People

Center for Energy Director

Paul Ohodnicki

Paul Ohodnicki

Center for Energy Director PITT Director (Interim), AMPED Director (Interim), INSITES

Board of Directors

heng ban

Heng Ban

Board Director Nuclear
Brian Gleeson

Brian Gleeson

Board Director Materials
fang peng

Fang Peng

Board Director GRID

Consortia Directors

brandon grainger

Brandon Grainger

Director, GRID Co-Director, AMPED
YuAnn Li

Yu-Ann Li

Co-Director, GRID
Dan Cole

Dan Cole

Director, Cyber Energy Center
Piervincenzo Rizzo

Piervincenzo Rizzo

Co-Director, INSITES

Faculty Affiliate Leads & Liaisons

Hessam Babaee

Hessam Babaee

Focus Area Co-Lead AI & Energy
Melissa Bilec

Melissa Bilec

Liaison Sustainability
Robert Enick

Robert Enick

Focus Area Lead Education
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran

Focus Area Lead Policy
Zachary Harris

Zachary Harris

Focus Area Lead Materials
Sungwan Hong

Sungwan Hong

Focus Area Lead Technoeconomic Analysis
Junyu Liu

Junyu Liu

Focus Area Co-Lead AI & Energy
T. Thomas Nicoletti

T. Thomas Nicoletti

Intern Program Lead Business
Tatsuya Sakurahara

Tatsuya Sakurahara

Focus Area Lead Nuclear
Goetz Veser

Goetz Veser

Focus Area Lead Natural Gas & Hydrocarbons

Faculty Affiliates

For Faculty

More than 100 faculty across five schools are engaged with the Center for Energy. The affiliated faculty program is a smaller group, carefully selected to advance strategic objectives, who serve as representatives of the Center. Affiliates gain the infrastructure, administration, industry access, laboratory space at the Energy Innovation Center, and connections to collaborating centers to propose and launch new initiatives without building from scratch. Focus area leads explore new major initiatives, including potential new centers, and liaisons connect the Center to other major efforts across the University. To learn more, contact cfenergy@pitt.edu. 

For Industry

Industry partners can engage through paid memberships in our core centers, sponsored research, internships and hiring, and shared laboratory space at the Energy Innovation Center. Contact cfenergy@pitt.edu for membership information.

For Students

Explore our degrees and certificates, summer internships, and research opportunities with faculty and industry partners on the Education page. 

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