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
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.
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.
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.
Naseebullah Andar is a fourth-year student studying mathematics, economics, and biochemistry. Andar is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
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.
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.
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.
Susanna Berkouwer is an assistant professor of Business Economics & Public Policy at the Wharton School.
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.
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.
Paul Bonney is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and a former senior vice president at Exelon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Martina Bulgarelli is an undergraduate student pursuing a dual degree in finance, ESG, and political science. Bulgarelli is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
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.
Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future. Burtraw was a 2018-2019 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
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 was also a 2024 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
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.
Stephanie Carlisle is a lecturer in Landscape Artchiture in the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Elea Castiglione is a third-year undergraduate student studying philosophy, politics, & economics. Castiglione is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Emily Duncan is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and the senior vice president of federal affairs at American Electric Power.
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.
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.
Jared Farmer is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts and Sciences.
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.
Charlotte Fletcher is a fourth-year student, double majoring in international relations and Hispanic studies. Fletcher is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Meredith Fowlie is the Class of 1935 Endowed Chair in Energy at UC Berkeley. Fowlie is a 2022-2023 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
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.
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.
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.
Karen Goldberg is the Vagelos Professor of Energy Research and is the director of the Vagelos Institute of Energy Science and Technology (VIEST).
Carl Goldsmith is a donor to the Kleinman Center and the founding partner at Beach Point Capital Management.
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.
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.
Erik Gribetz is a donor to the Kleinman Center and managing partner at Stonecourt Capital.
Erick Guerra is Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor in City and Regional Planning in the Weitzman School of Design.
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.
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.
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.
Andrew Huemmler is a senior lecturer of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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.
Heather Huntington is the executive director of the Penn Development Research Institute-DevLab. Her research interests include land tenure, land administration, natural resource management.
Andrew Jackson is a professor of practice in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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.
Deep Jariwala is an associate professor of electrical systems engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ben Keys is an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
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.Â
Steven Kimbrough is a professor of operation, information, and decision in the Wharton School.
Alexandra Klass is the James G. Degnan Professor of Law at Michigan Law. Klass is a 2023-2024 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
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.
Shimon Kogan is an adjunct associate professor in the Finance Deparement at The Wharton School.
Arwen Kozak is senior research coordinator at the Kleinman Center. She assists with research and programming initiatives at Kleinman, working to support visiting scholars, students, and grant recipients.
Ken Kulak is a member of the Advisory Board and a former senior fellow at the Kleinman Center.
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.
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.
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.
Steven Lefkowitz is a donor to the Kleinman Center and the founding partner at Sagewind Capital LLC.
Jack Leitzell is a second-year student studying chemical and biomolecular engineering. Leitzell is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
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.
James Li is a fourth-year student at the Wharton School concentrating on finance and ESG. Li is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
Sarah Light is the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor, professor of legal studies & business ethics, and faculty co-director of the Wharton Climate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Zhongjie Lin is an associate professor of city and regional planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Nikki Luke is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Luke is a 2022-2023 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
Lauren Lutzke is the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media.
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.
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.
Niall Mac Dowell is a professor of energy systems engineering at Imperial College London. Mac Dowell is a 2024-2025 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar.
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.
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.
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. Sibanda is a visiting scholar with the Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund.
Thomas E. Mallouk is a Vagelos Professor in Energy Research and a Professor of Chemistry in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Rahul Mangharam is an associate professor of electrical and systems engineering in the School of Engineering and Applies Science.
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.
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.
Irina Marinov is a climate scientist and an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the department of Earth and Environmental Science.
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
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.
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.
Shrey Mehta is currently pursuing a Master of Environmental Studies at Penn. He is the 2024 Kleinman Birol Fellow at the International Energy Agency.
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.
Gilbert Metcalf is a professor of economics at Tufts University and was a 2016-2017 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
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.
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.
Juan-Pablo Montero is a professor of economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and 2019-2020 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
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.
Ellen Neises is the executive director of PennPraxisand an adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture in the Weitzman School.
Serguei Netessine is vice dean for global initiatives and professor in the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at The Wharton School.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 senior fellow at the Kleinman Center.
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.
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.
Dipti Pitta is an assistant professor in ruminant nutrition at the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Sonny Popowsky is a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board and served as the Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2012.
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.
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.
Vincent Reina is an assistant professor of city and regional planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
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.
Nikolai Roussanov is the Moise Y. Safra Associate Professor of Finance in the Wharton School.
Megan Ryerson is the UPS Chair of Transportation and Associate Chair of City and Regional Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Ben Sailors is a fourth-year and accelerated master's student studying materials science and engineering. Sailors is also a 2025 Undergraduate Student Fellow.
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.
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.
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.
Marvin Schlanger is the former chairman of the Supervisory Board of UGI Corporation and a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Frederick Steiner is dean of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and a member of the Kleinman Center Advisory Board.
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.
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.
Leah Stokes is an assistant professor of political science at University of California Santa Barbara and 2019-2020 visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
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.
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.
Jérôme Taillard is an assistant professor of finance at Babson College. In 2016-2017, he was a visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Domenic Vitiello is an associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the Weitzman School of Design.
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.
Nina Wang is majoring in political science and French with a minor in linguistics. Wang is also a 2025 Undergraduate Fellow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Daniel Yergin is the Vice Chairman of IHS Markit. He is the recipient of the 2015 Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy.
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.