Dr. Hobbs - Alumni

Alumni (in reverse chronologic order)

	Xinrui Zhong - Master student Tsintergy Technology Co., Ltd. Education M.S. Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University B.E. Environmental Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China Research Areas Power system modeling Energy and air pollution Risk modeling and Management Extreme heat Email: [email protected]
	Jing Peng - M.S. Ph.D. student Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Michigan Education M.S. Environmental Managment and Economics, Johns Hopkins University B.S. Environmental System Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University Research Areas Carbon pricing Renewable energy Energy economics Energy systems modeling Email: [email protected]
	Liang Chen - Ph.D. Sr. Manager American Express Education Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, MD M.S. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY B.S. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Research Areas Water resource management Risk analysis Multi-objective optimization Hydropower optimization Email:[email protected]
	Evangelia Spyrou - Ph.D. Post-doctoral Researcher National Renewable Energy Laboratory Education Ph.D. Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2018 M.E. Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2012 Research Areas Electricity market design and market mechanisms Electricity distribution business models Energy economics Energy and environmental policy Generation and transmission planning Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Evangelia Spyrou
	Emily Fisher Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2010 M.S.E. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2006 Sc.B. Electrical Engineering, Brown University, 1999 Research Areas Air quality impacts of changes to the US energy system, focusing on downscaling results from energy system models for air quality modeling Email: [email protected]
	Fengwei Hung - Ph.D. Post-doctoral Researcher Utah Water Research Lab, Utah State University Education Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD M.S.E. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD M.S. National Sun Yet-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan B.S. National Sun Yet-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Research Areas Stormwater Management Adaptive Management Multi-objective Optimization Green Infrastructure Environmetal Policy and Management Email:[email protected]
	Cynthia Bothwell - Ph.D. ORISE Fellow Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, US DOE Education Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University - Environmental Health and Engineering M.S. New Mexico State University - Industrial Engineering, Operations Research emphasis M.S. University of New Mexico - Statistics, Industrial Statistics emphasis M.B.A. Edgewood College B.S. University of Illinois - Electrical Engineering, Power Systems emphasis Research Areas Electric Generation Modeling and Planning Integrated Resource Planning Energy Policy Wind Integration Energy Sustainability Licensed Professional Engineer with twenty-seven years experience in the electric power industry primarily in generation, transmission and distribution planning. Oversaw public participation and development of integrated resource plans. Provided expert testimony before regulatory commission and environmental board regarding renewable and fossil technologies, energy efficiency programs, and greenhouse gas policies. Email: [email protected]
	Xiaoxue Hou - M.S. Ph.D. Student Initiative for Sustianable Energy Policy (ISEP) Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Xiaoxue worked in Dr. Ben Hobbs’s group on air emission downscaling during her master's studies. She joined ISEP and started her PhD study in Energy, Resource and Environment, SAIS in 2018 summer. Xiaoxue has an interdisciplinary background in GIS, finance, applied math, and environmental system engineering. Education M.S. Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2018 B.S. Geographical Science, minor in Finance, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2016 Research Areas Sustainable energy Energy access Emerging economics Power and energy systems Email: [email protected]
	Shenshen Li - M.S.E. Associate Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. Before joining E3, Shenshen worked with Dr. Hobbs and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) on the project of planning, operating, and analyzing power systems with energy storage technologies involved by using optimization, modeling, economics, statistical and decision analysis methods. Education M.S.E. Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2018 B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, minor in Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016 Research Areas Energy storage optimization Power systems modeling Renewable energy policy Email: [email protected]
	Robin Broder Hytowitz - Ph.D. Engineer Electric Power Research Institute Robin's past research includes solar integration into microgrids and electric vehicle infrastructure. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study wind integration at the Technical University of Denmark. Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2018 M.S. Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, 2013 B.A. Women's Studies, Albert A. List College, 2010 B.A. Urban Studies and Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, 2009 Research Areas Power and energy systems Mathematical programming models for operations Renwable energy integration Electricity markets Email: [email protected] Linkedin: Robin Hytowitz
	Huai Jiang - M.S.E. Associate Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. Huai Jiang joined E3’s Planning group in 2017 and quickly applied his skills to enhance E3’s Renewable Energy Capacity (RECAP) model. For California’s largest public utility (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power), Huai devised a method using neural network regression to simulate historical hourly load, yielding better estimates of grid reliability in high renewable energy scenarios. Education M.S. Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, 2017 M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2017 B.S. Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2015 Research Areas Power system modeling Robust decision-making analysis Energy pricing and fertilizer costs Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Huai(Jerry) Jiang
	Saamrat Kasina - Ph.D. Consultant Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. Education Ph.D. Environmenal Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2017 M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2012 B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Research Areas Transmission planning Unit Commitment Approximations Non-cooperative game theory and applications to energy Email: [email protected] Linkedin: Saamrat Kasina Website: https://www.ethree.com/people/saamrat-kasina/
	Israel Melendez - Ph.D. Director - Transmission Analytics Constellation - An Exelon Company Thirty-four years of experience in power industry including experience in power operation and production, power marketing and trading, transmission analysis, power market design and operation. Education Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2017 M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2013 M.S.F. Loyola University of Maryland, 2009 M.B.A. Loyola University of Maryland, 2003 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2000 Diploma Marine Engineering Calhoon MEBA Engineering School, 1983 Research Areas Power Market Policy and Design Energy Modeling and Price Forecasting Electricity Derivative Instruments Transmission Modeling and Planning Email: [email protected], [email protected]
	Craig Bakker - Ph.D. Operations Research Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Craig's undergraduate degree focused on computer aided engineering and applied mathematics. He then moved from Canada to England, and during his doctoral research there, he developed a differential geometry framework for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. Outside of work, Craig enjoys reading theology, philosophy, and history as well as swing dancing. Education Ph.D. Engineering, University of Cambridge, 2015 B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering, minor in Mathematics, University of Victoria, 2011 Research Areas Optimization Systems engineering Food-energy-water nexus Climate change Differential Geometry Email: [email protected]
	Venkat Prava - Ph.D. Senior Data Scientist Precima Education Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2016 M.S.E. Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, 2013 B.Tech, Pulp and Paper Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 2007 Research Areas Decision analysis Expert elicitation Resume Email: [email protected]
	Se Jong Cho - Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota Se Jong is a watershed scientist and management decision analysis specialist, and working as a postdoc research associate. Her current work involves integrating different watershed management, sediment flux, and nutrient transport models at a large watershed scale with multiple collaborators. In addition to her work in science, she paints pictures of aquatic environments and more. Education B.S. Civil Engineering, Northwestern University M.S. Environmental Science, Johns Hopkins University M.S.E. Environmental Management and Economics, Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. Environmental Engineering and Management, Johns Hopkins University Research Areas Watershed modeling Sediment transport Environmental management analysis Policy and decision analysis Email: [email protected]
	Hubert (Huaqing) Guo - M.S.E. Senior Quantitative Analyst Constellation - An Exelon Company Hubert currently works at Constellation Energy. He loves the idea of reducing the complicated world to mathematical models to gain insights and to solve practical problems. Education M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2016 B.S. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2013 Research Areas System Dynamics Simulation Modelling Systems thinking Municipal Solid Waste Management Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Hubert(Huaqing)
	Li Zhao - M.S.E. Business Analytics Manager Citi Education M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2015 M.A. Economics, University of Delaware, 2013 B.A. Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2010 Research Areas Environmental policy and energy markets Energy economics Systems dynamics analysis LinkedIn: Li Zhao
	Jonathan Ho - M.S.E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Jonathan Ho is now working in Electricity Forecasting and Modeling Group at NREL in Golden, Colorado. His work is to develop and preform analysis with the Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS), a long term electric sector capacity expansion model, on issues critical to the electric sector, including potential energy and environmental policy as well as the deployment of renewable energy. During spare time he can be found tinkering with computers and exploring Colorado by bike and on foot. Education M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2014 B.S. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2012 Research Areas Large-scale Generation-Transmission Cooptimization Renewable Energy Integration Electricity Market Energy Economics Email: [email protected]
	Lin Deng - M.S.E Senior Associate IHS Markit Lin Deng's work is to perform advanced quantitative and economic analysis of energy and environmental markets, like assess future of electric power and fuels prices, fuel consumption, environmental emissions and compliance, transmission, and regulatory effects, among other parameters. Education M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2012 M.E. Environmental Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2011 B.S. Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 2008 Research Areas Electricity Market Energy Models Energy modeling and policy Power Market Policy Risk& Decision Analysis Environmental management and economics Email: [email protected]
	Melissa Kenney - Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor in Environmental Decision Analysis University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Dr. Kenney’s research in environmental decision analysis broadly addresses how to integrate both scientific knowledge and societal values into policy decision-making under uncertainty. This multidisciplinary research addresses a range of topics including global change indicators, nutrient criteria setting, non-market benefits of nutrient reductions, cost-benefit analysis of urban stream restoration, scale of economies and diseconomies in coastal restoration, adaptive environmental decision making for complex systems, model-based bias correction factors for expert elicitation surveys, and value of information of indicators. Education Ph.D. Water Quality Modeling and Decision Analysis, Duke University, 2007 B.A. Distinction in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2002 Research Areas Ecosystem Restoration Decision Analysis Please visit Dr. Kenney's webite: http://melissakenney.org/ Email: [email protected]
	Adam Christensen - Ph.D. Adam Christensen is a National Science Foundation Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Fellow and works with E²SHI as a postdoctoral researcher. His research focuses on evaluating biofuel tax credits against key sustainability criteria and exploring opportunities that could make these credits more sustainable in the future. Much of this work will revolve around modeling the business needs of biofuels producers and exploring the environmental performance of advanced biofuels. His research will also contribute to developing a solid understanding of how the Renewable Fuel Standard (administered by the EPA) affects the business case to produce and deploy biofuels in the United States. Learn more about his research Adam graduated with his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Following graduation, he worked on Capitol Hill as an American Society of Mechanical Engineering Congressional Fellow where he spent a year in the House of Representatives with Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and second year in the Senate with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). In both offices, he focused heavily on biofuels tax issues. Prior to joining John Hopkins University, Adam was the Staff Engineer for the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, an energy efficiency advocacy group. Email: [email protected]
	Pearl Donohoo-Vallet - Ph.D. The Brattle Group Pearl is a power-system enthusiast and postdoctoral researcher. In addition to modeling the transmission grid, she actively follows wind and solar integration research. She publishes under the less lengthy nom de plume of Pearl Donohoo. When not coding, she can be found searching for the perfect latte or conquering the Maryland countryside on her road bike. Education Ph.D. Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014 S.M. Technology and Policy Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W Olin College of Engineering, 2007 Research Areas Transmission Planning Generation Planning Renewable Energy Integration Wind Power Email: [email protected]
	S. Jalal Kazempour - Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering Technical University of Denmark Education Ph.D., University of Castilla - La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, 2013 M.Sc., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2009 B.Sc., University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 2006 Research Areas Power Systems Electricity Markets Optimization and its Applications Email:j[email protected] Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jalalkazempour/
	Francisco D. Munoz - Ph.D. Assitant Professor Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile Francisco D. Munoz is an engineer with broad experience in electricity markets, operations research, and energy economics. His main interests are the development of decision-support tools to improve long- and short-term planning protocols for electric utilities, the use of engineering-economic models to study the effect of market-based regulations in electricity markets, and the design of market mechanisms. He is currently an academic, but spending a good part of his time working with a software company in Chile and national labs in the US making sure that his research reaches industry and governments, either as commercial or open-source products. Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2013 M.S.E Environmental Management and Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2010 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, 2007 Research Areas Transmission Planning Market Design and Market Mechanisms Electricity Market Modeling Decision Analysis and Risk Management Large-scale Optimization Ph.D. Thesis: "Engineering-Economic Methods for Power Transmission Planning under Uncertainty and Renewable Resource Policies" Email: [email protected]
	Chiara Lo Prete - Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Energy Economics Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University Dr. Lo Prete studies the design and operations of electricity markets using quantitative methods at the intersection of economics, operations research and statistics. Her current research focuses on strategic behavior and price formation in wholesale electricity markets, impacts of state energy and environmental policies on regional electricity markets, and market design to accommodate penetration of renewable and distributed energy generation. Her interdisciplinary work involves collaborations with scientists in Energy and Mineral Engineering, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science and Statistics at Penn State and other academic institutions. Before joining Penn State, Dr. Lo Prete was a Ziff Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Education PhD. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2012 M.S. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2009 M.A. Energy Economics, Scuola Enrico Mattei, 2004 B.A. Economics, Luiss University, 2003 Research Areas Electricity market design Energy economics Market microstructure Applied econometrics Mathematical programming models of energy markets Website: https://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/lo-prete Email: [email protected] Curriculum vitae
	Robert Kennedy Smith - Ph.D. Dr. Smith is with the US Energy Information Agency of the US Department of Energy Education Ph.D. Environmental Management and Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2012 B.S. Mathematics and Economics (With Honors), Georgetown University, 2004 Research Areas Energy Policy Biofuels Markets Ph.D. Thesis: "Biomass Electricity Plant Allocation Through Non-Linear Modeling and Mixed Integer Optimization"
	Jeremy Hargreaves - Ph.D. Principal Evolved Energy Research Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2010 M.S. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2007 MEng, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London,UK, 2005 Research Areas Natural resources management Decision and policy analysis Ph.D. Thesis: "Novel optimization modeling applications for environmental and economic decision support in land and energy management" Email: [email protected]
	Pearl Zheng - Ph.D. Dr. Zheng is with Abt Associates Inc. undertaking research and projects on cost-benefit and risk-based decision analysis to the field of natural resources management. Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2009 M.A. Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, 2008 M.Eng. Civil and Environmental Engineering, McMaster University, 1998 B.Eng. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University, 1995 B.A., English, Tianjin University, 1995 Research Areas Natural resources management Decision and policy analysis Ph.D. Thesis: "Decision Analysis and Risk Analysis of Multiple Dam Removals: Optimizing Tradeoffs among Dam Failure Risk, Removal Cost, and Ecosystem Benefit"
	Sarah Keenan Jacobi - Ph.D. Dr. Jacobi held a David H. Smith Conservation Fellowship with the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, and is now a researcher at the Chicago Botanic Garden undertaking research on habitat management for the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2009 M.S. Geography and Environmental Engineering, JHU, 2004 M.S. Applied Mathematics and Statistics, JHU, 2006. B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999 Research Areas Ecosystem management Optimization for habitat design Ph.D. Thesis:"Environmental Systems and Decision Analysis Models for Aiding Environmental Policy Decisions under Deterministic and Stochastic Settings"
	Ming-Che Hu - Ph.D. Assoiate Professor Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2008 M.S. Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2000 B.S. Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1996 Research Areas Ecological Engineering, Energy Market, Biomass Feedstock Production System, Environmental Policy and Economic Analysis, Uncertainty Analysis Ph.D. Thesis:"Essays in Energy Policy and Planning Modeling under uncertainty: value of information, optimistic biases, and simulation of capacity markets" Website: http://www.ae.ntu.edu.tw/people/bio.php?PID=44 Email: [email protected]
	Yihsu Chen - Ph.D. Associate professor Department of Technology and Infomation Management, University of California Santa Cruz Professor Chen's main research focuses on studying the impact of public policies on energy, water resources and transportation sectors. His research takes interdisciplinary approaches: quantitative models built upon economic principles and solved with operations research techniques. Education Ph.D. Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2006 M.S. Environmental Health and Health Policy and Management, Harvard University, 1999 B.S. Environmental Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan Research Areas Economics and policy in energy, water resources, and transportation sectors Ph.D. Thesis: "Analyzing Interaction of Electricity Markets and Environmental Policies using Equilibrium Models" Website: https://www.soe.ucsc.edu/people/yihsuchen Email: [email protected]
	Jongbun Kim - Ph.D. President of CERPD CERPD Inc. is dedicated to the international effort to reduce greenhouse gases and to utilize renewable energy sources. CERPD advise the energy and industrial sectors, the banking and financial sectors, and government on the growing thicket of mandatory and voluntary programs now being put into effect, and on the emissions trading programs that are fundamental to many carbon reduction strategies. Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2003 Research Areas Natural resources management Decision and policy analysis Ph.D. Thesis: "Multicriteria Bayesian Analysis of Lower Trophic Level Uncertainties and Value of Research in Lake Erie" Website: http://www.cerpd.com/ Email: [email protected]
	Richard Anderson - Ph.D. Data Scientist Target MarkeTeam Richard Anderson is a data scientist with 15 years of experience in data and decision science, using quantitative and qualitative models and working with teams of scientists, engineers, managers, consultants, and students to reach effective solutions to management problems in natural and engineered systems and in nonprofit IT. Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, John Hopkins University, 2002 M.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University, 1996 B.S.E. Engineering Mechanics, John Hopkins University, 1991 Research Areas Dr. Anderson's special areas of application include biases in preference assessment and Bayesian network models in natural resource management. Email: [email protected]
	Udi Helman - Ph.D. Principal Helman Analytics Udi Helman, PhD is a consultant on renewable energy and storage technologies. He co-chairs the Analysis Working Group of EPRI Energy Storage Integration Council (ESIC), as well as the IEEE PES Task Force on Energy Storage Modeling Tools. He was previously a Managing Director of Economic and Pricing Analysis at BrightSource Energy (2011-2013), where he focused on valuation of concentrating solar power with integrated thermal energy storage. Before that, he was a Principal focused on market design and policy analysis at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) (2007-2010). He also worked for almost 10 years on wholesale market design at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, D.C (1997-2007). Education Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2003 Research Areas Decision and policy analysis Renewable energy and energy storage integration Email: [email protected]