkeley (Physics)
Research Interests: Renewable Energy: resource and operations
assessments, policy and implementation. Environmental and social
impacts of energy use: environmental justice, environmental
contamination. Sustainable development (esp. urban environments).
Additional expertise: contaminant transport (esp. soils), indoor radon.
Projects: Solar Water Heating in the United States
Staff Scientist, Climate Center of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington DC
Ph.D (1996) University of California, San Diego (Physics)
M.S. (1989) Columbia University (Applied Physics)
B.Eng. (1988) Dartmouth College (Engineering)
A.B.(1987) Vassar College (Physics)
Research Interests: Sustainable global energy use, renewable energy and development; R&D policy; climate change; energy-health, energy-food and energy-human rights linkages; national and multinational energy policy; rural development.
Ph.D., Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
M.S. (1999), University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1996), Carleton College (Physics; Environment & Technology Studies)
Research Interests: International environmental governance, Climate
change policy, technological change, emerging climate industries,
wind energy, nordic environmental and energy policies.
Projects: Climate Change and the Role of Equity
Papers: Recent Publications
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Principal Research Associate, Environmental Energy Techologies, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Ph.D. (1999) University of Delaware (Urban Affairs and Public Policy - Energy and Environmental Policy)
MS (1990) University of Delhi, India (Operations Research - Decision Sciences)
BS (1988) University of Delhi, India (Mathematical Statistics)
Research Interests : Energy and environmental policy. Technology and policy questions in developing nations, including: linkages between energy and the environment; technology transfer and diffusion; renewable energy; India and the Asia-pacific. Policy issues in global climate change.
Ph.D (1999) University of California, Davis (Ecology)
M.S. (1998) University of California, Davis (Transportation Technology and Policy)
B.A. (1990) Stanford University (Anthropology)
Research Interests: Battery and fuel cell vehicle technology and
economics, fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
fuel and electricity production and use, distributed electricity
generation, renewable energy and international development.
Projects: PEM Fuel Cell Systems
Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building Energy Analysis Group
Ph.D. (1982) UC Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1974) UC Berkeley (Chemistry; Economics)
Research Interests: Energy conservation in buildings, energy efficiency for buildings and equipment; energy test procedures; appliances.
M.A. candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
A.B. (1998) Swarthmore College (Economics)
Research Interests: Energy, environment, and development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe, international finance institutions, energy efficiency technology transfer centers.
Research Project: "What the Price Elasticity of Supply for Natural Gas Means for the Economics of a Renewable Portfolio Standard."
Energy Analyst/Writer
Ph.D. (1995) U.C. Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
M.S. (1986) U.C. Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.S. (1980) Washington & Lee University (Physics)
Research Interests: Political economy of energy, globalization and the
environment, WTO, East Asia, China, North Korea, renewable technologies,
village PV/wind/hybrid systems, fuel cells, semiconductor manufacturing.
Projects: Wind Farm in North Korea
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Post Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. (2003) University of California, Berkeley (Chemistry)
M.S. (1998) University of California, Santa Barbara (Chemical Engineering)
B.S. (1997) California Institute of Technology (Chemical Engineering)
Research Interests: Energy efficiency policy, renewable energy, materials for environmental remediation, science journalism.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. (2002) Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona-CSIC (Material Science)
B.S. (1995) Universitat de Barcelona (Physics)
Research Interests: Renewable energy, new materials for solar energy, technology and environmental
policy, energy R&D, semiconductor manufacturing.
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Tarja Teppo (Spring 2005)
tarja.teppo @ hut.fi
Researcher and PhD candidate, Environmental management group, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
MSc (1998) in Electrical Engineering (Helsinki University of Technology)
Research Interests: Energy sector venture capital and financing of energy
ventures in general, entrepreneurship in the energy sector, energy innovation
system, market creation for clean energy technologies.
Christian Walloth (Summer 2004)
Christian.Walloth @post.rwth-aachen.de
Diploma candidate (2004), RWTH Aachen, Germany (Electrical Engineering)
Research Interests: Solid state physics and materials sciences, renewable energies,
(i.e. the Hydrogen Economy),interplay of ecology and economy.
Randall Spalding-Fecher (September 2000)
Programme Leader in Energy, Efficiency & Environment, Energy & Development Research Centre (EDRC), University of Cape Town, South Africa.
MALD (Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy)
BA (Biology) (Harvard)
Research Interests: The economics of energy efficiency, climate change policy and mitigation analysis, environmental economics in the energy sector and incorporating environmental and efficiency issues into electricity planning.
Alan D. Lamont (September 1999 - May 2000)
Engineer in the Electronics Engineering Technologies Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Ph.D. Stanford University
Research Interests: Economic modeling techniques, modeling and design of renewable energy systems, the information structure of mathematical models and approaches to developing mathematical models.
Richard Wilson (January - February 2000, January - March 2001 )
Department of Physics, Harvard University.
Research Interests: Comparing the risks of different energy systems; proper use of scientific information in public decisions; estimating risks in situations and for exposures where no direct data exist (and usually cannot exist).
Martin Kaltschmitt (March 15, 2000 - May 15, 2000)
Department Head of the New Energy Technologies and Technology Assessment(NET), Institute for Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy (IER), University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Ph.D. (1990) University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Research Interests: Renewable Energies, Biomass Production, Processing and Utilisation, Waste, Energy Economics, Environmental Analysis, Process Technology of Biomass fired Plants, Geothermal Energy, Electricity Production from Photovoltaics, Windenergy, Hydropower, Analysis and Evaluation of Energy Supply Systems, Fossil Energy Carrier, System Analysis, Integration of Renewable Energy into the existing Energy System.
Scientist, Air and Energy Division, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco
M.A. (2002) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.S. (1999) UC Berkeley (Bioengineering)
Research Interests: California energy crisis, electricity industry restructuring, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Mark Bolinger
Principal Research Associate, Electricity Market Studies Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
M.A. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
A.B. (1991) Dartmouth College (History)
Research Interests: Renewable energy and its prospects in a restructured electricity industry, green power marketing; alternative ownership/financing of renewables; the use of financial or market tools and mechanisms in addressing environmental problems; climate change.
Alicia Cohn
Master's Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
M.A. (2002) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1999) Barnard College, Columbia University (Environmental Science)
Research Interests: Water chemistry and water resource issues.
Projects: Ultraviolet Water
Disinfection System in Mexico
Elisabeth A. Derby
Research Associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
M.A. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1996) Tufts University (Environmental Studies; Spanish)
Research Interests: Energy and health, particularly in the context of the developing world, and especially related to drinking water; international development; renewable energy; energy efficiency; resource consumption. Particular geographic interest in Latin America.
John Galloway
Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst at the California Public
Utilities Commission, Energy Division. San
Francisco, CA.
Developing financing and other incentive programs to
support deployment of renewable
energy and other distributed energy resources throughout California.
M.S. (2000) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.E.E. (1998) Georgia Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering - Power Systems)
Research Interests: Role of State government in removing barriers to entry in distributed generation and
renewable energy
markets; redesign of energy efficiency program administration structure; renewable energy financing
programs; local and community development of renewable energy; solar domestic hot water systems;
municipal solar utilities; California energy policy; the effects
of utility restructuring on renewables.
Projects: Solar Water Heating in the United States
Shannon Graham
M.A. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.S.M.E. (1992) Tufts University (Mechanical Engineering)
Research Interests: Private sector transfer of clean energy technologies to
less developed countries, renewable energy and development, biodiversity
and conservation, rural water supply, and human rights.
Particular geographic interests in Mexico/Central and South
America/Caribbean, East Africa.
Projects: Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya
Jennifer Mitchell-Jackson
Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Opinion Dynamics, Cambridge, MA.
Oversees market research to evaluate and help build energy efficiency
programs.
M.S. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.S. (1994) Yale University (Biology)
Research Interests: Energy efficiency; domestic renewable energy use and
policy; the effect of utility restructuring on DSM and renewables.
Projects: Solar Water Heating in the United States
J.P. Ross
Energy Analyst for Greenpeace, San Francisco.
Focusing on the creation of a
Clean Energy Economy within California based on the production,
installation and exportation of renewable energy technologies.
M.A. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1995) University of California at Santa Cruz (Chemistry; Environmental Studies)
Research Interests: Dissemination of renewable energy technologies in both industrialized and developing nations. Understanding causes of success and failure in past renewable programs. Creating community support and participation in program infrastructure. Domestically I am focusing on "standby electricity", the electricity consumed by household appliances when shut off.
M.S. (2001) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
BS (1997) Stanford University (Chemical Engineering; Humanities)
Research Interests: Alternative and renewable energy technologies and resources; mechanisms for moving these alternatives into more widespread use - e.g., market transformation programs, private investment, education of social costs; fuel cells; urban air quality analysis; embeddedness of social knowledge - particularly with respect to science and technology.
Erika Walther
Energy-efficiency consultant at Energy Solutions, Oakland, CA. Design, market, and implement energy-efficiency programs and trainings.
M.A. (1999) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.A. (1991) University of California, Santa Barbara (Environmental Studies)
Research Interests: Role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in California’s
evolving electricity market. Energy efficiency and renewable energy policy,
program administration and implementation in the residential sector.
Relationship between energy production and social and economic development on
Native American lands and internationally.
Projects: Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya
Ryan H. Wiser
Scientist, Electricity Market Studies Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Ph.D. (2002) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
M.S. (1996) University of California, Berkeley (Energy and Resources Group)
B.S. (1994) Stanford University (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Research Interests: Renewable energy economics, markets, and policies electricity industry restructuring; national and state energy policy.
B.S. St. Joseph's University (Psychology)
Research Interests: green building, grassroot efforts, public outreach and education.
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