Team

Leadership

Jenny Yang

Director and Research Thrust 1 Lead
University of California, Irvine

Christopher Hahn

Deputy Director
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Charles McCrory

Research Thrust 2 Lead
University of Michigan

Joshua Spurgeon

Research Thrust 3 Lead
University of Louisville

Primary Investigators

Anastassia Alexandrova

University of California, Los Angeles

Vy Dong

University of California, Irvine

John Gregoire

California Institute of Technology

Burcu Gurkan

Case Western Reserve University

Christopher Hahn

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Michael Janik

Pennsylvania State University

Bijandra Kumar

Elizabeth City State University

Joel Haber

California Institute of Technology

Marsha Massey

University of Central Arkansas

Charles McCrory

University of Michigan

Carlos Morales-Guio

University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Nielsen

University of California, Irvine

Robert Sacci

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Wilson Smith

University of Colorado, Boulder

Joshua Spurgeon

University of Louisville

Chantal Stieber

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Jesus Velazquez

University of California, Davis

Gabriel Veith

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jenny Yang

University of California, Irvine

Center Staff

Dr. Lori Greene

Managing Director
University of California, Irvine

Lisa Gauf

Administrative Director
University of California, Irvine

Joyce Penh

Post-Award Financial Administrator
University of California, Irvine

Amy Luiz

Administrative Specialist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Researchers

Technical Staff
Dan Guevarra, California Institute of Technology
Jingson Huang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ryan Jones, California Institute of Technology
Kevin Kan, California Institute of Technology
Yung-Chieh Lai, California Institute of Technology

Postdoctoral Scholars
Hoang Dang, University of California, Irvine
Saudagar Dongare, Case Western Reserve University
Manu Gautam, University of Louisville
Benjamin Goka, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Ab Mir, University of California, Irvine
Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, Elizabeth City State University
Dominic Ross, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Piyush Verma, University of Michigan
Guorong Weng, University of California, Los Angeles

Graduate Students
Rowan Brower, University of California, Davis
Daena Cabral, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Soumya Chatterjee
, Penn State University
Shawn Chiu, University of California, Los Angeles
Jounghwan Choi, University of California, Los Angeles
Oguz Kagan Coskun, Case Western Reserve University
Leila Filien, University of Michigan
Aaron Gaynes, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Feven Gebresilassie, University of California, Irvine
Ciara Gillis, University of California, Irvine
Richard Gomez Caballero, University of California, Davis
Kara Greene, University of California, Irvine
Momoko Ishida, University of California, Los Angeles
Konstantina Mason, University of California, Davis
Pranay Ninawe, University of California, Davis
Francois Nkurunziza, University of Louisville
Partho Paul, University of California, Irvine
Jason Pfeilsticker, University of Colorado, Boulder
Bhavi Shah, University of Louisville
Jared Stanley, University of California, Irvine
Jenna Ynzuna, University of California, Davis
Derek Zhu, Penn State University
Claire Zimmerman, University of California, Irvine

Undergraduate Researchers
Paolo Del Pozo, University of California, Davis
Stephanie Jauregui, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Gaby Lopez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Edward Madrid Jr., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Chris Margolis, University of California, Irvine
Kutemwa Masafwa, University of California, Davis
Mario Moreno, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Natalia Mosqueda, University of California, Davis
Duong Nguyen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Ariel Rodriquez-Gutierrez, University of Central Arkansas
Arnold Tapia, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Noah Tyalor, University of Central Arkansas
Claudia Wong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Dasha Young, University of Central Arkansas

External Advisory Board

Aaron Appel

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Etosha Cave

Twelve

Karen Goldberg

University of Pennsylvania

Frances Houle

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Shaffiq Jaffer

Total Energies

Christopher Jones

Georgia Tech

Dave MacMillan

Princeton University

William Tumas

National Renewable Energy Laboratory