Ahana Mukherjee
Department: Electrical Engineering Advisor: June Lukuyu Paragraph: Ahana Mukherjee is a second-year PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Energy Analytics for Society (IDEAS) lab and is advised by Dr. June Lukuyu. Her current research focuses on investigating the feasibility of off-grid, distributed and spatially equitable charging infrastructure for electric three wheelers (E3W) in developing countries and emerging electricity markets. Her research interests are in developing socially conscious renewable energy-based designs to foster the clean energy transition with a focus on energy equity and justice. She received her master's degree in Energy, Civil Infrastructure, and Climate from UC Berkeley and her bachelor's degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from UCLA....
Kayla Morton
Department: Political Science Advisor: Aseem Prakash My research broadly addresses just transition policy within international climate politics. This year, I will continue my research on deep-sea mining by launching a public opinion survey examining support for deep-sea mining, given the ongoing international negotiations on exploitation. I also have an ongoing project looking at country-level support for a deep-sea mining moratorium. My other research considers climate governance in international negotiations and the influence of developing countries. In the future, I also plan to examine public support for emerging clean energy technologies and the tradeoffs individuals are willing to consider....
Bethany Gordon
Bethany Gordon is an Assistant Professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering department. The PLACE(E) Lab is a research group rooted in Civil and Environmental engineering that seeks to expand designer knowledge and capabilities to practice equitable decision making for large-scale infrastructure systems. We analyze the power available to frontline communities in climate adaptation decision-making processes by 'reversing the gaze'. To 'reverse the gaze' is to examine the ways in which professional designers and decision-makers need to adjust practices and policies to allow for impact from the lived experiences and cultural knowledge of frontline designers. Email | Website | LinkedIn...
Branden Born
Branden Born is Associate Professor and Chair in the Urban Planning and Design department. Branden researches food systems and democracy, sustainability and sovereignty, Mexico, and community engagement. Email | Website | LinkedIn...
Chris Torres
CEI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Chris Torres works with chemical engineering assistant professor Julie Rorrer to develop self-sustainable community outreach programs to advance under-represented Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous (BHI) populations, while also researching sustainable chemical catalysis. Rorrer is the founder of the ColorMePhD program, which uses art to foster engagement, participation, and belonging in science and engineering programs for underrepresented and at-risk youth. Alongside Rorrer and CEI’s Education & Workforce Engagement staff, Torres engages BHI communities by leveraging relationships with undergraduate institutions such as Northwest Indian College; and by aligning with the missions of established Seattle-area educational programs like Rainier Scholars, Daybreak Star, and...
Dylan Stevenson
Dylan Stevenson is an assistant professor of Urban Design + Planning in the College of Built Environments. He joined the UW in Autumn 2022. Stevenson, who is of Prairie Band Potawatomi descent, researches how culture informs planning strategies and influences land relationships. More specifically, he investigates how tribal epistemologies structure notions of Indigenous futurities by centering Indigenous cultural values at the forefront of environmental stewardship and cultural preservation. Website | LinkedIn...
Julie Rorrer
Julie Rorrer is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington. She joined the UW in January 2023 after completing postdoctoral research as an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of California-Berkeley and her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University. The Rorrer Lab leverages tunable heterogeneous catalytic systems to enable sustainable chemical transformations including the chemical upcycling of waste plastics, and catalytic upgrading of biomass-derived platform molecules. By developing targeted active catalytic sites to enable new chemical transformations and leveraging advanced characterization techniques, we...