The Energy and Resources Group trains interdisciplinary leaders and thinkers that are defining and solving the systemic, inextricably linked, social, environmental, and technological challenges facing the globe. ERG has built an unparalleled reputation for rigor and relevance through its unique interdisciplinary model. While ERG alumni share a common skillset in practical problem solving, their areas of substantive expertise and their employment interests are amazingly diverse.
Alumni
Alumni
Pierce Gordon
MS, PhD
Investigating Innovation Practice: Cross-disciplinary Studies in International Development (PhD ’18) As a NSF, Chancellor’s, and InFEWS Fellow in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG), Pierce investigates frameworks, methodologies, and contexts ... Continue Reading »
- Actors/History in International Development
- Berkeley Expert System Technologies (BEST) Laboratory
- Design
- Design Thinking
- development
- Development Engineering
- Evaluation
- Impact Evaluation
- Marginalization
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Jamal Gore
MA
When Is Small Beautiful? Approaches to Decentralized Hydropower Projects in Nepal (94 MA)
- attempting to maintain an American accent in the U.K.
- corporate ethics
- environmental justice
- gender and energy
- pursues intersectoral linkages between clean energy/sustainable livelihoods/project finance/corporate social responsibility/efforts to mitigate or adapt to climate change
Will Gorman
MS, PhD
Effects of Electricity Consumption and Rate Design on Solar Plus Storage-enabled Grid Defection (MS ’19) “Sunsetting the Grid? Opportunities for Customer-Sited Solar and Storage in Modern Electricity Systems (PhD ’22) ... Continue Reading »
- Demand Side Management
- Distributed energy resources
- economics
- electricity storage
- energy policy
- renewable energy
- transportation
Robert Grace
MS
Intermittent Minimum-NOx Dispatch of Electric Power Systems as an Ozone-Control Tactic: A Case Study of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (93 MS)
- "green" power in competitive electricity markets
- electric industry restructuring
- energy and environmental regulation and policy
- solar power
- wholesale and retail competitive electricity markets
- wind power
Shannon Graham
MA
International Investment in Kenyan Solar PV Rural Electrification: Scaling-up or Damaging a Market? (01 MA)
Vivian Gratton
MS
Toxic Trouble in Fruitvale: An Exploration of Education in Science-Based Societal Issues (87 MS)
Chris Greacen
MS, PhD
Community Context and Technology Options in the Yurok Tribal Electrification Project (’97 MS) The Marginalization of “”Small is Beautiful””: Micro-Hydroelectricity, Common Property, and the Politics of Rural Electricity Provision in ... Continue Reading »
- biogas
- biomass
- decentralized energy
- Integrated Resource Planning (IRP)
- micro-hydropower
- photovoltaic
- power sector planning
- renewable energy
- Southeast Asia
- Thailand
Kathleen Greely
MS
Energy Conservation Retrofits in Public Housing: An Analysis of Their Energy Savings and Cost-Effectiveness (85 MS)
Donna Green
MA, PhD
Renewable Energy Technology Systems for Remote Area Electrification in Indonesia: A Critical Review of Technology Transfer (’00 M.A.) Power Games: The Political Use of Solar Technology in Northern Thailand (04 PhD)
- climate change and equity concerns
- gender and technology issues
- globalization
- regional hierarchies and power structures
- renewable energy technology transfer especially of photovoltaic systems in Thailand
- sustainable energy use - focused in rural areas of Southeast Asia
F. Bailey Green
MS, PhD
The Global Environment, A Curriculum for Secondary Schools (’90 M.S.) The Energetics of Advanced Integrated Wastewater Pond Systems (’98 Ph.D.)
- applied phycology
- biomass energy
- environmental engineering
- international scientific cooperation
- sustainable infrastructure
- wastewater reclamation and reuse
Steve Greenberg
MS
Improving Efficiency in Electric Motors and Motor Drives in Commercial Buildings (87 MS)
Nathanael Greene
MS
The Effects of Transmission Pricing on the Cost of Electricity from Renewables (96 MS)
Jesse Griffin-Carney
MS, PhD
Jesse is a PhD candidate at ERG conducting research which utilizes optimization and techno-economic modeling to evaluate the feasibility of energy system decarbonization strategies. She earned her undergraduate degree at ... Continue Reading »
Andrew Gunther
MS, PhD
An Introduction to the SAI Airshed Grid Model and Its Application to California’s South Coast Air Basin (’82 M.S.) Nitrogen Cycling in a Subarctic Alaskan Watershed: The Role of Lichens ... Continue Reading »
David Gustafson
MS
Weltanschauung in the People’s Republic: Implications for Offshore Oil Development in East Asia (79 MS)
Dipak Gyawali
MA
An Historical Approach to the Problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (’86 M.A.)
Brent Haddad
PhD
Evaluating the Market Niche: Why Long-Term Rural-to-Urban Inter-Regional Markets for Water Have Not Formed in California (’96 Ph.D.)
Jane Hall
PhD
Economic Benefits of Controlling Sulfur Oxide Emissions from Stationary Sources (’77 Ph.D.)
Eric Hallstein
MS, PhD
A Critical Analysis of the Environmental Impact Assessment for Costa Rica’s Siquirres Hydroelectric Project (MS ’97) Can Household Consumers Save the Wild Fish? Lessons from a Sustainable Seafood Advisory (PhD ... Continue Reading »
David Hammond
MS
Achieving Grassroots Participation in Agricultural Development: Lessons from One Organization in Guatemala (’94 M.S.)
- biological wastewater treatment
- chemical ecology
- green manures
- insecticidal plants
- integrated pest management
- non-formal education
- permaculture
- sustainable agriculture
- Third World development
Cecilia Han Springer
MS, PhD
Policies for an Ecological Civilization: China, Carbon, and Economic Reform (PhD ’19) Cecilia is a PhD candidate at ERG. Her dissertation uses economic modeling and social science to critically analyze ... Continue Reading »
Adam Hanbury-Brown
MS, PhD
Predicting the future of forests under global change: the critical role of the regeneration process (PhD ’22) Adam is a PhD focused on ecosystem modeling and remote sensing. His research ... Continue Reading »
- Agriculture
- climate
- Earth System Models
- ecology
- Forest Regeneration
- Movement Ecology
- remote sensing
- Vegetation Dynamics
- Wildlife Ecology
Evan Hansen
MS
Cultivating Partnerships: Pest Control and The Use of Integrated Pest Management on Small Farms in San Joaquin County, California (MS ’97) Contact: ehansen@downstreamstrategies.com ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: What have you been working ... Continue Reading »
- antidegradation
- Clean Water Act
- coal mining and the environment
- landfill gas-to-energy projects
- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
- total maximum daily loads
Tim Hargrave
MA
The Impact of a Federal Grazing Fee Increase on Land Use in El Dorado County, California (’93 M.A.)
- impact of organizational culture on adoption of these beliefs and practices
- inter-organizational diffusion of new environmental beliefs and practices
Bret Harper
MS
Statistical Methods for Quantifying the Effect of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on Wind Power in the Northern Great Plains (’07 MS)
Sasha Harris-Lovett
MS, PhD
Decision Support for Multi-benefit Urban Water Infrastructure (PhD ’18) Sasha Harris-Lovett received a PhD from the Energy and Resources Group in 2018. Her dissertation research focused on urban water and ... Continue Reading »
Zeke Hausfather
PhD
Understanding and Reconciling Global Temperature Records (PhD ’19) Zeke is an energy systems analyst and data scientist with a strong interest in climate science and policy. He is currently the ... Continue Reading »
Dianne Hawk
MA, PhD
Electric Transmission Service Provision: A Case Study of Southern California Edison Company (’91 M.A.) Disconnect: A Transaction Cost Analysis of California Electric Power Industry Restructuring (’99 Ph.D.)
- natural resources policy
- public utility industries
- regulatory reform and industry restructuring (esp. electric services industry)
- strategic and organizational development
- water supply reliability
Barbara Haya
MS, PhD
Evaluation of World Bank Public Participation Policies-Lessons for the Clean Development Mechanism (’02 MS) Carbon Offsetting: An Efficient Way to Reduce Emissions or to Avoid Reducing Emissions? An Investigation and Analysis of ... Continue Reading »
- equity within international efforts to mitigate climate change
- international finance institutions
- power sector restructuring in South East Asia
- the Clean Development Mechanism
Peter Hayes
MS, PhD
Atoms for the Poor: Nuclear Power in the Philippines (’80 M.S.) Non-Proliferation Regimes in Northeast Asia (’89 Ph.D.)
- environmental common security in Asia-Pacific region
- global greenhouse regimes
- Korean conflict resolution
- resource and environmental economics with specialization on the relationship between resource quality and economic growth
- strategic future of the Asia-Pacific region
Richard Hayes
MA, PhD
An Extension of Cline’s Global Warming Benefit-Cost Model (’96 M.A.) A Scenario of Economic Well-Being, Ecological Integrity and Social Equity for the 21st Century (04 PhD)
Gang He
PhD
Gang’s research work focuses on energy modeling, energy economics, energy and climate policy, coal and power sectors and their key role in both the global energy supply and in international ... Continue Reading »
- climate
- climate change
- coal and power
- economics
- energy
- energy and water
- Energy economics
- Energy modeling
- RAEL
- renewable integration
Garvin Heath
MS, PhD
(Re)Distributing Pollution: Exposure Implications for Distributed Electricity Generation in California (’02 MS) Redistributing Pollution: Exposure Implications of a Shift Toward Distributed Electricity Generation in California (’06 PhD)
- air quality engineering (ambient and indoor)
- environmental impacts of electricity generation (especially distributed generation)
- exposure assessment (especially intake fraction)
- green buildings
- sustainability
Hilary Henry
MA
Hilary is interested in developing innovative conservation tools for the lands and waters in the Western United States using applied science, policy, and community engagement. She graduated Duke University in ... Continue Reading »
Karen Herter
PhD
Effects of Critical Peak Pricing on Residential Electricity Use in California (’06 PhD)
- alternatives to fossil-fuels in energy production
- Distributed Generation
- energy efficiency and conservation
- human factors in energy supply and demand
Edgar Hertwich
MS, PhD
Science and Value Judgement in the Toxic Impact Evaluation of Products, Processes, and Companies (’96 M.S.) Toxic Equivalency: Addressing Human Health Effects in Life Cycle Impact Assessment (’99 Ph.D.)
Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez
MS, PhD
Learning and Control Systems for the Integration of Renewable Energy into Grids of the Future (PhD ’20) Patricia is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley co-advised by Daniel Kammen and ... Continue Reading »
- climate change
- EMAC
- energy
- Energy economics
- energy policy
- High integration of renewable energy in the system
- Hybrid Systems Laboratory at EECS
- long-term power systems planning
- RAEL
Jeff Hobson
MS
Science and the People: The Use of Technical Information about Air Pollution by Local Environmental Groups (’97 M.S.)
- community organizing and policy analysis for transportation justice
- environmental justice
- public transit
- transportation and land use planning
Lindsay Holiday
MS
Renewable Energy Landscape of Indigenous Nations in the United States, Canada, and Australia (MS ’12) Lindsay is from Teec Nos Pos, Arizona located on the Navajo Nation. She’s interested in ... Continue Reading »
- Appropriate renewable energy technologies for sustainable development
- climate change policy
- Distributed Generation
- energy policy
- quantifying cultural and social impacts of energy projects
- Regional Electricity Planning in the West
- self-suffiency for Tribal Nations in the US
- Tribal governance
- Tribal Utilities
Barry Holt
MS
A Design for the Suppression of Convection Heat Transfer in Windows: Theory, Models, Experiments, and Application Tradeoffs (’79 M.S.)
- competition in energy supply and services
- electric motor systems: promoting the systems approach in decision making
- energy efficiency in buildings
- federal technology development and deployment initiatives
- industrial energy use: efficiency/productivity/environmental performance
- utility industry restructuring: strategies for competition
Jennifer Holthaus
MA
The Importance of Cultural Understanding in International Organizations: A Comparative Study of the IBWC and the BECC (’98 M.A.)
- development theory and practice
- influence of US foreign policy on the environment in Latin America
- political ecology
- role of international aid
Nicole Hopper
MS
Getting Electricity Prices Right: The Importance of Real-Time Pricing Tariff Design (03 MS)
Anushah Hossain
MA, PhD
The Value of Connectivity: A Case Study of Cellular Networks in the Rural Philippines (MA ’18) Anushah’s background is in history and economics and she is interested in questions of ... Continue Reading »
David Howarth
MA
US Electric Utility Industry Restructuring: Issues for Native American Tribes (’96 M.A.)
Erich Huffaker
MS
NOT ALL DR CREATED EQUAL: Assessing the Role of Backup Generation in Demand Response (MS ’12)
Nathan Hultman
MS, PhD
Inter-Annual Climate Variability and Carbon Uptake in a Young Forest Ecosystem (99 MS) Carbon Financial Risk in the International Greenhouse Gas Market (03 PhD)
- carbon and greenhouse gas markets
- climate change and developing countries
- international climate change policy
- regional interests: East Africa and Scandinavia
- risk and scientific uncertainty in policy
Christopher Hyun
MA, PhD
With 10+ years of international field experience, 5+ in water and sanitation, as well as project management and professional development in higher ed, I aim to create a better society and environment for all.
Jack Ihle
MS
Comparing the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Biomass, Wind, and Natural Gas Electricity Generation (’99 M.S.)
- industrial ecology
- large scale implementation of renewable energy technologies
- life cycle impacts of energy systems
Stacy Jackson
MS, PhD
Quick Wins for Climate: A Gas-Specific Framework for International Mitigation Policy (MS ’08) Nuances of Climate Change Mitigation: Four Different Goals and Approaches in the Climate Boxes Framework (PhD ’12)
- climate feedback effects
- climate science & policy: mitigation of near-term climate change
- measurability of emissions
Arne Jacobson
PhD
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: ARNE JACOBSON Ph.D. 2004 Professor in the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University From his post at Humboldt State University, Arne Jacobson passionately extends ... Continue Reading »
- energy use and environmental impacts
- international development
- regional energy planning
- renewable energy
- renewable energy on Native American Reservation lands
- social and economic costs and benefits of energy use
Veronica Jacome
MS, PhD
Reshaping the relationships in Ungula’s electricity sector: the advent of the prepay meter (MS ’15) Presumptions and Precarity: Probing Electricity Infrastructure (PhD ’20) Veronica Jacome is a PhD student in ... Continue Reading »
- critical geographies
- electric power systems
- EMAC
- energy
- RAEL
- resource greography
- rural energy access
- STS
- Sustainable energy integration
- Tanzania
- Water Group
Kripa Jagannathan
MS, PhD
Ready-to-use? Bridging the Climate Science Usability Gap for Adaptation (PhD ’19) Kripa’s research interests are in the field of climate change adaptation and climate-resilient planning. Her PhD focuses on improving ... Continue Reading »
- Adaptation
- Agriculture
- Carbon markets
- climate change
- climate-resilient planning
- co-production of knowledge
- science usability
- stakeholder engagement
- water
Oliver James
MPP, MS
Oliver is a concurrent ERG/MPP student at UC Berkeley. His research and policy interests lie at the intersection of climate change, conservation, and natural resource management in California and the ... Continue Reading »
Kathryn Janda
MS, PhD
Worldwide Status of Energy Standards for Buildings (’93 M.S.) Building Change: Effects of Professional Culture and Organizational Context on Energy Efficiency Adoption in Buildings (’98 Ph.D.)
- adoptation of environmental technologies - particularly in the building environment
- green building design & implementation
- sociotechnical factors in energy consumption & production
Stephen Jarvis
MS, PhD
Stephen is a PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley’s Energy & Resources Group and a Researcher at the Energy Institute at Haas. His work lies at the intersection of economics, public ... Continue Reading »
Deborah Jensen
MS, PhD
Mitigation Banking: Protecting Resources or Minimizing Enforcement Costs? (’87 M.S.) Population Differentiation in Tree-Ring Growth Responses of White Fir (Abies Concolor) to Climate: Implications for Predicting Forest Responses to Climate ... Continue Reading »
Ling Jin
MS, PhD
Trade and the Choice of Environmental Law (’03 MS) A Seasonal Perspective on Regional Air Quality in Central California (’08 PhD)
- geographic information system and remote sensing and their application in environmental and resources issues
- sustainable development in developing countries
Kersten Johnson
MS
“FuelBelts”: Shelterbelts for Fuelwood Production on Small/Marginal Farms in India (87 M.S.)
Nathan Johnson
MS
A Hierarchical Concept of Industrial Ecology: Scale, Values and the Paper Industry (’98 M.S.)
Josiah Johnston
MS, PhD
Josiah Johnston grew up in a rural part of the Ozark Mountains. He is great at construction and swinging a pick. Between college and grad school he lived in Baltimore ... Continue Reading »
- Design and invention
- Planning electric power systems
- Scientific computing
- Sustainable Community Development
Andrew Jones
MS, PhD
Biofuel Boundaries: Estimating the Medium-Term Supply Potential of Domestic Biofuels (MS ’07) Land use change is a critical influence on the climate effects of climate policies (PhD ’12)
- Agroecology
- biogeochemistry
- climate policy
- market-based policy
- mathematical models
- social and ecological impacts of biofuels including food security/energy security/climate/land use issues
- transportation
Christopher Jones
MS, PhD
Chris Jones is Director of the CoolClimate Network, a university-government-industry partnership at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lecturer at the Haas School of Business. His primary research interests are ... Continue Reading »
- behavioral psychology
- Carbon footprint analysis
- economics
- energy
- Environmental / Climate Equity
- Environmental Policy
- Environmental Psychology
- RAEL
- transportation
- urban planning
Evan Jones
MA
Financial Incentive Policies to Promote End-Use Solar Technologies in a Restructured Electricity Industry: Comparing the Costs (’97 M.A.)
- ecological economics
- political economy of development
- renewable energy policy and business development
- sustainable development
Nia Jones
MS
Dear White People: Recommendations to Successfully Attract, Recruit, and Retain Minoritized Students in Green Energy (MS ’22) A native of the nation’s Capitol, Washington, D.C., Nia was born into the ... Continue Reading »
Robert Jourdain
MS
Some Limitations of the ‘Appropriate Technologies” for Peasant Agriculture (’78 M.S.)
Victoria Junquera
MS, PhD
Victoria became interested in food systems through her work on biofuels, first as an engineer at a biodiesel plant, and most recently at the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels. Victoria received ... Continue Reading »
- civic engagement as a driver of transitions
- externalities
- Sustainable food systems
- tragedy of the commons
- valuing public goods
Fredrich Kahrl
MS, PhD
China’s Carbon Challenge (MS ’07) Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China: Growth, Transition, and Institutional Change (PhD ’11)
- bioenergy in East and Southeast Asia
- climate policy economics
- energy implications of economic transition
- rural energy economics and technologies in China
Margereta Kalka
MS
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential of Residential Gardens and Climate Friendly Diet Choices (12 MS)
Fatumata Kamakate
MS
Assessing Diesel Particulate Matter Pollution in West Contra Costa County (’05, MS)
Sara Kamins
MS
A Comparative Analysis of Global Warming Policies for California’s Electricity Sector (06, MS)
Chalotorn Kansuntisukmongkol
PhD
Irreversibility and Learning in the Context of Global Climate Change (’04 PhD)
Anna Kantenbacher
MS, PhD
Environmental policy making; balancing short-term pressures with long-term needs; climate changes policies; economics; decision analysis; ecology.
- balancing short-term pressures with long-term needs
- climate changes policies
- decision analysis
- ecology
- economics
- Environmental policy making
Joseph Kantenbacher
MS, PhD
Joe’s broad research interests include sustainable consumption and pro-environmental behavior change. His dissertation explores the linkages between psychological well-being and the environment, arguing that happiness and sustainability are synergistic concepts ... Continue Reading »
Kamal Kapadia
MA, PhD
Can Energy Markets Work for Rural Development? An Analysis of World Bank/GEF Rural Electriciation Projects in Sri Lanka (’03 MA) Developments after a Disaster: The Tsunami, Poverty, Conflict and Reconstruction ... Continue Reading »
- energy planning
- multilateral aid programs in energy finance and development
- renewable energy and development
Forest Kaser
MS
Point-of-Use Ultraviolet Water Disinfection: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Safe Water for Rural Households of Baja California Sur, Mexico (’07 MS)
- climate change
- community development
- integrated pest management
- international development
- renewable energy
- sustainable agriculture
- traditional agriculture
Jeannie Katsigris
MS
Technology and Rural Industrialization Deep in China’s Hinterlands: A Study of Technology Transfer in Rural Industries in Qinghai Province’s Haidong Prefecture (’96 M.S.)
Joshua Kay
MS
Analysis of the Performance and Cost Effectiveness of Nine Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems Funded by the DOE Small Grants Program (’82 M.S.)
Taylor Keep
MS
Continuous Demand Response: Using Loads to Manage Real-Time Energy Imbalance on the Electricity Grid (’11 MS)
Sean Kelly
MS
The Kelp Catalyst: Marine Aquaculture, Food Security, and Local Economies in Alaska (MS ’22) While Sean is particularly interested in food systems, urban agriculture and food sovereignty, he is also ... Continue Reading »
Dennis Kelso
PhD
Aquarian Transitions: Technological Change, Environmental Uncertainty, and Salmon Production on North America’s Pacific Coast (’00 Ph.D.)
- ecosystem function and management
- law and policy related to resources and environment
- policy issues in sustainable use of resources
Kevin Kennedy
PhD
Local Negotiations in Hazardous Waste Incinerator Permitting: A Comparison of Economic and Communication Models in Four Case Studies (’96 Ph.D.)
Amber Kerr
PhD
Drought resilience of maize-legume agroforestry systems in Malawi (PhD ’12) Amber Kerr is an agricultural ecologist focusing on climate change impacts and adaptation. She has studied nutrient cycling in California ... Continue Reading »
Jess Kersey
MS, PhD
Jess Kersey is a fourth-year PhD student broadly interested in technology, regulation, and policy to improve energy access and climate adaptation efforts across multiple geographies including East Africa, Latin America, ... Continue Reading »
Marta Khrushch
MS
Carbon Emissions Embodied in Manufacturing Trade and International Freight of the Eleven OECD Countries (’96 MS)
Nancy Kiang
MS
The Urban Landscape and Personal Travel Behavior: Logit Analysis of Spatial Variables to Reduce Automobile Travel (’95 M.S.)
- astrobiology
- biogeochemistry
- biometeorology
- biosphere-atmosphere interactions
- climate change
- ecohydrology
- GCMs
- general circulation models
- land surface models
- land use
- modeling
- paleoclimate
- photosynthesis
- plant ecophysiology
- terrestrial ecosystem science
- transportation energy use
Laura King
MS
Ecological Consequences of the Cooling Requirements of Electrical Power Generation (MS ’77)
- aquatic ecosystem management
- Bay-Delta restoration
- California water policy
- endangered species and biodiversity
Ann Kinzig
PhD
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Ann Kinzig Ph.D. ’94 Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University Perhaps more than most alumni, Ann Kinzig’s intellectual path has traversed ERG’s interdisciplinary ... Continue Reading »