Energy council membership
and MITEI administration
Prof. Ernest J. Moniz, director, MITEI
Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at MIT, where he has been on the faculty since 1973. Moniz served as undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from October 1997 until January 2001. From 1995 to 1997, he was associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the executive office of the president. At MIT, Moniz is director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. He also has served as head of the Department of Physics and as director of the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. His principal research contributions have been in theoretical nuclear physics and in energy technology and policy. In 1998, Moniz received the Seymour Cray HPCC Industry Recognition Award for vision and leadership in advancing scientific simulation. He serves on President Obama’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST).
Prof. Robert C. Armstrong, deputy director, MITEI
Robert C. Armstrong, Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1973 and served as head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from1996 to 2007. His research interests include polymer fluid mechanics, rheology of complex materials and energy. Armstrong has received the Warren K. Lewis Award and the Professional Progress Award in 1992, both from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the 2006 Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology, which is devoted to the study of the science of deformation and flow of matter.
Prof. Angela M. Belcher
Angela M. Belcher, the Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering and director of MIT's Biomolecular Materials Laboratory, has been on the MIT faculty since 2002. She is a materials chemist with expertise in biomaterials, biomolecular materials, organic-inorganic interfaces and solid state chemistry. Her research focuses on understanding and using the processes by which nature makes materials to design novel hybrid organic-inorganic electronic and magnetic materials on new length scales. Among her awards are the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (2000) and the Du Pont Young Investigators Award (1999). In 2004, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her use of genetically engineered viruses to manufacture microelectronic devices. Belcher is serving as the faculty co-chair of the Energy Initiative's Education Task Force.
Prof. Vladimir Bulovic
Vladimir Bulovic is the KDD Career Development Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. He received electrical engineering M.S. in 1993 from Columbia University and Ph.D in 1998 from Princeton University. Prior to joining MIT, he was a Senior Scientist and Project Head of Strategic Technology Development at Universal Display Corporation. Prof. Bulovic's research interests include studies of physical properties of organic and organic/inorganic nanocrystal composite thin films and structures, and development of novel optoelectronic organic and hybrid nano-scale devices. He is inventor of more than 40 U.S. patents in areas of nanostructured light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, photodetectors, and programmable memories, founding two start-up companies in these fields. Prof. Bulovic is a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Carrier Award for Scientist and Engineers, the National Science Foundation Career Award, and was named to Technology Review TR100 List.
Prof. John M. Deutch
John M. Deutch is an Institute Professor at MIT, where he has been a faculty member since 1970. At MIT, he has been chairman of the Department of Chemistry, dean of science and provost. He has published widely in the area of physical chemistry as well as on technology, energy, international security and public policy issues. Deutch served in a number of positions for the U.S. Department of Energy, including director of energy research, acting assistant secretary for energy technology and undersecretary of the department. He served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1995 to 1996 and deputy secretary of defense from 1994 to 1995.
Prof. Leon R. Glicksman
Leon R. Glicksman, Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering, has been on the MIT faculty since 1966 and has been the director of MIT's Building Technology Program for 19 years. His research focuses on energy-efficient, sustainable building technologies and designs, including natural ventilation, software design tools and the integration of energy-efficient measures with indoor air quality considerations. He is an expert on energy-efficient urban housing for the developing world. Glicksman's awards include the George Macomber Professorship of Construction Management, the Melville Medal and the Robert T. Knapp Award, both from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Glicksman is serving as the faculty co-chair of the Energy Initiative's Campus Energy Task Force.
Prof. Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics in the Department of Economics, has been a member of the MIT faculty since 2003. His energy related research is focused on estimating the costs and benefits of environmental quality. This work includes examinations of the costs of climate change, costs and benefits of the Clean Air Act, benefits of the clean-up of hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program, value of a statistical life, and health and economic impacts of exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution in developing countries. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee of EPA's Science Advisory Board and edits The Review of Economics and Statistics. His research has been funded by the NSF, NIH, and EPA and he received the12th Annual Kenneth J. Arrow Award.
Prof. Richard Schmalensee
Richard Schmalensee is the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management at MIT and Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR). He served as the John C Head III Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1998 through 2007. He was as a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 through 1991, where he was involved in the creation of the tradable allowance program to deal with acid rain, and served as CEEPR Director from 1991 through 1999. Professor Schmalensee's research centers on industrial organization economics and its applications, with particular emphasis on antitrust, regulatory, and environmental policies. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy.
Melanie A. Kenderdine, associate director for strategic planning, MITEI
Melanie A. Kenderdine joined the MIT Energy Initiative as associate director for strategic planning in March 2007. Prior to joining MIT, she was vice president of the Gas Technology Institute for Washington operations, where she was involved in major initiatives to increase domestic natural gas supply, enhance energy efficiency and security and promote the research needs of the natural gas industry. From 1993 to 2001, Kenderdine served in several key posts at the U.S. Department of Energy, including director of the Office of Policy and senior advisor to the secretary. Kenderdine has testified before Congress on many occasions, has served on numerous energy task forces and is a frequent speaker at international energy conferences, including the World Petroleum Congress and IEA's International Energy Experts Conference in Abu Dhabi.
Karen L. Gibson, assistant to the director, MITEI
Karen L. Gibson joined the MIT Energy Initiative as assistant to the director in March 2008, bringing 20 years of administrative experience in both government and academic settings. She joined MIT in 1997 as program coordinator for the Alliance for Global Sustainability, a multidisciplinary, multigeographical program focused on building a network of researchers interested in the scientific, technological, and social issues related to global sustainability. Prior to coming to MIT, she served as a research analyst for Texas Legislature's House Appropriations Committee where she was responsible for budget hearings for 35 state agencies dealing with natural resources and general government. Previously she was chief clerk for the House Natural Resources Committee, overseeing the committee process for water and air legislation.
Patty Ollen, administrative assistant
MIT Energy Initiative
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-307
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617.324.1497
Fax: 617.253.8013
Christie Ko, administrative assistant
MIT Energy Initiative
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-307
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617.258.8891
Fax: 617.253.8013
