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Faculty

  • Charles B. Sims

    Charles B. Sims

    Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Energy, Transportation and Environmental Policy

    Fields of Interest: Energy and Environmental Policy; Management of Renewable Resources; Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental Policy

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    cbsims@utk.edu

    865-974-3825

    cbsims@utk.edu

    865-974-3825

  • Joe Hoagland

    Joe Hoagland

    Adjunct Professor

    Fields of Interest: Energy and Environmental Policy and Stakeholder Engagement 


    jjhknoxville@aol.com

    865-974-0931

    jjhknoxville@aol.com

    865-974-0931

  • Benjamin Leard

    Benjamin Leard

    Assistant Professor

    Fields of Interest: Transportation Policy and Decarbonization Strategies


    bleard@utk.edu

    865-974-1549

    bleard@utk.edu

    865-974-1549

Staff

  • Alecia Evans

    Alecia Evans

    Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Energy Economics; Experimental Economics; Industrial Organization


    aevan102@utk.edu

    865-974-0158

    aevan102@utk.edu

    865-974-0158

  • Wendy Rast

    Wendy Rast

    Grants & Contracts Manager


    wrast@utk.edu

    865-974-5653

    wrast@utk.edu

    865-974-5653

  • Jeanne Stevens

    Jeanne Stevens

    Research Program Manager


    jeanne_stevens@utk.edu

    865-974-2572

    jeanne_stevens@utk.edu

    865-974-2572

  • Jilleah Welch

    Jilleah Welch

    Senior Research Associate and Lecturer

    Fields of Interest: Public Finance; Economics of Education; Environmental Economics


    jgwelch@utk.edu

    865-974-8481

    jgwelch@utk.edu

    865-974-8481

Experts

  • Noah Ankar

    Noah Ankar

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Energy; Sustainability; Transportation; and Logistics


    nankar@tva.gov

    423-667-5839

    nankar@tva.gov

    423-667-5839

  • Paul Armsworth

    Paul Armsworth

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Ecology; Conservation Science; and Mathematical Modeling


    p.armsworth@utk.edu

    865-974-9748

    p.armsworth@utk.edu

    865-974-9748

  • Neeraj Bharadwaj

    Neeraj Bharadwaj

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Sustainability, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); marketing sustainability


    nbharadwaj@utk.edu

    865-974-1610

    nbharadwaj@utk.edu

    865-974-1610

  • Yemisi Bolumole

    Yemisi Bolumole

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Transportation and Supply Chain Policy


    bolumole@utk.edu

    865-974-1771

    bolumole@utk.edu

    865-974-1771

  • Candace Brakewood

    Candace Brakewood

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Transportation policy; shared mobility; public transportation; intelligent transportation systems


    cbrakewo@utk.edu

    865-974-7727

    cbrakewo@utk.edu

    865-974-7727

  • Seong-Hoon Cho

    Seong-Hoon Cho

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Environmental and resource economics, agricultural and forested lands, ecosystem services, conservation science, climate change and natural resources, non-market valuation


    scho9@utk.edu

    865-974-7408

    scho9@utk.edu

    865-974-7408

  • Courtney Cronley

    Courtney Cronley

    Expert

    Fields of Interest: Inclusive infrastructure with emphasis on historically marginalized persons, housing insecurity, evictions, transportation equity, energy justice, broadband internet access, environmental justice and sustainability


    ccronle1@utk.edu

    865-974-6698

    ccronle1@utk.edu

    865-974-6698

  • Bryan Davidson

    Bryan Davidson

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Environmental Justice and Policy


    bryanpdavidson@gmail.com

    bryanpdavidson@gmail.com

  • Maggie Davis

    Maggie Davis

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Energy economics; environmental sciences; policy tradeoffs for land management


    davismr@ornl.gov

    865-576-3760

    davismr@ornl.gov

    865-576-3760

  • Brad Day

    Brad Day

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences


    bradday@utk.edu

    865-974-3466

    bradday@utk.edu

    865-974-3466

  • Rebecca Efroymson

    Rebecca Efroymson

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Sustainability of biofuels; policy engagement related to climate science; decarbonization; climate adaptation


    efroymsonra@ornl.gov

    828-505-1673

    efroymsonra@ornl.gov

    828-505-1673

  • David Greene

    David Greene

    Research Professor and Senior Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Transportation and Energy Issues; Alternative Fuels; Fuel Economy; and Costs of Oil Dependence


    dgreen32@utk.edu

    865-974-0931

    dgreen32@utk.edu

    865-974-0931

  • Jamie Grieg

    Jamie Grieg

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Broadband Communications and Digital Technology in Rural and Agricultural Settings


    jgreig@utk.edu

    865-974-8553

    jgreig@utk.edu

    865-974-8553

  • Jon Hathaway

    Jon Hathaway

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Green Infrastructure


    jhathaw2@utk.edu

    865-974-6058

    jhathaw2@utk.edu

    865-974-6058

  • J. Scott Holladay

    J. Scott Holladay

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: International Trade and Environmental Economics


    jscott.holladay@utk.edu

    865-974-3303

    jscott.holladay@utk.edu

    865-974-3303

  • Becky Jacobs

    Becky Jacobs

    CETEP Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Environmental and Natural Resources Law


    jacobs@utk.edu

    865-974-8598

    jacobs@utk.edu

    865-974-8598

  • Mingzhou Jin

    Mingzhou Jin

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Industrial and Systems Engineering


    jin@utk.edu

    865-974-9992

    jin@utk.edu

    865-974-9992

  • Bandana Kar

    Bandana Kar

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Energy and climate resilience policy; energy security; use of AI and Big Data in the energy sector


    bandana.kar@ee.doe.gov

    240-805-0818

    bandana.kar@ee.doe.gov

    240-805-0818

  • Charles Kwit

    Charles Kwit

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Biodiversity


    ckwit@utk.edu

    865-974-9793

    ckwit@utk.edu

    865-974-9793

  • Jacob LaRiviere

    Jacob LaRiviere

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Industrial Organization and Environmental Economics


    jlariv@amazon.com

    jlariv@amazon.com

  • Nikki Luke

    Nikki Luke

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Urban Geography; Energy and Labor Politics; Energy and Environmental Justice


    knluke@utk.edu

    865-974-6029

    knluke@utk.edu

    865-974-6029

  • David McCollum

    David McCollum

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Energy-Economic Systems Modeling; Advanced Energy and Transport Technologies; Integrated Assessment; and Global Change


    mccollumdl@ornl.gov

    865-341-2864

    mccollumdl@ornl.gov

    865-341-2864

  • Mike McKinney

    Mike McKinney

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Environmental Science and Urban Ecology


    mmckinne@utk.edu

    865-974-0401

    mmckinne@utk.edu

    865-974-0401

  • Andrew Muhammad

    Andrew Muhammad

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Climate change and international trade; global food security, food choice and global nutrition; supply chains in developing countries; trade policy and commodity markets


    amuhamm4@utk.edu

    865-974-3904

    amuhamm4@utk.edu

    865-974-3904

  • Matthew Murray

    Matthew Murray

    Professor and Executive Director Emeritus of the Baker Center

    Fields of Interest: Public Finance; Public Policy; Economic Development


    mmurray1@utk.edu

    865-974-6098

    mmurray1@utk.edu

    865-974-6098

  • Mirko Musa

    Mirko Musa

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: sustainable water power technologies; decarbonization; energy resiliency


    musam@ornl.gov

    865-241-7367

    musam@ornl.gov

    865-241-7367

  • John Nolt

    John Nolt

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Environmental Ethnics, Intergenerational Ethics, Climate Ethics, Philosophical Logic, and Formal Value Theory


    nolt@utk.edu

    865-974-3509

    nolt@utk.edu

    865-974-3509

  • Alex Osei-Kojo

    Alex Osei-Kojo

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Environmental and Energy Policy; Policy Process


    aoseikoj@utk.edu

    865-974-7057

    aoseikoj@utk.edu

    865-974-7057

  • Deborah Penchoff

    Deborah Penchoff

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: High Performance Computing; Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; Nuclear and Radio-Chemistry; and Rare Earth Elements


    dpenchof@utk.edu

    dpenchof@utk.edu

  • Neelam Poudyal

    Neelam Poudyal

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Human Dimensions of Wildlife and Forestry


    npoudyal@utk.edu

    865-974-8771

    npoudyal@utk.edu

    865-974-8771

  • Jay Price

    Jay Price

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Land use planning and policy; sustainable transportation; decarbonization; circular economy


    jayprice@utk.edu

    865-974-3480

    jayprice@utk.edu

    865-974-3480

  • John Schwartz

    John Schwartz

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Watershed Hydrology; Water Quality; River Mechanics; Stream Restoration; and Ecological Engineering


    jschwart@utk.edu

    865-974-7721

    jschwart@utk.edu

    865-974-7721

  • Gabe Schwartzman

    Gabe Schwartzman

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Sustainable rural economic development; decarbonization and energy transition


    gschwar3@utk.edu

    865-974-2418

    gschwar3@utk.edu

    865-974-2418

  • Alex Scott

    Alex Scott

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Public Policy in Supply Chain Management


    ascott79@utk.edu

    312-350-5030

    ascott79@utk.edu

    312-350-5030

  • Aaron Smith

    Aaron Smith

    Affiliate

    Fields of Interest: Climate-smart agriculture; production economics; domestic agricultural policy


    aaron.smith@utk.edu

    865-974-7476

    aaron.smith@utk.edu

    865-974-7476

  • Bruce Tonn

    Bruce Tonn

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Environmental and Energy Policy; Future Studies; Sustainability; Climate Change; Decision-making under Uncertainty; Technology Policy; and Computers in Society


    btonn@utk.edu

    865-974-7227

    btonn@utk.edu

    865-974-7227

  • Christian Vossler

    Christian Vossler

    Fellow

    Fields of Interest: Environmental Economics; Public Economics; Applied Econometrics; and Experimental Economics


    cvossler@utk.edu

    865-974-1699

    cvossler@utk.edu

    865-974-1699

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William Park – Fellow

Robert Shelton – Fellow

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