People
Staff & Leadership
- Sanya Carley Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director
- Bill Cohen Associate Director
- Cornelia Colijn Executive Director
- Arwen Kozak Senior Research Coordinator
- Thabo Lenneiye Managing Director, Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund
- Angela Pachon Special Advisor
- Lindsey Samahon Communications Director
- Oscar Serpell Deputy Director
- Mollie Simon Senior Communications Specialist
- Andy Stone Energy Policy Now Host and Producer
- Kimberle Szczurowski Financial Administrative Coordinator
- Shelley Welton Presidential Distinguished Professor
- Jennifer Wilcox Presidential Distinguished Professor
Results
Naseebullah Andar is a fourth-year student studying mathematics, economics, and biochemistry. Andar is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Matthew Barotz is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences studying politics, philosophy, and economics with minors in sustainability and data science. Barotz is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Martina Bulgarelli is an undergraduate student pursuing a dual degree in finance, ESG, and political science. Bulgarelli is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Elea Castiglione is a third-year undergraduate student studying philosophy, politics, & economics. Castiglione is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Gwendolyn K. Cochran is the 2024 Kleinman PEA Fellow at the Philadelphia Green Capital Corps and a Master of Environmental Studies candidate at the University of Pennsylvania.
Danny Cullenward is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. He is a climate economist and lawyer, a Research Fellow with the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy, and the Vice Chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee.
Noah Deich is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center. He recently left the Biden Administration, where he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Carbon Management at the Department of Energy.
Anjali Dhupam is a second-year in the Huntsman Program studying economics in the Wharton School and international studies in the College. Dhupam is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Charlotte Fletcher is a fourth-year student, double majoring in international relations and Hispanic studies. Fletcher is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Alina Ho is a student studying systems science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She is the 2025 Kleinman Birol Fellow and the International Energy Agency and a member of the Kleinman Center Student Advisory Board.
Jack Leitzell is a second-year student studying chemical and biomolecular engineering. Leitzell is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
James Li is a fourth-year student at the Wharton School concentrating on finance and ESG. Li is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Lauren Lutzke is the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.
Kayla Main is a Research Assistant at the Kleinman Center. Through the Kleinman Center, she also works with Energia, an international network supporting gender equity and sustainable energy progress, and their partners, such as Solar Sister.
Michael E. Mann is the Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science. He is a faculty fellow with the Kleinman Center and the first vice provost for climate science, policy, and action at Penn.
Shrey Mehta is currently pursuing a Master of Environmental Studies at Penn. He is the 2024 Kleinman Birol Fellow at the International Energy Agency.
Vivek Nair is a fourth-year student in the VIPER program pursuing degrees in materials science & engineering and chemistry. Nair is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
R. Jisung Park is an environmental and labor economist. He is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center and an assistant professor, with a primary appointment at the School of Policy and Practice and a secondary appointment at the Wharton School.
Senior Fellow, Carnot Prize Winner
Jacqueline Patterson
Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
Jacqueline Patterson is the founder and executive director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, a resource hub for Black frontline climate justice leadership. She is the recipient of the 2024 Carnot Prize and a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert
Nicholas Pevzner
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
Nicholas Pevzner is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Amelia Pilot is a fourth-year student from London in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) studying physics and material science and engineering. Pilot is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
John Quigley is a senior fellow at the Kleinman Center and previously served on the Center's Advisory Board. He served as Secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection and of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Ben Sailors is a fourth-year and accelerated master's student studying materials science and engineering. Sailors is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Solemei Scamaroni is a first-year student from Houston on track to study philosophy, politics, and economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. Scamaroni is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Benjamin Schmitt is a joint senior fellow at the Kleinman Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Penn. He is also an affiliate of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and associate of the Harvard-Ukrainian Research Institute.
Maddie Shenkan is a junior at Wharton studying Finance, AI and Policy. Shenkan is a Kleinman Apollo Fellow and worked within Apollo's Clean Transition Equity PE team during the summer of 2024.
Sara Takenaka is an undergraduate student studying chemical and biomolecular engineering with a minor in sustainability and environmental management. Takenaka is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Tobey Theiding is an undergraduate in the College of Arts & Sciences studying physics with a concentration in business & technology and a minor in French and Francophone studies. Theiding is also a 2025 Undergraduate Fellow.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert
Arthur van Benthem
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Arthur van Benthem is an expert in environmental and energy economics, exploring the economic efficiency of energy policy. He is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center and an associate professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton.
Steve Viscelli is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology. His research focuses on work, labor market economics, and economic regulation, specifically in trucking industry.
Nina Wang is majoring in political science and French with a minor in linguistics. Wang is also a 2025 Undergraduate Fellow.
Linda Wu is the Sustainable Agriculture Fund Research Associate. She is pursuing a dual degree in Wharton and in the College of Arts and Sciences. Wu was also a 2022 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Tommy Zeng is a fourth-year student studying political science with a concentration in international relations. Zeng is also a 2025 Undergraduate Fellow.
Rachel Zhang is a fourth-year student at Wharton, studying business economics and public policy with a minor in fine arts. Zhang is also a 2025 Undergraduate Fellow.
Amy Zhou is an undergraduate studying finance and ESG at the Wharton School. Zhou is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.