Energy Graduate Group Students

Sagal Alisalad

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Net Zero Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Justice

salisalad@ucdavis.edu

Peter Ambiel

• Master's Student

Research Interests: EV-grid integration, distribution system planning, EV charging infrastructure, Energy equity

paambiel@ucdavis.edu

Hayley Amo

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Energy Dependency, World Trade, GHGs, IOC

hnamo@ucdavis.edu

Shannon Andrew

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Alternative energy for vessels/maritime industry

slandrew@ucdavis.edu

Nikunj Bhartia

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Renewable energy, sustainability

nbhartia@ucdavis.edu

Pablo Busch

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Data Analysis, Environmental Economics, Life-Cycle Assessment, Air Pollution, Machine Learning

pmbusch@ucdavis.edu

Alex Cagle

• Ph.D student

Research Interests: Solar Energy Deployment; Land-Water-Energy Nexus; Floatovoltaics

aecagle@ucdavis.edu

Subhrajit Chakraborty

• PhD Student

Research Interests: Energy Efficiency; Load Flexibility; Building Controls; Energy Equity

sjchakra@ucdavis.edu

Stephanie Chen

• Ph.D student

Research Interests: Biofuels and Biogas; Biomass

sslchen@ucdavis.edu

Yunzhu Chen

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Public Policy and Sustainability

yuzchen@ucdavis.edu

Daphne Condon

• Ph. D. Student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy Landscapes; Food-water-energy nexus; Agrivoltaics

dcondon@ucdavis.edu

Kristi Dayemo

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Environmental Justice; Land-Water-Energy Nexus; Zero Net Energy

kdayemo@ucdavis.edu

Ashley DePew

• Graduate Research Fellow

Research Interests: Renewable Energy; Zero Net Energy; Behavioral Decision Making

andepew@ucdavis.edu

Brianna Dooley

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy; Grid Modernization; Solar; Engineering for Global Development; Clean Tech

btdooley@ucdavis.edu

Billy Evans

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Grid transition, bulk storage, transportation, engineering design

wrevans@ucdavis.edu

Carisse Geronimo

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Food-Water-Energy Nexus, Environmental Justice, Tribal Energy Sovereignty, Renewable Microgrids, Energy Resilience

cgeronimo@ucdavis.edu

Jordan Gillmore

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage; Solar; Sustainable Technology

jagillmore@ucdavis.edu

Sadia Gul

• Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Green Buildings; Energy Efficiency; Sustainability

gul@ucdavis.edu

Joshua Ira

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Advanced Power Systems; Renewable Energy Technologies for developing countries/rural communities; Building Energy Efficiency

jmira@ucdavis.edu

Galym Iskakov

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Renewable energy; Energy management; Energy Policy

giskakov@ucdavis.edu

Jean Ji

• Master's student

Research Interests: Economics of Electric Vehicle Charging; Electric Vehicles-Electric Grid Interactions

jyji@ucdavis.edu

Hyundong Ju

• Master's Student

Research Interests: energy policy, climate change policy and energy efficiency

hdju@ucdavis.edu

Nattida Jubju

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Conservation and application of energy in industrial plants and buildings

njubju@ucdavis.edu

Maria Kanwal

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Solar energy; Energy Materials; Energy Storage

mkanwal@ucdavis.edu

Ovais Khan

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Industrial Decarbonization

ovkhan@ucdavis.edu

Tierney Kilgariff

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Building Energy Science, HVAC

tkilgariff@ucdavis.edu

Noah Krasner

• Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ecovoltaics; agrivoltaics; dual-use solar; soil carbon sequestration; utility-scale solar energy

nzkrasner@ucdavis.edu

Sienna Levine

• Master’s Student

Research Interests: Decarbonization; Energy Policy; Renewable Energy

sdlevine@ucdavis.edu

Yudi Li

• Ph.D. student

Research Interests: Land-use efficiency; Utility-scale solar energy

evoli@ucdavis.edu

Yanning Li

• Ph.D. student

Research Interests: Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles; Economics & Policy of Electric Vehicle Charging

yspli@ucdavis.edu

Jon Martindill

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Water-Energy Nexus; Policy Development; Economic Analysis; Data Analytics; Systems Modeling and Simulation

jonmartindill@ucdavis.edu

Andrés Martínez

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Sustainable Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Technologies Deployment, Life-Cycle Assessment

aimartinez@ucdavis.edu

Facundo Molina

• Master's student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy for Developing Countries/Communities

fmolina@ucdavis.edu

Francisco Parés Olguín

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Energy Efficiency; Environmental Economics; Life-Cycle Assessment; Sustainable Development for Emerging Countries

fapares@ucdavis.edu

Tom Patten

• Master’s Student

Research Interests: Solar PV; Sustainability; Climate Change

twpatten@ucdavis.edu

Afshan Qamar

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Green Buildings; Renewable Energy; Energy Systems

aqamar@ucdavis.edu

Farhana Sharmin

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Sustainable Alternative material development; Energy Systems Modeling and Optimization

fsharmin@ucdavis.edu

Vedant Sinha

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy Markets, Negative Emissions Technologies, Carbon Pricing, Life-Cycle Assessment

vedsinha@ucdavis.edu

Meg Slattery

• Master's and Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Microgrids; Sustainable Construction; Food-Water-Energy Nexus

msslattery@ucdavis.edu

Kelsie Titus

• Master's Student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy Policy; Energy Economics; Nexus of Distributed Energy Resources & Variable Energy Resources; Microgrids

kltitus@ucdavis.edu

Hong Yang

• Ph.D Student

Research Interests: Renewable Energy; Sustainable Mobility; Energy-Transport Nexus

hhyang@ucdavis.edu

Tianyu Ying

• Ph.D. student

Research Interests: Food-Water-Energy Nexus

tyying@ucdavis.edu