44% of river and stream miles, 64% of lake acres, 30% of estuarine square miles, and 93% of Great Lakes shoreline miles are not clean enough to support designated uses such as fishing or swimming.
Researchers
| First Name |
Last Name |
Position | Research Interests |
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| Sharada | (Gundala) Machiroutu | Research Assistant | |
| Marc | (Jensen) Melaina | Research Assistant | hydrogen economy; fuel cells; sustainable mobility |
| Vanessa | (Smith) Riedemann | Research Assistant | |
| Jose | Alfaro | Research Assistant | 1) the prediction of electrical grid development in third world countries and the environmental impacts associated with the grid construction and use, 2) how policy can affect the grid balance towards lower environmental impact options and higher social justice degrees, 3) complex systems, social justice of sustainability in third world countries and transfer of appropriate technologies |
| Alphonse | Anderson | Research Associate | |
| Nathan | Arbitman | Research Assistant | |
| Peter | Arbuckle | Research Assistant | |
| Eric | Arons | Research Associate | |
| Scott | Austin | Research Assistant | |
| Peter | Bailey | Research Assistant | |
| Arvind | Balachander | Research Assistant | |
| Priyanka | Bandyopadhyay | Research Assistant | |
| Tony | Baptista | Research Assistant | |
| Scott | Baron | Research Assistant | |
| Julie | Bateman | Research Assistant | I'm interested in how development and conservation efforts can benefit one another in underserved rural communities of biologically-rich regions, particularly through education, healthcare, and sustainable technologies. These interests evolved from two summers spent in the Brazilian Pantanal, a biologically-rich wetland that is home to traditional ranching and fishing families. |
| Robb | Beal | Research Assistant | |
| Adam | Bennett | Intern | |
| Ria | Berns |
Research Assistant Office Assistant |
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| Najet | Bichraoui | Visiting Scholar | |
| Steve | Bielecki | Research Assistant | |
| Jason | Bies | Research Assistant | |
| Catie | Blackler | Research Assistant | |
| Steve | Blanchard | Research Assistant | |
| Claire | Boland | Research Assistant | Life cycle analysis and how it informs sustainable material decisions, Waste streams and alternative uses, and Transportation systems |
| Richard | Bole | Research Assistant | |
| Kevin | Bolon | Research Associate | |
| Mariel | Borgman | Research Assistant | I am interested in human-environment interactions as they pertain to resilient communities. Particular areas of interest include localization strategies, edible landscapes, and the dynamics of the urban/rural interface. |
| Dov | Brachfeld | Research Assistant | |
| Luis | Bravo | Research Assistant | |
| Hunt | Briggs | Research Assistant | Hunt’s interests include strategy, operations, life-cycle management and the entrepreneurial opportunities of biotechnology and natural products. |
| Courtney | Brinegar | Office Assistant | |
| Matthew | Buch | Office Assistant | |
| Michael | Buday | Research Assistant | |
| Jonathan | Bulkley |
Co-Director Core Staff |
development and application of both quantitative and qualitative means to help policy makers and decision makers attain improved planning, evaluation, and management of natural resources, especially water resources |
| Pierre | Bull |
Research Assistant Alumni |
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| Benjamin | Bunker | Research Assistant | Energy policy, renewable energy, climate change, clean-tech entrepreneurship, industrial ecology, and life cycle analysis |
| Carey | Bylin | Research Assistant | |
| Hua | Cai | Research Assistant | clean vehicles, sustainable system analysis, complex systems, clean energy, and environmental policy |
| Duncan | Callaway |
Assistant Research Scientist Research Investigator |
Power management; modeling and control of aggregated storage devices; spatially distributed energy resources; environmental impact assessment of energy technologies |
| Aaron | Camere | Research Assistant | |
| Craig | Cammarata | Intern | |
| Kate | Cardamone | Intern | |
| Jill | Carlson | Research Assistant | |
| Sarah | Cashman | Research Assistant | |
| Rachel | Chalat | Research Assistant | |
| Arthur | Chan | Research Assistant | |
| Richard | Chandler | Research Assistant | |
| Dahlia | Chazan | Research Assistant | |
| Oracha | Chotimongkol | Research Assistant | |
| Sonika | Choudhary | Research Assistant | Energy technology impact assessment, Greehouse gas emissions modeling, Life cycle Assessment, System analysis and policy implications |
| Tanya | Chu | Office Assistant | |
| Hilton | Clark | Research Assistant | |
| Jenna | Clarke | Research Assistant | |
| Joseph | Colett | Research Assistant | alternative transportation, renewable energy, and hybrid and electric vehicles |
| Juliette | Commoy | Research Assistant | |
| Caroline | Conway | Office Assistant | |
| Amy | Cotter | Research Assistant | |
| Josh | Cousins | Research Assistant | |
| Fernando | D'Annunzio | Research Assistant | Interdependency of critical infrastructure (water, energy and transportation) |
| Robb | De Kleine |
Core Staff Research Assistant |
Life Cycle Assessment, Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Manufacturing, Green Product Design, Green Buildings |
| Caroline | De Monasterio | Research Assistant | |
| John | DeCicco |
Faculty Affiliate Visiting Scholar |
Energy and climate policy, with a focus on transportation vehicles and fuels. Technology assessment, policy and economic analysis. |
| Richard | Denbow | Research Assistant | |
| Sarah | Deslauriers |
Research Assistant Alumni |
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| Jon | Dettling | Research Assistant | |
| Chris | Dettore |
Research Associate Research Assistant |
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| Keri | Dick | Research Assistant | |
| Bernhard | Dietz | Research Associate | |
| Tim | Dobson | Research Assistant | focus on renewable energy systems, with the goal being to work in the renewable energy sector to help deliver lower cost solutions so that renewables will be more affordable and attractive to the general population |
| Marie | Donahue | Research Assistant | climate change mitigation and adaptation (particularly in urban environments in the Great Lakes region), as well as water resource management and policy. More specifically, my research at the Center of Sustainable Systems focuses on conducting a community and municipal greenhouse gas inventory for the City of Detroit. |
| Kellie | Donajkowski | Research Assistant | Environmental Education, Ecology, Sustainability, Education evaluation |
| Erin | Dreps |
Research Associate Office Assistant |
Her UM Master's Project worked with McHenry County Conservation District to revitalize a dormant ecological restoration-themed education program at Glacial Park in the greater Chicago area.. |
| Tad | Dritz | Research Assistant | |
| Lisa | DuRussel | Office Assistant | |
| Mike | Edison | Research Assistant | |
| Ted | Ekkers | Research Assistant | |
| Kate | Elliott | Research Assistant | |
| Seth | Epstein | Research Assistant | |
| Andrew | Fang | Research Assistant | Industrial Ecology, Urban Metabolism, Renewable Energy |
| Hosam | Fathy | Assistant Research Scientist | |
| Yu | Feng | Research Assistant | Using Agent-Based Model to simulate the influence of water, energy shortage and natural disaster do to international industry network. Environmental Complex Systems |
| Sucila | Fernandes | Research Assistant | |
| Bernie | Fischlowitz-Roberts | Research Assistant | |
| Laura | Flanigan | Research Assistant | |
| Jonathan | Forrester | Research Assistant | |
| Heather | Frutig | Office Assistant | |
| David | Gard |
Research Associate External Advisory Board Member |
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| Jordan | Garfinkle | Research Assistant | Jordan is interested in the science-policy interface, primarily with respect to energy and climate change. In part as a result of his work with Dr. Newell, he has a growing interest in the ability of cities and states to address pressing environmental issues in the absence of federal policy. He is increasingly concerned about the state of the natural world, but is optimistic about society's capacity to tackle big challenges. |
| William | Garner | Research Assistant | |
| Julie | Gehrman | Research Assistant | |
| Jenn | Gough | Research Assistant | |
| Johnathan | Greene | Research Assistant | |
| Hilary | Grimes-Casey | Research Fellow | |
| Anthony | Gross | Research Assistant | |
| Paul | Gruber | Research Assistant | |
| Tim | Gruhl | Research Assistant | |
| Timothy | Haines | Research Assistant | Smart Grid, Renewables |
| David | Halsing | Research Assistant | |
| Betsy | Han | Research Assistant | |
| Greg | Hangone | Research Assistant | |
| Michael | Hartley | Research Assistant | |
| Takeshi | Hasagawa | Research Assistant | |
| Andrew | Heairet | Research Assistant | Complex Systems, Modeling & Optimization, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency |
| Malcolm | Hegeman | Research Assistant | |
| Brendan | Held | Research Assistant | |
| Martin | Heller | Research Fellow | Life Cycle Assessment of Food and Agricultural Systems; Food System Sustainability; Sustainable Diets; Integrating Nutrition and Environmental Impact |
| Sarah | Hines |
Research Assistant Office Assistant |
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| William | Hix | Research Assistant | |
| Bryan | Hogle | Research Assistant | |
| Yuhta | Horie | Research Assistant | |
| Chuck | Hornbrook | Research Assistant | |
| Sarah | Howie | Research Assistant | 1) Incorporation of information technology in the built environment, specifically energy monitoring and management; 2) Information technology's role in urban revitalization and infrastructure planning; 3) Technology product development for and integration into multi-stakeholder environments |
| Meredith | Irwin | Office Assistant | |
| Shinji | Isono | Research Assistant | |
| Jeremiah | Johnson |
Core Staff Assistant Research Scientist |
His research interests include measuring the impacts of grid-connected renewable energy on the power system, investigating challenges of renewable integration, and developing methods for more informed generation resource planning. Other areas of investigation include material flow analysis and forecasting material use impacts stemming from changing generation portfolios. |
| Brieland | Jones | Office Assistant | International Development, Renewable Energy, Social Justice and Sustainability, Industrial Ecology, Energy Systems, Liberia |
| Arie | Jongejan | Research Assistant | |
| Masayuki | Kanzaki | Research Assistant | |
| Amit | Kapur | Research Fellow | |
| Krish | Kar | Research Fellow | |
| Brian | Katzman | Research Assistant | |
| Shamitha | Keerthi | Research Associate | Biofuels and their Environmental Impacts, Water Resource Policy, Water quality and scarcity, Energy & Land-use |
| Jarod | Kelly |
Core Staff Assistant Research Scientist |
optimization, mechanical engineering design, and preference assessment for understanding designed systems, especially quantifying a system's environmental impact, and determining how user behavior influences a system's environmental impact |
| Francis | Kemausuor | Visiting Scholar | |
| Alissa | Kendall | Research Assistant | |
| Gregory | Keoleian |
Co-Director Core Staff |
1) the development and application of life cycle models and metrics to enhance the sustainability of products and technology, 2) pioneering new methods in life cycle design, life cycle optimization of product replacement, life cycle cost analysis and life cycle based sustainability assessments ranging from energy analysis and carbon footprints to social indicators, 3) systems including alternative vehicle technology, renewable energy systems such as photovoltaics and willow biomass electricity, buildings and infrastructure, information technology, food and agricultural systems, household appliances, and packaging alternatives. |
| Maya | Key | UROP Student | |
| Doyoon | Kim | Research Assistant | green building construction; Energy simulation & energy efficiency strategy; green building rating systems including LEED |
| Hyung Chul | Kim |
Research Fellow Research Assistant |
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| Hyung-Ju | Kim | Research Fellow | |
| Il-Won | Kim | Research Assistant | |
| Christine | Kirchhoff | Research Assistant | Her research interests focus broadly on the social studies of science applied to the production and use of information in water resources management and the governance and informational challenges inherent in managing water resources in a changing environment. |
| Heather | Kirshman | Research Assistant | |
| Lauren | Knapp | Research Assistant | |
| Jon | Koch | Research Assistant | |
| Shinsuke | Kodama | Research Assistant | |
| Amy | Kolodzy | Research Assistant | |
| Greg | Kozak | Research Assistant | |
| Philip | Kukulski | Research Assistant | |
| Akshay | Kumar | Research Assistant | |
| Nicole | Labutong | Intern | life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, renewable energy |
| Rosemary | Lapka | Research Assistant | |
| Thomas | Leahy | Research Assistant | |
| Brandon | Leeper | Research Assistant | |
| Danielle | LeFevre | Research Assistant | |
| Shoshannah | Lenski | Research Assistant | |
| Michael | Lepech | Research Fellow | integration of sustainability indicators into engineering design, ranging from materials design, structural design, system design, to operations management |
| Robert | Levine | Research Fellow | |
| William | Levine | Research Assistant | |
| Anne Marie | Lewis | Research Assistant | internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, electric vehicles, and the relationship between technology and policy and their role in reducing greenhouse gases |
| Geoff | Lewis |
Research Fellow Research Associate |
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| Binbin | Li | Research Assistant | conservation biology, environmental issues in developing countries, life cycle analysis |
| Hongqing | Li | Visiting Scholar | Material Flow Analysis, Environmental Risk Control, Land Resources Management |
| Lan | Li | Visiting Scholar | |
| Yiting | Li | Research Assistant | |
| Patty | Liao | Research Assistant | |
| Elizabeth | Lillard | Research Assistant | Freshwater conservation and management, Invasive species remediation |
| Jessica | Lin | Research Assistant | |
| Andy | Lubershane | Office Assistant | |
| Yi | Luo | Research Fellow | Decision making under uncertainty, Game theory, Dynamical systems theory, Optimal control, Mathematical programming, Numerical optimization, Simulation and their applications in sustainable energy systems, life cycle assessment, emerging renewable energy, network security, |
| Holly | Lynch | Research Assistant | |
| Chunbo | Ma | Research Fellow | |
| Yufeng | Ma | Research Assistant | |
| Zhongjing | Ma | Research Fellow | |
| John | MacArthur | Research Assistant | |
| Jason | MacDonald | Research Assistant | |
| Nathan | MacPherson | Research Assistant | 1) Hybrid and electric vehicle technologies; 2) Vehicle fleet efficiency and emissions |
| Maite | Madrazo | Research Assistant | renewable energy systems, renewable energy integration to the grid, energy efficiency |
| Sulakshana | Mahajan | Research Assistant | |
| Shakuntala | Makhijani | Research Assistant | |
| Joseph | Malcoun | Research Assistant | |
| Michelle | Manion | Research Assistant | |
| Sharina | Mapleton | Intern | |
| Blake | Marshall | Research Assistant | |
| Brandon | Marshall | Research Assistant | sustainable mobility and more specifically, how real-world driving behavior affects the environmental impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles |
| Elizabeth | Matzen | Office Assistant | |
| Melissa | Maxwell | Office Assistant | |
| Emily | Mazure | Office Assistant | |
| Jeff | McDaniel | Research Assistant | |
| Colin | McMillan | Research Assistant | |
| Pablo | Medina | Research Assistant | |
| Sara | Meerow | Research Assistant | International Urban Sustainable Development. More specifically, her research focuses on modes of governance and policies to improve urban energy systems and resilience to climate change. |
| Jaymie | Meliker | Research Assistant | |
| Dan | Menerey | Research Associate | |
| Rebecca | Messing | Research Assistant | |
| Mark | Michelin | Research Assistant | |
| Ruchi | Misra | Research Assistant | |
| George | Mitchell | Research Assistant | |
| Ali | Moazed | Research Assistant | |
| Neesha | Modi | Research Assistant | |
| Douglas | Moody | Research Assistant | |
| Aditi | Moorthy | Research Assistant | Life Cycle Assessment, product sustainability, green materials, renewable energy and grid integration, energy access for Base of the Pyramid.(BoP) communities |
| Janet | Mosley | Research Assistant | Life cycle assesment, sustainable agriculture, waste reduction |
| Amy | Motzny | Research Assistant | ecological design projects in urban environments that promote water quality and provide both a social and environmental benfit to the cities in which they are implemented. |
| Mindy | Murch | Research Assistant | |
| Ashley | Murphree | Research Assistant | |
| Rebecca | Nadel | Research Assistant | |
| Samar | Naser | Research Fellow | |
| Kathy | Nemsick | Research Assistant | |
| Kate | Newlin | Office Assistant | Systems optimization, life cycle analysis, energy efficiency, waste management |
| Benjamin | Nicholson | Research Assistant | |
| Josh | Novacheck | Research Assistant | Integration of Renewables to the Grid, System Optimization, Energy Efficiency |
| Pamela | O'Leary | Intern | |
| Adam | Olshove | Intern | |
| Elin | Olson | Research Assistant | |
| Jenny | Oorbeck | Research Assistant | |
| Nolan | Orfield | Research Assistant | Algal Biofuel, Life-Cycle Assessment, Complex Systems, Optimization of Environmental Systems, Industrial Ecology, Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste, Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) Renewable Energy Technologies, Sustainability without Borders |
| Chenchen | Ouyang | Research Assistant | |
| Sergio | Pacca | Research Fellow | Renewable energy, climate change, mitigation, life cycle assessment, energy policy, sustainable development |
| Ian | Penn | Intern | |
| Rachel | Permut | Research Assistant | |
| Alan | Phipps | Research Assistant | |
| Erica | Phipps | Research Assistant | |
| Laura | Podzikowski | Office Assistant | |
| Catherine | Polityka | Research Assistant | |
| Ruth | Polk | Research Assistant | |
| Tricia | Pontau | Research Assistant | Clean Transportation Energy, Sustainable Urban Design, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Systems Analysis |
| Sarah | Popp | Research Assistant | |
| Kathleen | Presley | Research Assistant | |
| Derek | Przybylo | Research Assistant | |
| Chelsea | Ransom | Office Assistant | water-energy nexus, specifically biogas generation in Africa |
| Peter | Reppe | Research Associate | |
| Matthew | Rife | Research Assistant | |
| Wendy | Rigterink | Research Assistant | |
| Betsy | Riley | Research Assistant | |
| Sandra | Rodriguez | Research Assistant | |
| Matthew | Roman | Research Assistant | |
| Yufan | Ruan | Research Assistant | |
| Sina | Sadeghi Baghsorkhi | Research Assistant | Study the impact of wind power on unit commitment and dispatch of thermal plants in high penetration scenarios; devise a model that describes as realistically as possible the generation pattern of a power system with high penetration of wind power, considering the physical or economic constraints of the power system infrastructure in the state of Michigan; and demonstrate how the aggregate output of the wind power from those spatially diverse locations could be optimized to reduce the operation of natural gas peak units , reduce the operation of the “carbon intensive” coal steam plants serving the base load and finally to maximize the contribution of the wind power to the system reliability. |
| Caitlin | Sadler | Research Assistant | I am a storyteller, a creative problem solver, a Wolverine, a solar car racer, and an enthusiastic mentor. I have always loved a great team and a new idea. |
| Christina | Sadler | Office Assistant | |
| Michael | Sadowski | Research Associate | |
| Amy | Samples | Research Assistant | |
| Allie | Schafer | Research Assistant | |
| Chris | Scheuer | Research Assistant | |
| Becky | Schillo | Office Assistant | |
| Nagapooja | Seeba |
Research Assistant Intern |
LEED green buildings, Life Cycle Analysis, Industrial Ecology, Carbon Footprinting, Water Efficiency, Biotechnology |
| Thorsten | Selhorst | Visiting Scholar | Renewable Energy, Energy Technologies, Life Cycle Assessment of Offshore Windfarms |
| Mary | Sell | Research Assistant | Quantifying the energy use and GHG emissions of the recycling industry while benchmarking best practices for future utilization. |
| Dimitri | Shanin | Research Assistant | |
| David | Shen | Research Assistant | |
| Anne | Shishkovsky | Research Assistant | Building energy efficency, green infrastructure, and sustainable development |
| Joon | Sik Park | Research Assistant | |
| Amber | Simco | Office Assistant | |
| Deepak | Sivaraman | Research Assistant | I am an energy-economist with a focus on photovoltaic technologies. My research is very interdisciplinary and I work at the interface of disciplines such as life cycle engineering, renewable energy systems, applied economics and regulatory policy analysis. |
| Ryan | Smith | Intern | |
| Sabrina | Spatari | Research Assistant | |
| David | Spitzley |
Core Staff Research Associate External Advisory Board Member |
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| Lauren | Start | Research Assistant | |
| Jeff | Staudinger | Research Assistant | |
| Elyse | Steiner | Research Assistant | |
| Thomas | Stephens | Research Assistant | |
| Jeremy | Stoll | Office Assistant | |
| Kerry | Stratton | Office Assistant | |
| Samantha | Sturhahn | Research Assistant | |
| Wenting | Sun | Research Assistant | |
| Michael | Taylor | Research Assistant | |
| Alexandria | Teague | Office Assistant | |
| Tirumulai | Tejas | Research Assistant | Renewable energy systems (primarily solar PV), automotive electrification, building energy efficiency and smart grid |
| Elizabeth | Terry | Research Assistant | |
| Erin | Trainor |
Research Associate Office Assistant |
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| Morgane | Treanton | Office Assistant | |
| Malavika | Tripathi | Research Assistant | |
| Liang | Tsai | Research Assistant | Renewable energy, Wind farm siting, Environmental policy, Eco-city, Corporate environmental strategies |
| Ajay | Varadharajan | Research Assistant | Energy Policy Analysis, Renewable Energy Technology Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability Consulting |
| Melissa | Vernon | Research Assistant | |
| Michael | Wagner | UROP Student | |
| Judith | Walls | Research Fellow | |
| William | Walter | Research Assistant | |
| Markus | Walther | Research Assistant | Electricity markets and policy |
| Greg | Warner | UROP Student | |
| David | Weinglass | Research Assistant | |
| Blair | Wilcox | Research Assistant | |
| John | Willard | Research Assistant | Energy infrastructure, renewable energy systems, transportation, life cycle analysis, natural resource management, and geographical information systems. |
| Dan | Wilson | Research Assistant | |
| Andrew | Winkelman | Research Associate | |
| Manoru | Yamada | Research Assistant | |
| Asako | Yamamoto |
Research Assistant Alumni |
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| Ye | Yue | Research Assistant | Industrial Ecology, Life Cycle Assessment, Green Design, Sustainable Engineering Technologies, Sustainable Enterprises, Environmental Management |
| Lin | Zeng | Visiting Scholar | |
| Han | Zhang |
Research Fellow Research Assistant |
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| Yuan | Zhang | Research Assistant | technical and market analysis of emerging technologies, including intelligent energy management systems, Fuel Cells, LEDs, power electronics for Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid |
| Jimin | Zhao | Research Investigator | environmental policy, energy policy and technology development, international environmental governance, and sustainable transportation development, with a focus on China. Based on in-depth field research, her research investigates the factors that determine successful policy implementation, emphasizing analysis of the behavior and interaction of involved state and non-state actors at different levels. The objective of her research is catalyze and inform the design of policies and institutions that can address not only climate issues but also environmental and energy security issues. |
| Yi | Zhen | Research Assistant |