The EEI has nearly 50 affiliated faculty from departments across UC Davis. These faculty are affiliated with the Energy Graduate Group (EGG).
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- Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Research Interests: Thermal Environment Modelling, HVAC Systems, Renewable Energy, Precision Livestock Farming
![Gwen Arnold](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Arnold_Gwen_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
- Co-Director, Center for Environmental Behavior
Research Interests: Hydraulic fracturing; regulation and policymaking
![Shota Atsumi](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Atsumi_cropped.jpg)
![Louise Berben](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Berben_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests: Solar fuels; CO2 conversion; hydrogen production
![Catherine Brinkley](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Brinkley_cropped.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Human Ecology
Research Interests: City and regional planning; place-based policies and interventions; food-energy-water nexus; integrating agricultural ecosystems with urban areas; district heating
![David Bunch](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Bunch2_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Graduate School of Management
Research Interests: Consumer choice behavior and modeling; decision and management sciences
![James Bushnell](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Bushnell_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Economics
Research Interests: Energy markets; utility regulation; climate change; environmental regulation
![Colin Carter](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Carter_Colin_cropped.jpg)
- Distinguished Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Associate Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center
Research Interests: Commodity markets; international trade; China’s rural economy
![Andre Daccache](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/3_Andre-Daccache_Cropped.JPEG.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Research Interests: Agriculture water management; irrigation & hydraulic engineering; crop & climate change modeling
![J.P. Delplanque](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Delplanque_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Director, California Small Hydro Collaborative
Research Interests: Combustion; hydropower; modeling and simulation
![Irwin R Donis-Gonzalez](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/7_Irwin-R-Donis-Gonzalez_Cropped.JPEG.jpg)
- Assistant Postharvest Engineering Specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Research Interests: Postharvest engineering, handling, traceability & processing of agricultural commodities; reducing energy consumption
![Matt Ellis](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/ellis_new.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Control optimization of energy systems
![Paul Erickson](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/DSC_9978-Large-e1393618960797-229x300.jpg)
- Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Heat & mass transfer enhancement of reacting flows; fuel cell, hybrid drive & electric vehicles; energy systems
![Zhiliang (Julia) Fan](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Fan_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Energy Graduate Group Advisor for Science and Technology track
Research Interests: Biofuels; metabolic engineering; fermentation; process modeling
530-754-0317
![Beth Ferguson](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/6_Beth-Ferguson_Cropped.JPEG.jpeg)
- Assistant Professor, Design
Research Interests: Renewable energy; transportation fuels; energy efficiency
![Annaleise Franz](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Franz_Annaleise_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests: Biofuels, catalysis; chemical transformations to produce biofuels
![Scott Hardman](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/1544035745602.jpg)
- Professional Researcher, Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center
Research Interests: Low carbon & innovative vehicle technologies
![Andrew Hargadon](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hargadon_Andrew_cropped.jpg)
- Professor of Technology Management, Graduate School of Management
- Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship, Graduate School of Management
Research Interests: Energy efficiency design and management
530-752-2277
![John Harvey](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/cee_harvey.jpg)
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Chair, Transportation Technology and Policy Graduate Group
- Director, University of California Pavement Research Center
Research Interests: Life cycle assessment; pavement engineering; alternative material development
![Rebecca Hernandez](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hernandez.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Land, Air, Water Resources
- Director, Wild Energy Center
Research Interests: Environmental aspects of energy; renewable energy; sustainability science
![Bryan Jenkins](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Jenkins_cropped.jpg)
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Chair/Director, California Renewable Energy Center
Research Interests: Energy systems; optimization; thermochemical conversion
![Alan Jenn](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/alan-jenn-wpcf_140x168.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Transportation Studies
Research Interests: Alternative fuel vehicle adoption; transition to sustainable energy systems; quantitative policy analysis; big data statistical analysis
![Tina Jeoh](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Jeoh_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Research Interests: Cellulosic biofuels; bioconversion
![Katrina Jessoe](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Jessoe.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Research Interests: Environmental and energy economics; consumer and firm behavior
![Alissa Kendall](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Kendall_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Chair, Energy Graduate Group
Research Interests: Life cycle assessment; renewable energy; transportation energy
530-752-5722
![Isaya Kisseka](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2_Isaya-Kisseka_Cropped.JPEG.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Land, Air and Water Resources and Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Research Interests: Agricultural hydrology & water management; irrigation engineering; crop modeling & decision support
![Kelly Kissock](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/kissock-kelly-140x168-1.jpg)
- Faculty Director, Energy and Efficiency Institute
- Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Chevron Endowed Chair in Energy Efficiency
Research Interests: Building and industrial energy efficiency; industrial decarbonization, process integration and heat pumps; renewable energy
530-752-4909
![Kurt Kornbluth](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Kornbluth_cropped.jpg)
- Assistant Adjunct Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Director, Program for International Energy Technologies & D-Lab
- Associate Director, UC Davis Blum Center for Developing Economies
Research Interests: Climate neutrality, energy efficiency; consumer behavior; renewable energy technologies
![Marina Leite](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/marina-leite-e1599021952931.png)
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Energy harvesting & storage systems; functional properties of materials; materials processing
![Frank Loge](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Loge_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Director, Center for Water-Energy Efficiency
- Krone Endowed Professor in Environmental Engineering
- Energy Graduate Group Advisor for Policy and Management track
Research Interests: Information technology; water/energy nexus; water/health; conservation; sustainable systems & technologies
530-754-2297
![Mark Mascal](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mascal_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests: Integrated biorefinery; renewable fuels and materials; biomass valorization; biomass-derived platform chemicals
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- Adjunct Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
- Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Energy Graduate Group - Admissions Chair
Research Interests: Energy efficiency; energy demand; economics; behavior and energy use
510-486-4740
![Sabbie Miller](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Miller_2.8.17_cropped.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Life cycle assessment; alternative materials development; sustainability and structural design
![Mark Modera](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Modera2_cropped-1.jpg)
- Associate Director, Western Cooling Efficiency Center
- Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: End-use energy efficiency; energy distribution systems; building energy management; ventilation and indoor air quality
530-754-7671
![Frances Moore](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Moore_cropped.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
Research Interests: Economic and social impacts of climate change; energy-water-food nexus
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- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences
- Energy Graduate Group Advisor-Science & Technology Track
Research Interests: Solar materials
530-754-8669
![Erich Muehlegger](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Muehlegger_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Economics
Research Interests: Regulation and taxation of energy markets; industrial organization; public finance; environmental policy
![Jeremy Munday](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Jeremy-Munday-2-269x300.jpg)
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Photovoltaics; hydrogen technologies
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- Sempra Chair in Energy Efficiency
- Director, Western Cooling Efficiency Center
- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Supercritical CO2; Novel heat-exchanger designs; Waste heat management
![Kevin Novan](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Novan2_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
- EGG Graduate Advisor-Energy & Policy Management Track
Research Interests: Environmental economics; applied econometrics
530-752-7426
![Joan Ogden](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ogden_cropped.jpg)
- Professor Emeritus, Environmental Science and Policy
- Not serving as primary faculty advisor for new students
Research Interests: Alternative fuels; energy transitions; hydrogen and fuel cells; energy infrastructure
![Frank Osterloh](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Osterloh_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests: Solar energy; photovoltaics; photocatalytic water splitting; hydrogen; nanomaterials
![Jae Wan Park](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WanPark_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Director, UC Davis Green Transportation Laboratory
Research Interests: Efficiency energy systems; fuel cells; batteries; electric grid
![Alireza Pourreza](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/8_Alireza-Pourreza_Cropped.JPEG.jpg)
- Assistant Agricultural Mechanization Specialist, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Research Interests: Agricultural mechanization, robotics & automation; precision agriculture & horticulture; machine vision & remote sensing
![David Rapson](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Rapson_cropped.jpg)
- Associate Professor, Economics
Research Interests: Energy economics; energy markets; energy policy
![Pamela Ronald](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ronald_cropped.jpg)
- Distinguished Professor, Plant Pathology
- Professor, Genome Center
- Director, Grass Genetics, The Joint Bioenergy Institute
- Faculty Director, Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy
Research Interests: Biofuels; grass genetics; cell wall biosynthesis
![Angela Sanguinetti](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Angela_Web-1.jpg)
- Research Environmental Psychologist
- Director, Consumer Energy Interfaces Lab
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- Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Director, Scaled Model Aerospace and Research Laboratory (SMARTLAB)
- Co-Director, Transportation Noise Control Center (TNCC)
- Research Interests: Mobile renewable energy harvesting and storage, Autonomous Energy ships, Hybrid solar-wind energy, Flow-structure dynamic interactions
![Tyler Scott](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/4_Tyler-Scott_Cropped.JPEG.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Policy
Research Interests: Environmental governance systems; environmental policy; land planning
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- Professor, Design
- Director, California Lighting Technology Center
- Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency
Research Interests: Energy-efficient lighting technology and design
![Chris Simmons](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Simmons_cropped.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology
Research Interests: Biofuels; waste-to-energy; water/energy nexus
![Aaron Smith](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Smith_Aaron_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Research Interests: Biofuels; residential energy efficiency; energy price dynamics
![Edward (Ned) Spang](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Spang_cropped.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Center for Water-Energy Efficiency
Research Interests: Water, energy, and food resource systems
![Dan Sperling](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/dan-sperling-520x580-1.jpg)
- Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies
- Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy
Research Interests: Transportation and energy systems; transportation and energy policy
530-752-7434
![Gil Tal](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022-Gil-Tal-web.jpg)
- Director, EV Research Center
- Director, STEPS+
- Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
Research Interests: Alternative fuel vehicles; travel behavior; travel demand modeling; transportation planning
530-754-9230
![Keith Taylor](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/1_Keith-Taylor_Cropped.JPEG.jpg)
- Assistant Economic Development Specialist, Human Ecology
Research Interests: Energy cooperatives; environmental policy; wind energy
![Jesus Velasquez](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/unnamed.jpg)
- Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests: Rational design of well-defined dimensionally reduced materials; nanoelectronics, energy conversion devices, and environmental remediation
![Stephen M. Wheeler](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Wheeler_cropped.jpg)
- Professor, Human Ecology
Research Interests: Urban and regional planning; sustainability; climate action planning
![](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/JaeYongSuk.jpg)
- Associate Director, California Lighting Technology Center
- Professor, Lighting Technology & Design
Research Interests: urban lighting; visual comfort; impact of glare associated with daylighting
![Dong Yu](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Yu_cropped.jpg)