People

Faculty

Daniel Sperling, Ph.D.

  • Founding Director Emeritus, ITS-Davis
  • Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy
  • Co-director, ITS-Davis European Transport and Energy Research Centre
  • Faculty Director, Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy
  • Co-director, NCST
  • Advisor, MoSAIC

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Staff

Postdoctoral Researcher

Student

Bailey Affolter

  • Degree Objective: M.S. & Ph.D.,Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susie Pike

Swati Agarwal

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Dillon Fitch

Chibuike Agba

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Paul Erickson

Maha Ahmad

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

John Roy Akumu

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

Sanjana Alugubelli

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Somayeh Nassiri

Terra Arnal

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Dan Sperling

Hamidreza Attari

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Yueyue Fan

Eilish Bennett

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

Hope Bodenschatz

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

Pablo Busch

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Energy Systems
  • Faculty Advisor: Alissa Kendall

Daniel Jared Byrd

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

John Cadiz

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

William Carruth

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: John Harvey

Lillian Cella

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Marcus Chan

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy | Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

Di Chen

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang

Sai Sampath Dangeti

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Somayeh Nassiri

Justin Darr

  • Degree Objective: M.S. & Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang, Susan Handy

Sarah Dennis

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Miguel Jaller

Ashley DePew

  • Degree Objective: M.S. & Ph.D., Energy Systems
  • Faculty Advisor: Alissa Kendall

Anuj Dhole

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Dan Sperling

Lu Dong

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Gil Tal

Simon Duex

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Energy Systems
  • Faculty Advisor: Alissa Kendall

James Giller

  • Degree Objective: M.S. & Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Giovanni Circella

Radhika Gupta

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Computer Science
  • Faculty Advisor: Matthew Bishop

Kelly Hoogland

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Energy Systems | Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Scott Hardman

Tyler Hoppenfeld

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Economics
  • Faculty Advisor: Erich Muehlegger

Timothy Hughes

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Dan Sperling

Ghazaleh Jafarsalehi

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang

Aakansha Jain

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

Aurojeet Jena

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Giovanni Circella and Kari Watkins

Wendi Jiang

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Sampat Kedarisetty

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: John Harvey

Noah Kline

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Somayeh Nassiri

Madhu Lamichhane

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Energy Systems (EGG)
  • Faculty Advisor: Dan Sperling

Carolina Lecompte

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Giovanni Circella

Jiewei (Grant) Li

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Alan Jenn

Pedro Liedo

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Faculty Advisor: Aaron Smith

Chi-Lei (Ray) Lin

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

Matthew Liu

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Kari Watkins

Yi (Joy) Luo

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Keita Makino

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Giovanni Circella

Tanoogna Mallarapu

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Miguel Jaller

Bara Mudita

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Prosper Ogbonna

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Alissa Kendall

Xianyue Peng

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang

Yanlin Qi

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang

Trisha Ramadoss

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Gil Tal

Laura Restrepo

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

Anya Rose Robinson

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Gil Tal

Lucas Salgado

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

Maha Shafaeen

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Scott Hardman

Bobby Shi

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Miguel Jaller

Connor Spencer

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Nicolas Stone

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Ishmael Sweeney

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Hanif Tayarani

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Gil Tal

Maxwell Waechter

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

Casey Walike

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Weijing Wang

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Jesus Barajas

Kanglong Wu

  • Degree Objective: M.S. & Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang

Runhua (Ivan) Xiao

  • Degree Objective: M.S. & Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Michael Zhang

Yunwan Zhang

  • Degree Objective: Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Faculty Advisor: Susan Handy

Tianxin Zhao

  • Degree Objective: M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor: Somayeh Nassiri

Board Member

Caroline Alméras

  • Secretary General, European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI)

Lisa Aultman-Hall

  • Professor and Chair of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo

Matthew Barth

  • Esther & Daniel Hays Chaired Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education at the Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside

Marlon Boarnet

  • Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
  • Director, METRANS Transportation Consortium

John Boesel

  • President and Chief Executive Officer, CALSTART

Jordan Choby

  • Group Vice President, Powertrain for Toyota Motor North America, Research and Development

James Corless

  • Executive Director, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)

Jennifer Dill

  • Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University

Anthony Eggert

  • Senior Director, Road Transportation, ClimateWorks Foundation

Alice Lee

  • Vice President, American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

Henry Liu, Ph.D.

  • Director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI); Bruce D. Greenshields Collegiate Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Margo Oge

  • Former Director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ), United States Environmental Protection Agency

Neil Pedersen

  • Former Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Chris Reed

  • Regional Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Nissan Technical Center North America

Stephen Ritchie

  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine

Karl Simon

  • Director, Transportation and Climate Division, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)

Heather Thompson

  • Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP)

Katie Turnbull

  • Senior Research Fellow; Executive Associate Director of Texas Transportation Institute

John C. Wall

  • Former Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Cummins

Sean Waters

  • Vice President of Product Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Daimler Trucks North America

Sonia Yeh

  • Professor in Transport and Energy Systems in the Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

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