Leadership & Staff
Director, Clean Energy Institute
Boeing-Sutter Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute
Alvin L. and Verla R. Kwiram Endowed Professor of Chemistry
Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Scholar
Technical Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Managing Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
mpomfret@uw.edu | 206-685-6833
Senior Staff Scientist, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
kpoparra@uw.edu | 206-221-3334
Trainee & Faculty Advisory Board
David Ginger
TFAB Chair
Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute
Alvin L. and Verla R. Kwiram Endowed Professor of Chemistry
Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Scholar

Technical Director, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
Washington Research Foundation Associate Professor of Clean Energy, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
WRF Innovation Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Clean Energy

Rattie Endowed Career Development Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Advisory & Tech Councils
CEI’s Advisory Councils include clean energy leaders from industry, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Tech Council
- Craig Husa CEO, SuperCritical Technologies [Council Co-Chair]
- Tess Williams, Ph.D. Co-Founder & Principal of Sound Grid Partners [Council Co-Chair]
- David Benson Partner, K&L Gates
- Susan Betcher Partner, Firmwide Co-Chair, Cleantech Industry Practice Group, Perkins Coie, LLP
- Katy Briggs Global Service Area Leader, Renewables Advisory, DNV GL – Energy
- Jeff Canin Board Member & Element 8 Fund Manager
- Byron Crawford Renewable Development Manager, Amazon Web Services
- Dave Curry Chairman & CEO, Demand Energy Networks, Inc
- Renee Gastineau Business Solutions Director, ENGIE Impact
- Stephen Jones Business Line Director, Renewables Advisory, DNV GL
- Curt Kirkeby Technology Strategist, Avista Utilities
- Kevin Klustner Executive Director, UW CAMCET
- Jun Liu WRF Innovation Chair in Clean Energy and Campbell Chair Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Rick Luebbe CEO & Co-Founder, Group14 Technologies
- Daniel Malarkey Senior Fellow, Sightline Institute
- Uzma Siddiqi Technology Principal Engineer, Seattle City Light
- Ben Straughan Partner, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Perkins Coie, LLP
- Lawrence Tsang Project Executive and VP of Strategy for Convergent Energy + Power