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Research Staff

Mingzhou Jin
John D. Tickle Professor, Professor and Associate Head of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and ISSE Director
[email protected]
865-974-1843

modeling and analysis for environment, sustainability and climate change; logistics, transportation, and supply chain management (LTS lab director); operations research and data analytics; advanced manufacturing
Websites: https://ise.utk.edu/people/mingzhou-jin/  and  https://ise.utk.edu/lab-center/logistics-transportation-and-supply-chain-engineering-lts-lab/


Jason Brown
Research Associate II
[email protected]

environmental monitoring technology, stream restoration, water quality modeling, watershed management and environmental chemistry


Chien-fei Chen
Research Associate Professor 
Director of Energy and Environmental Justice
[email protected]


environmental sociology, pro-environmental behavior, renewable energy adoption, energy justice
https://chien-fei-chen.wixsite.com/chien-fei-chen


Tim Ezzell
Assistant Research Professor
[email protected]
865-974-9036

Appalachian development, rural sustainability, historic preservation, participatory planning, sustainable tourism


Tim Gangaware
Research Director, Tennessee Water Resources Research Center 
[email protected]
865-974-4777

water resources, erosion prevention and sediment control, stormwater management, hydrologic determination


Jon Hathaway
Associate Director,
TNWRRC
[email protected]
865-974-6058

sustainable urban water, green infrastructure, anthropogenic influences on the environment, urban pollutant fate and transport

Website: http://hathaway.utk.edu


Qiang He
Associate Director,
ISSE
[email protected]
865-974-6067

biological treatment processes, water and wastewater quality, environmental microbiology, renewable energy


Steven Hoagland
Program Manager
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Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Program, water distribution systems analysis, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling


Jiafu Mao
ORNL Joint Faculty Professor
[email protected] 

understanding hydrology, carbon cycling, and vegetation dynamics in the Earth terrestrial ecosystems using field measurements, satellite data, process-oriented land surface and Earth system models


Jonathan Overly
Chief Executive Officer ETCleanFuels
[email protected]
865-974-3625

alternative fuel vehicle technology adoption, fleet, outreach, education, grant assistance, program management, natural gas, electric, propane, biodiesel, ethanol, EV, electric vehicles


John Schwartz 
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and 
Director of Tennessee Water Resources Research Center 
jschwart.utk.edu
865-974-8920

watershed management, water quality analysis, river mechanics, fluvial geomorphology, stream restoration, ecological engineering, ecological assessment 


Danniel Siksay
Chief of Staff
ETCleanFuels
[email protected]
865-309-6657/974-9665

alternative fuel vehicle technology adoption 


Ian Simpson
Research Associate III
[email protected]

stormwater management, water resources, hydrology, nonpoint source pollution, green infrastructure, ecological engineering

 


Sheila Webster
Program Manager
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865-974-1985

DOE health and safety worker training


Catherine Wilt
Research Associate
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865-974-1915

sustainable development, social justice, sustainable regional systems


Support Staff

Darcy Ayers
Project Manager
ETCleanFuels
[email protected]
865-974-6451


Christopher Jordan Black
Membership & Fundraising Coordinator,
East TN Clean Fuels
[email protected]
865-974-0721


Kellie Caughorn
Administrative Assistant, Tennessee Water Resources Research Center
[email protected]
865-974-2151


Lissa Gay
ISSE Communications Director
[email protected]
865-974-8993


Jennie Kidd
Senior Project Manager
ETCleanFuels
[email protected]


Lily Lovingood
Project Manager
ETCleanFuels
[email protected]


Sherry Russell
Business Manager
[email protected]
865-974-3866


Alex Strong
Drive Electric TN Coordinator
[email protected]
865-974-1880


Wesleigh Wright, Community Engagement Liaison ETCleanFuels
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