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Student Advisor

Ahmed Abdellah

Student Advisory Council Member
Ahmed Abdellah is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member and is a student studying in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program.
Visiting Scholar

Joe Aldy

Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Joe Aldy is a professor of the practice of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Aldy was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center in 2016-2017.
Visiting Scholar

Stefan Ambec

INRAE Research Professor, Toulouse School of Economics
Stefan Ambec is INRAE Research Professor at Toulouse School of Economics where he leads the TSE Energy and Climate Center. Ambec is a 2023-2024 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Student Fellow

Eliana Atienza

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Eliana Atienza is an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences studying Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental Policy and Application. Atienza is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Dorit Aviv

Assistant Professor of Architecture
Dorit Aviv is an assistant professor of architecture and director of the Thermal Architecture Lab at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, specializing in sustainability and environmental performance.
Penn Energy Expert

Parrish Bergquist

Assistant Professor, Political Science
Parrish Bergquist is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department. She studies the political determinants of environmental policy—in the U.S. and abroad—with a particular focus on public will and political behavior.
Penn Energy Expert

Susanna Berkouwer

Assistant Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy
Susanna Berkouwer is an assistant professor of Business Economics & Public Policy at the Wharton School.
Student Fellow

Alondra Betancourt

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Alondra Betancourt is an undergraduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences. Betancourt is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Student Fellow

Rachel Bina

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Rachel Bina is in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business studying Economics at the Wharton School and International Studies and Russian at the College of Arts and Sciences. Bina is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Eugenie Birch

Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education
Eugénie L. Birch is co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education, and chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning.
Carnot Prize Winner

Fatih Birol

Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Fatih Birol is the executive director of the International Energy Agency. He is the recipient of the 2016 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Board Member

Paul Bonney

Former Senior Vice President, Exelon
Paul Bonney is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and a former senior vice president at Exelon.
Visiting Scholar

Severin Borenstein

E.T. Grether Professor, Haas School of Business
Severin Borenstein is E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business and faculty director of the Energy Institute at Haas. Borenstein is a 2023-2024 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Penn Energy Expert

Matthijs Bouw

Associate Professor of Practice, Landscape Architecture
Matthijs Bouw is an associate professor of practice in the Landscape Architecture department of the Weitzman School of Design. He is the Rockefeller Urban Resilience Fellow for the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Penn Energy Expert

William Braham

Professor of Architecture, Director of CEBD
William W. Braham is a professor of architecture at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He is also the Director of the Center for Environmental Building + Design.
Visiting Scholar

Sara Bronin

Professor, Cornell University
Sara Bronin was a 2020-2021 visiting scholar of the Kleinman Center when she was the Thomas F. Gallivan Chair in Real Property Law at UConn Law School. She currently is a professor at Cornell University.
Board Member

Mark Brownstein

Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund
Mark Brownstein is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and the senior vice president of energy transition at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
Penn Energy Expert

William Burke-White

Professor of Law, Carey Law School
William Burke-White is Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Burke-White, an international lawyer and political scientist, is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, and international law.
Visiting Scholar

Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future. Burtraw was a 2018-2019 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Student Fellow, Student Advisor

Luke Campo

Student Advisory Council Member
Luke Campo is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member. He is studying International Relations and minoring in Sustainability and Environmental Management in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Staff, Faculty, Penn Energy Expert

Sanya Carley

Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director
Sanya Carley is the Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Penn Energy Expert

Stephanie Carlisle

Lecturer, Landscape Architecture
Stephanie Carlisle is a lecturer in Landscape Artchiture in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Student Advisor

Joshua Chertok

Student Advisory Council Member
Joshua Chertok is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member and an undergraduate student studying International Relations and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the School of Arts and Science. He was also a 2023 Undergraduate Seminar Fellow.
Student Fellow

Gwendolyn K. Cochran

2024 Philadelphia Energy Authority 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.
Student Advisor

CeCe Coffey

Student Advisory Council Member
CeCe Coffey is a member of the Kleinman Center’s Student Advisory Council and a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School.
Penn Energy Expert

Cary Coglianese

Edward B. Shils Professor of Law
Cary Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the Carey School of Law. He also is the director of the Penn Program on Regulation.
Staff

Bill Cohen

Associate Director
Bill Cohen is the associate director of operations, programming, and data analytics. He oversees financial and office operations, manages the center’s events and programming, and works closely with all staff to implement the center’s research strategy.
Staff, Penn Energy Expert

Cornelia Colijn

Executive Director
Cornelia Colijn is the executive director of the Kleinman Center. She envisions, plans, and manages all center programming, while building connections with students, faculty, and leaders in the energy industry.
Penn Energy Expert

Dennis P. Culhane

Professor and Dana and Andrew Stone Chair in Social Policy
Dennis Culhane is the Dana and Andrew Stone Chair in Social Policy in the School of Social Policy and Practice. He is a social science researcher with primary expertise in the area of homelessness and assisted housing policy.
Senior Fellow, Penn Energy Expert

Danny Cullenward

Senior Fellow
Danny Cullenward is a Kleinman Center Senior Fellow. 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.
Student Advisor

Christian Daebritz

Student Advisory Council Member
Christian Daebritz is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member an undergraduate studying Finance and Business Analytics at Wharton. Daebritz was also a 2023 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Student Fellow

Grace Dai

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Grace Dai is an undergraduate student studying Computational Biology and minoring in Data Science. Dai is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Tom Daniels

Crossways Professor, City and Regional Planning
Tom Daniels is the Crossways Professor of city and regional planning at the Weitzman School. Daniels directs the concentration in Land Use and Environmental Planning.
Visiting Scholar

Lucas Davis

Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley
Lucas Davis is the Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor in Business and Technology at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Davis is a 2021-2022 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Penn Energy Expert

Francis X. Diebold

Professor of Economics, Finance, and Statistics
Francis X. Diebold is Paul F. and Warren Shafer Miller Professor of Social Sciences, and Professor of Economics, Finance, and Statistics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Energy Expert

Akira Drake Rodriquez

Assistant Professor of City Planning
Akira Drake Rodriquez is an Assistant Professor of City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Her research examines the politics of urban planning.
Board Member

Emily Duncan

Senior VP of Federal Affairs, American Electric Power
Emily Duncan is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and the senior vice president of federal affairs at American Electric Power.
Penn Energy Expert

Tulia Falleti

Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science
Tulia Falleti is the Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science, Director of the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program, and Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics.
Visiting Scholar

Chandra Farley

CEO, ReSolve
Chandra Farley is the CEO of ReSolve, a consulting practice with a mission to increase the impact of climate justice initiatives by creating equity-centered delivery infrastructure. Farley is a 2021-2022 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Penn Energy Expert

Jared Farmer

Professor of History
Jared Farmer is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Penn Energy Expert

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde

Professor of Economics
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde is a professor of economics and research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Penn's Population Studies Center, and a Research Affiliate for the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Visiting Scholar

Meredith Fowlie

Class of 1935 Endowed Chair in Energy, UC Berkeley
Meredith Fowlie is the Class of 1935 Endowed Chair in Energy at UC Berkeley. Fowlie is a 2022-2023 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Penn Energy Expert

Lance Freeman

PIK Professor of City and Regional Planning, and Sociology
Lance Freeman is the Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor of City and Regional Planning, and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies how neighborhoods change and evolve over time, the role neighborhoods play in people’s lives.
Visiting Scholar

Oliver Geden

Head of Research, International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Oliver Geden is head of the EU/Europe Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and a lead author of the Sixth IPCC Assessment Report. He was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in 2018-2019.
Student Fellow

Spencer Gibbs

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Spencer Gibbs is a third-year undergraduate student studying Economics and Philosophy, Politics, & Economics with a concentration in Public Policy and Governance in the College of Arts and Sciences. Gibbs is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Reto Gieré

Professor, Earth and Environmental Science
Reto Gieré is a professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Center for Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Energy Expert

Karen Goldberg

Vagelos Professor of Energy Research
Karen Goldberg is the Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and is the director of the Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology (VIEST).
Donor

Carl Goldsmith

Founding Partner, Beach Point Capital Management
Carl Goldsmith is a donor to the Kleinman Center and the founding partner at Beach Point Capital Management.
Visiting Scholar

Christian Gollier

Director, Toulouse School of Economics
Christian Gollier is the director of the Toulouse School of Economics and the Wesley Clair Mitchell Visiting Research Professor at Columbia University. In 2015-2016 he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Carnot Prize Winner

Piyush Goyal

Minister of Railways and Coal, Government of India
Piyush Goyal is a member of India’s upper house of parliament and serves as the minister of railways and coal. He is the 2018 recipient of the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Donor

Eric Gribetz

Managing Partner, Stonecourt Capital
Erik Gribetz is a donor to the Kleinman Center and managing partner at Stonecourt Capital.
Penn Energy Expert

Erick Guerra

Associate Dean for Research, Weitzman School
Erick Guerra is Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor in City and Regional Planning in the Weitzman School of Design.
Visiting Scholar

Thomas Hale

Professor of Public Policy, University of Oxford
Thomas Hale is a professor in public policy at the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government. Hale is a 2021-2022 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Student Fellow

Raja Harith

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Raja Harith is an undergraduate student studying Finance and ESG at The Wharton School. Harith is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Visiting Scholar

Catherine Hausman

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Catherine Hausman is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Hausman was a 2018-2019 Kleinman Center visiting scholar.
Student Advisor

Alina Ho

Student Advisory Council Member
Alina Ho is an undergraduate student studying systems science and engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Ho was a 2022 Undergraduate Student Fellow and is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member.
Penn Energy Expert

Andrew Huemmler

Senior Lecturer of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Andrew Huemmler is a senior lecturer of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Penn Energy Expert

Mark Alan Hughes

Director Emeritus
Mark Alan Hughes is director emeritus of the Kleinman Center. During his time as faculty director, he led the Center and wrote on topics ranging from deep decarbonization to the future of Philadelphia's energy landscape.
Penn Energy Expert

Heather Huntington

Director, Penn Development Research Institute-DevLab
Heather Huntington is the executive director of the Penn Development Research Institute-DevLab. Her research interests include land tenure, land administration, natural resource management.
Penn Energy Expert

Andy Jackson

Professor of Practice in Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Jackson is a professor of practice in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Visiting Scholar

Mark Jacobsen

Professor, University of California San Diego
Mark Jacobsen is a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2015-2016, he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Penn Energy Expert

Deep Jariwala

Associate Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Deep Jariwala is an associate professor of electrical systems engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Visiting Scholar

Jesse Jenkins

Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Jesse Jenkins is an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University. In 2017-2018, Jenkins was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Visiting Scholar

Kirsten Jenkins

Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Kirsten Jenkins is a senior lecturer in energy, environment, and society within the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Jenkins is a 2024-2025 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Student Fellow

Joey Jung

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Joey Jung is a n undergraduate majoring in Urban Studies and Political Science. Jung is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Visiting Scholar

Matthew Kahn

Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC
Matthew Kahn is the Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern California. In 2015-2016 he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Visiting Scholar

Daniel Kammen

Professor of Energy, University of California Berkeley
Daniel Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California Berkeley. Kammen was a 2019-2020 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Penn Energy Expert

Ben Keys

Assistant Professor at the Wharton School
Ben Keys is an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Visiting Scholar

Radhika Khosla

Research Director, Oxford India Centre
Radhika Khosla is the research director at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. In 2017-2018 she was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center. 
Penn Energy Expert

Steven Kimbrough

Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
Steven Kimbrough is a professor of operation, information, and decision in the Wharton School.
Visiting Scholar

Alexandra Klass

James G. Degnan Professor of Law, Michigan Law
Alexandra Klass is the James G. Degnan Professor of Law at Michigan Law. Klass is a 2023-2024 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Board Member, Donor

Scott Kleinman

Co-President, Apollo Global Management
Scott Kleinman (C’94, W’94), along with his wife Wendy Kleinman, established the Kleinman Center with a generous $10 million gift to the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. This founding gift continues to support the center and its broad array of programs.
Penn Energy Expert

Shimon Kogan

Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance
Shimon Kogan is an adjunct associate professor in the Finance Deparement at The Wharton School.
Staff

Arwen Kozak

Research Associate
Arwen Kozak is a research associate at the Kleinman Center. She assists with research and programming initiatives at Kleinman, working to support visiting scholars, students, and grant recipients.
Penn Energy Expert, Board Member

Ken Kulak

Partner, Morgan Lewis
Ken Kulak is a member of the Advisory Board and a former senior fellow at the Kleinman Center.
Visiting Scholar

Melina Miyowapan Laboucan-Massimo

Founder, Sacred Earth Solar
Melina Laboucan-Massimo is an internationally renowned advocate for climate justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and women’s rights. She is the Founder of Sacred Earth Solar and a 2021-2022 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Carnot Prize Winner

Cheryl LaFleur

Former Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Cheryl LaFleur is the former commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She is the 2019 recipient of the Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Penn Energy Expert

Allison Lassiter

Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning
Allison Lassiter is an assistant professor of city and regional planning at the Weitzman School of Design. Her work examines opportunities to use landscape infrastructure and emerging technologies to build resilience and increase adaptive capacity.
Donor

Steven Lefkowitz

Founding Partner, Sagewind Capital LLC
Steven Lefkowitz is a donor to the Kleinman Center and the founding partner at Sagewind Capital LLC.
Staff, Penn Energy Expert

Thabo Lenneiye

Managing Director, Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund
Thabo Lenneiye is the Managing Director of the Sustainable Agriculture Fund. She's responsible for operationalizing the fund, launching initiatives focused on sustainable agriculture, and framing a research agenda that intersects with energy policy.
Penn Energy Expert

Sarah Light

Associate Professor, Legal Studies & Business Ethics
Sarah Light is an associate professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School. Her research interests include climate law and policy, environmental law and policy, and private environmental governance.
Penn Energy Expert

Zhongjie Lin

Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning
Zhongjie Lin is an associate professor of city and regional planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Visiting Scholar

Nikki Luke

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Nikki Luke is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Luke is a 2022-2023 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Faculty Fellow

Lauren Lutzke

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Lauren Lutzke is the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.
Penn Energy Expert

Kristina Lyons

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Kristina Lyons is an assistant professor of anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) at the University of Pennsylvania.
Student Fellow

Frank Ma

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Frank Ma is an undergraduate studying Finance, Statistics and Computer Science. Ma is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Chenyi Ma

Research Assistant Professor, SP2
Chenyi Ma is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Policy and Practice. His research aims to contribute to interdisciplinary knowledge of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.
Visiting Scholar

Niall Mac Dowell

Professor, Imperial College London
Niall Mac Dowell is a professor of energy systems engineering at Imperial College London. Mac Dowell is a 2024-2025 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Student Advisor

Caroline Magdolen

Student Advisory Council Member
Caroline Magdolen is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member and an undergraduate student studying in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program. Magdolen was also a 2021 Undergraduate Seminar Fellow.
Research Assistant, Student Fellow

Kayla Main

Kleinman Center Research Assistant
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.
Visiting Scholar

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Director & Chair, ARUA Centre of Excellence in Food Systems
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is professor, director and chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food Systems at the University of Pretoria.
Penn Energy Expert

Thomas Mallouk

Vagelos Professor in Energy Research
Thomas E. Mallouk is a Vagelos Professor in Energy Research and a Professor of Chemistry in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Penn Energy Expert

Rahul Mangharam

Associate Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Rahul Mangharam is an associate professor of electrical and systems engineering in the School of Engineering and Applies Science.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert

Michael Mann

Presidential Distinguished Professor
Michael E. Mann is the Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is a faculty fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
Penn Energy Expert

Ioana Marinescu

Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Ioana Marinescu is an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Penn Energy Expert

Irina Marinov

Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Science
Irina Marinov is a climate scientist and an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the department of Earth and Environmental Science.
Penn Energy Expert

Siva Mathiyazhagan

Research Assistant Professor, SP2
Siva Mathiyazhagan is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Social Policy and Practice. He is also the Associate Director of Strategies and Impact at the SAFELab at Penn and RSM Assembly Fellows at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Penn Energy Expert

Samantha McBride

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, SEAS
Samantha McBride is the William K. Gemmill Term Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Carnot Prize Winner

Gina McCarthy

Former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Gina McCarthy is the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. She is the recipient of the 2017 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Student Fellow

Shrey Mehta

2024 Kleinman Birol Fellow
Shrey Mehta is currently pursuing a Master of Environmental Studies at Penn. He is the 2024 Kleinman Birol Fellow at the International Energy Agency.
Carnot Prize Winner

Ramón Méndez Galain

Former Energy Director of Uruguay
Ramón Méndez Galain is the Executive Director of Ivy and the former energy director of Uruguay. He is the recipient of the 2023 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Visiting Scholar

Gilbert Metcalf

Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Gilbert Metcalf is a professor of economics at Tufts University and was a 2016-2017 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Student Fellow

Lillian Miller

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Lillian Miller is an undergraduate student studying Chemistry and Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences program. Miller is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Student Fellow

Sandro Mocciolo

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Sandro Mocciolo is an undergraduate student studying Environmental Studies, Economics, and Spanish. Mocciolo is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Laia Mogas-Soldevila

Assistant Professor of Architecture, Weitzman School
Laia Mogas-Soldevila is an Assistant Professor of Graduate Architecture and Director of DumoLab Research at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania.
Student Advisor

Bianca Montañez

Student Advisory Council Member
Bianca Montañez is a member of the Kleinman Center’s Student Advisory Council and is an undergraduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences. Montañez was also a 2023 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Visiting Scholar

Juan-Pablo Montero

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Juan-Pablo Montero is a professor of economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and 2019-2020 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Penn Energy Expert

Ellen Neises

Executive Director, PennPraxis
Ellen Neises is the executive director of PennPraxisand an adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture in the Weitzman School.
Penn Energy Expert

Serguei Netessine

Vice Dean for Global Initiatives, Wharton
Serguei Netessine is vice dean for global initiatives and professor in the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at The Wharton School.
Student Fellow

Thu Nguyen

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Thu Nguyen is an undergraduate student from Vietnam majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental and Sustainability Management. Nguyen is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Carnot Prize Winner

Sheila Oparaocha

International Coordinator and Program Manager, Energia
Sheila Oparaocha is the international coordinator and program manager at Energia. She is the recipient of the 2021 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Staff, Penn Energy Expert

Angela Pachon

Special Advisor
Angela Pachon is a special advisor the Kleinman Center and was previously the Center's research director. She advises on the research agenda, research grants and the visitor scholar programs, as well as developing scholarship and research collaborations.
Student Advisor

Julia Pampush

Student Advisory Council Member
Julia Pampush is a member of the Kleinman Center’s Student Advisory Council and an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Environmental Studies and Design. Pampush was also a 2023 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Benjamin Paren

Alumni Research Fellow
Benjamin Paren is an alumni research fellow at the Kleinman Center and a postdoctoral research associate in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert

R. Jisung Park

Assistant Professor
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.
Student Fellow

Seema Parmar

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Seema Parmar is an undergraduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences studying mathematical economics and environmental studies. Parmar is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Penn Energy Expert

Thomas Parsons

Director, Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food
Thomas Parsons is the Marie A. Moore Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics at the School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center. He directs the Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food at PennVet.
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 Kleinman Center Senior Fellow.
Student Fellow

Kiara Perez

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Kiara Perez is an undergraduate student studying Nursing with a minor in Global Health. Perez is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Visiting Scholar

Ari Peskoe

Director, Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard University
Ari Peskoe is the director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program. In 2017-2018 Peskoe was a visiting scholar 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.
Penn Energy Expert

Dipti Pitta

Assistant Professor in Ruminant Nutrition
Dipti Pitta is an assistant professor in ruminant nutrition at the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Board Member

Sonny Popowsky

Former Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania
Sonny Popowsky is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and served as the Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2012.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert

Peter Psarras

Research Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Peter Psarras is a research assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
Senior Fellow

John Quigley

Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center
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.
Visiting Scholar

Tony Reames

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Tony Reames is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability where he directs the Urban Energy Justice Lab. Reames is a 2020-2021 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Penn Energy Expert

Vincent Reina

Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning
Vincent Reina is an assistant professor of city and regional planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Visiting Scholar

Mauricio Rodas

Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador
Mauricio Rodas is the Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador, and a 2019-2020 visiting scholar with the Kleinman Center, Perry World House and Penn Institute for Urban Research.
Penn Energy Expert

Nikolai Roussanov

Moise Y. Safra Associate Professor of Finance
Nikolai Roussanov is the Moise Y. Safra Associate Professor of Finance in the Wharton School.
Penn Energy Expert

Megan Ryerson

UPS Chair of Transportation, Weitzman School
Megan Ryerson is the UPS Chair of Transportation and Associate Chair of City and Regional Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Staff

Lindsey Samahon

Communications Director
Lindsey Samahon is the director of communications at the Kleinman Center. She develops new content, prepares research for publication, and serves as the center's press contact.
Visiting Scholar

Roberto Schaeffer

Full Professor of Energy Economics, CENERGIA
Roberto Schaeffer is a Full Professor of Energy Economics and Principal Investigator of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Economics (CENERGIA). In 2016-2017, he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Board Member

Marvin Schlanger

Former Chairman of the Board, UGI Corporation
Marvin Schlanger is the former chairman of the Supervisory Board of UGI Corporation and a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board.
Senior Fellow, Penn Energy Expert

Benjamin Schmitt

Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center and SAS
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.
Visiting Scholar

Nathalie Seddon

Professor, University of Oxford
Nathalie Seddon is a professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford and founding director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative. Seddon is a 2020-2021 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Staff, Penn Energy Expert

Oscar Serpell

Deputy Director
Oscar Serpell oversees all student programming, alumni engagement, faculty and student grants, and visiting scholars. He is also a researcher, writer, and policy analyst working on research initiatives with students and Center partners.
Student Fellow

Nisha Shah

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Nisha Shah is an undergraduate studying Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Mechanical Engineering. Shah is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Staff

Mollie Simon

Senior Communications Specialist
Mollie Simon is the senior communications specialist at the Kleinman Center. She manages the center's social media accounts, drafts newsletters and announcements, writes and publishes content for our website, and regularly posts to our blog.
Visiting Scholar

Katherine Smith

Director, Environmental Research Institute
Katherine Smith is the director of the environmental research institute of the supervising scientist for the Australian Government. In 2016-2017, Smith was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.  
Student Fellow

Colby Snyder

Undergraduate Seminar Fellow
Colby Snyder is an undergraduate studying Physics and Chemical Engineering in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research. Snyder is also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Board Member

Frederick Steiner

Dean, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Frederick Steiner is dean of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board.
Visiting Scholar

Roger Stern

Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa
Roger Stern is an assistant professor of energy economics, policy, and commerce at the University of Tulsa, Collins College of Business. In 2016-2017 he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Carnot Prize Winner

Nicholas Stern

IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, LSE
Nicholas Stern is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the recipient of the 2022 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
Visiting Scholar

Leah Stokes

Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Barbara
Leah Stokes is an assistant professor of political science at University of California Santa Barbara and 2019-2020 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Staff, Penn Energy Expert

Andy Stone

Energy Policy Now Host and Producer
Andy Stone is producer and host of Energy Policy Now, the Kleinman Center’s podcast series. He previously worked in business planning with PJM Interconnection and was a senior energy reporter at Forbes Magazine.
Staff

Kimberle Szczurowski

Financial Administrative Coordinator
Kimberle Szczurowski is the financial administrative coordinator at the Kleinman Center. She keeps the Kleinman Center humming along, especially in the areas of budgeting, scheduling. and event planning.
Visiting Scholar

Jérôme Taillard

Assistant Professor, Babson College
Jérôme Taillard is an assistant professor of finance at Babson College. In 2016-2017, he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Visiting Scholar

Shuchi Talati

Founder, The Alliance for Just DSG
Shuchi Talati is the founder of The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering and a 2022-2023 Kleinman Center visiting scholar. Recently, she served as a Presidential Appointee at the U.S. Department of Energy in the Biden Administration.
Visiting Scholar

Mark Templeton

Clinical Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Mark Templeton is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago. Templeton was a 2018-2019 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Student Advisor

Dale Tran

Student Advisory Council Member
Dale Tran is a member of the Kleinman Center’s Student Advisory Council and an undergraduate student in the School of Arts and Sciences majoring in Economics.
Penn Energy Expert

Franca Trubiano

Associate Professor of Architecture
Franca Trubiano is Associate Professor of Graduate Architecture and a Registered Architect with l'Ordre des Architectes du Québec.
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.
Student Advisor

Katherine Vaz Gomes

Student Advisory Council Member
Katherine Vaz Gomes recently defended her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a graduate research assistant in the Clean Energy Conversions Lab and a member of the Kleinman Center’s Student Advisory Council.
Faculty Fellow, Penn Energy Expert

Steve Viscelli

Lecturer, Department of Sociology
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.
Penn Energy Expert

Domenic Vitiello

Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman
Domenic Vitiello is an associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the Weitzman School of Design.
Visiting Scholar

Gernot Wagner

Clinical Associate Professor, NYU
Gernot Wagner is a climate economist. He teaches climate economics and policy at NYU, where he is a clinical associate professor. Wagner is a 2021-2022 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Faculty, Penn Energy Expert

Shelley Welton

Presidential Distinguished Professor
Shelley Welton is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy with the Kleinman Center and Penn Carey Law. Her research focuses on how climate change is transforming energy and environmental law and governance.
Penn Energy Expert

Erik Wibbels

Penn Compact Professor, Political Science
Erik Wibbels is a Penn Compact Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-director of PDRI/DevLab@Penn.
Penn Energy Expert

Bethany Wiggin

Professor of German
Bethany Wiggin is a Professor of German and the Founding Director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities. Her research spans fields usually held apart: early modern German and Atlantic cultural history, and the environmental humanities.
Faculty, Penn Energy Expert

Jennifer Wilcox

Presidential Distinguished Professor
Jen Wilcox is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy. Her research expertise is in carbon capture and sequestration technologies, in order to minimize the negative impacts of fossil fuels.
Visiting Scholar

Hannah Wiseman

Professor of Law, Penn State University
Hannah Wiseman is a Professor of Law at Penn State Law and a Professor in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. She was a 2019-2020 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
Research Assistant

Linda Wu

Sustainable Agriculture Fund Research Associate
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.
Penn Energy Expert

Shu Yang

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Shu Yang is a professor of materials science and engineering and a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Student Advisor

Laura Lee Ru Ye

Student Advisory Council Member
Laura Lee Ru Ye is a member of the Kleinman Center’s Student Advisory Council and a Wharton student concentrating in Finance and Business Analytics. She was also a 2023 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Carnot Prize Winner

Daniel Yergin

Vice Chairman, IHS Markit
Daniel Yergin is the Vice Chairman of IHS Markit. He is the recipient of the 2015 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.