![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
![](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ben_bio_web.jpg)
![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
![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
![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
![](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Alanv2.jpg)
- 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
![](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Vinod_2.jpg)
- 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
![](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/siminovitch_bio1_headonly.jpg)
- Professor, Design
- Director, California Lighting Technology Center
- Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency
Research Interests: Energy-efficient lighting technology and design
![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
![](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
Prior Faculty Directors
![Mark Modera](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Modera2_cropped-1.jpg)
Faculty Director: 2017-2020
![Nicole Woolsey Biggart](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Biggart_140x168_Cropped.jpg)
Faculty Director: 2010-2015
![Dan Sperling](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/dan-sperling-520x580-1.jpg)
Faculty Director: 2008-2009
![Andrew Hargadon](https://energy.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Hargadon_Andrew_cropped.jpg)
Faculty Director: 2006-2007