Faculty - Global Systems

George E. Apostolakis
Korea Electric Power Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Professor of Engineering Systems
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
Methods for probabilistic risk assessment of complex technological systems; risk management involving several stakeholder groups; decision analysis, human reliability models; organizational factors and safety culture; software dependability; risk-informed, performance-based regulation; risk assessment and management of terrorist threats

email: apostola@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/apostolakis.html

John S. Carroll
Morris A. Adelman Professor of Management; Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences and Engineering Systems; Co-Director, Lean Aerospace Initiative
MIT Sloan School of Management; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interests:
Group and individual decision making in organizational and legal settings; organization learning; management philosophies; mental models; safety culture; and human performance improvement; nuclear power, petrochemicals, healthcare

email: jcarroll@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/carroll/carroll.html

John M. Deutch
Institute Professor
Department of Chemistry

Research Interest:
Physical chemistry and energy technology; analysis and modeling of the technical, economic, and environmental aspects of fuel cell behavior and fuel cell systems

fax: 617-258-5700
email: jmd@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/deutch.html

Michael W. Golay
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research Interest:
Systems analysis and optimization; software and human reliability; nuclear power technology innovation, fluid mechanics and heat transfer

fax: 617-258-8863
email: golay@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/golay.html

Michael Greenstone
3M Professor of Environmental Economics
Department of Economics

Research Interest:
Economic impacts of climate change, Costs of Environmental Regulations, Valuation of Clean Air, Health Impacts of Air Pollution

fax: 617-253-1330
email: mgreenst@mit.edu
url: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/mgreenst/

Elias P. Gyftopoulos
Ford Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research Interest:
Nuclear plant dynamics; plasma physics; surface physics; direct energy conversion; thermodynamics and quantum thermodynamics; energy policy and technology

fax: 617-258-7437
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/gyftopoulos.html

Rebecca M. Henderson
George Eastman Kodak LFM Professor of Management
MIT Sloan Sloan School of Management

Research Interest:
Strategic problems of high technology companies, ways in which firms can use technology to drive significant growth, semiconductor capital equipment, automobiles, aerospace, branded consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, IT and telecommunications, energy supply, improved efficiency, opportunities in sustainability

fax: 617-253-2550
email: rhenders@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/rhenders/www/home.html

Henry D. Jacoby
Professor of Management; Co-Director, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy
of Global Change
MIT Sloan School of Management

Research Interest:
Applied economics; energy; environment (global climate change, economics and policy).

fax: 617-258-9845
email: hjacoby@mit.edu

Paul L. Joskow
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management; Director, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Department of Economics; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Research Interest:
Industrial organization; energy and environmental economics; competition policy; and government regulation of industry

fax: 617-258-7070
email: pjoskow@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/levitsky/www/paul.html

Mujid S. Kazimi
Tepco Professor of Nuclear Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

Research Interest:
Nuclear systems safety; nuclear fuel cycle; two-phase flow and heat transfer

fax: 617-258-8863
email: kazimi@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/kazimi.html

Richard K. Lester
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Director, Industrial Performance Center
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Industrial Performance Center

Research Interest:
Nuclear fuel cycle and waste disposal; electric power industry restructuring; productivity and innovation; industrial performance

email: rklester@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/ipc/people/director/bio.html

David H. Marks
Morton and Claire Goulder Family Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems; MIT Coordinator, Alliance for Global Sustainability

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
Large-scale environmental systems; multi-objective analysis under uncertainty; integration of scientific and technical knowledge into environmental management decision-making processes environmental management; large-scale infrastructure renewal

Fax: 617-253-8013
email: dhmarks@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/marks/marks.htm

Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interest:
Atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems

fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html

Ernest J. Moniz
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems; Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Department of Physics; Engineering Systems Division; MIT Energy Initiative ESD & MITEI

Research Interest:
theoretical nuclear physics, particularly in advancing nuclear reaction theory at high energy; energy technology and policy studies

fax: 617-253-8013
email: ejmoniz@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/ernest_moniz.html

John Parsons
Senior Lecturer; Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
MIT Sloan School of Management; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Research Interest:
Corporate finance; valuation; corporate strategy and policy; energy; environment (climate policy, emissions trading, environmental regulation and policy); environmental economics; risk management; hedging; financial engineering; financial markets; gas; oil; public utilities

email: jparsons@mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/popup-if.cfm?in_spseqno=24453&co_list=F

Robert Pindyck
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Professor of Economics and Finance
MIT Sloan School of Management

Research Interest:
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research Environmental policy; financial markets; industrial organization; investment decisions; microeconomics

fax: 617-258-6855
email: rdindyck@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/rpindyck/www/

Ronald G. Prinn
Professor of Atmospheric Science; Director, Center for Global Change Science; Co-Director, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Center for Global Change Science

Research Interest:
Chemistry, dynamics, and physics of the atmospheres of the Earth and other planets, and the chemical evolution of atmosphere

email: rprinn@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/rprinn/

Eugene Skolnikoff
Professor of Political Science Emeritus
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
Interaction of science and technology with international affairs, e.g. climate change

email: ebskol@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/E.Skolnikoff.html

Edward Steinfeld
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
Institutional drivers of economic behavior in the China; impact of globalization on Chinese industrial policy and structure

email: edstein@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/E.Steinfeld.html

John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems
MIT Sloan School of Management; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
managerial decision making in complex systems; experimental studies assessing public understanding of global climate change; socially responsible business

fax: 617-258-7579
email: jsterman@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/sterman/sterman.htm

Lawrence E. Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Research Interest:
Mediation of regulatory disputes; technology negotiation; policy dialogue; stakeholder engagement; resolution of science-intensive policy disputes; environmental impact assessment; sustainability analysis; public-private partnerships; management of collaborative processes

email: susskind@mit.edu
url: http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/

Howard Herzog
Principal Research Engineer; Head, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program
MIT Energy Initiative

Research Interest:
Carbon sequestration; carbon mitigation technologies

fax: 617-253-8013
email: hjherzog@mit.edu
url: http://sequestration.mit.edu/

John G. Heywood
Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Sloan Automotive Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interest:
Automotive engines; combustion and emissions; energy and environmental issues in transportation; automotive technology

fax: 617-253-2243
email: jheywood@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=43

Ruben Juanes
Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interest:
Understanding, modeling, simulation and quantitative prediction of complex geosystems, with special application to petroleum reservoir engineering, groundwater hydrology, CO2 sequestration and gas hydrates

fax: 617-253-7475
email: juanes@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/juanes/www/

Jeffrey I. Steinfeld
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Research Interest:
High sensitivity spectroscopic techniques for environmental measurements; supercritical fluids as environmentally acceptable reaction media

fax: 617-253-7030
email: jistein@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/steinfeld.html

M. Nafi Toksoz
Professor
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Research Interest:
Geophysics, parallel computing, advanced geophysical parallel computing

email: toksoz@mit.edu
url: http://www-eaps.mit.edu/erl/toksoz.html

Stephen Ansolabehere
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
elections, democracy, and the mass media

email: sda@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/S.Ansolabehere.html

Rafael L. Bras
Edward A. Abdun-Nur Professor
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Research Interest:
Hydrology; geomorphology; land-atmosphere interactions, ecohydrology

email: rlbras@mit.edu
url: http://esi.mit.edu/content/view/91/50/

Nazli Choucri
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
International relations; international political economy with a special focus on conflict, connectivity, and global environment; uses of knowledge in transitions to sustainability

email: nchoucri@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/N.Choucri.html

Michael Greenstone
3M Professor of Environmental Economics
Department of Economics

Research Interest:
Economic impacts of climate change; costs of environmental regulations; valuation of clean air; health impacts of air pollution

fax: 617-253-1330
email: mgreenst@mit.edu
url: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/mgreenst/

Phillip Gschwend
Ford Professor of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Parsons Laboratory

Research Interests:
Fates of organic chemicals in natural and engineered environments

email: pmgschwe@mit.edu
url: http://cee.mit.edu/index.pl?id=2315

Howard Herzog
Principal Research Engineer; Head, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program
MIT Energy Initiative

Research Interest:
carbon sequestration; carbon mitigation technologies
fax: 617-253-8013
email: hjherzog@mit.edu
url: http://sequestration.mit.edu/

Henry D. Jacoby
Professor of Management; Co-Director, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
MIT Sloan School of Management

Research Interest:
Applied economics; energy; environment (global climate change, economics and policy).

fax: 617-258-9845
email: hjacoby@mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/detail-if.cfm?in_spseqno=58&co_list=F

David H. Marks
Morton and Claire Goulder Family Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems; MIT Coordinator, Alliance for Global Sustainability
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
Large-scale environmental systems; multi-objective analysis under uncertainty; integration of scientific and technical knowledge into environmental management decision-making processes environmental management; large-scale infrastructure renewal

fax: 617-253-8013
email: dhmarks@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/marks/marks.htm

Ronald G. Prinn
Professor of Atmospheric Science; Director, Center for Global Change Science; Co-Director, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Center for Global Change Science

Research Interest:
Chemistry, dynamics; and physics of the atmospheres of the Earth and other planets; and the chemical evolution of atmosphere

email: rprinn@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/rprinn/

John Reilly
Associate Director for Research
Joint Program for the Science and Policy of Global Change

Research Interest:
Economics; emissions; agriculture, energy, and climate policy

email: jreilly@mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/detail-if.cfm?in_spseqno=28873&co_list=F

John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems
MIT Sloan School of Management; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
Managerial decision making in complex systems; experimental studies assessing public understanding of global climate change; socially responsible business

fax: 617-258-7579
email: jsterman@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/sterman/sterman.htm

Lawrence E. Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Research Interest:
Mediation of regulatory disputes; technology negotiation; policy dialogue; stakeholder engagement; resolution of science-intensive policy disputes; environmental impact assessment; sustainability analysis; public-private partnerships; management of collaborative processes

email: susskind@mit.edu
url: http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/

Bernhardt Trout
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interest:
Nucleation of clathrate hydrates; molecular-level design of products and processes; emissions control and sustainable development

fax: 617-258-5042
email: trout@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/trout.html

Marilyne Andersen
Assistant Professor of Building Technology
Department of Architecture

Research Interest:
Use and optimization of daylight in buildings

fax: 617-253-6152
email: mand@mit.edu
url: http://architecture.mit.edu/people-details.php?type=faculty&id=37

Leon Glicksman
Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering; Head, Building Technology Program
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and of Architecture

Research Interest:
Energy-efficient, sustainable building technologies; heat transfer of fluidized beds for clean combustion of dirty fuels.

email: glicks@mit.edu
url: http://architecture.mit.edu/people/profiles/prglicks.html

Kent Larson
Principal Research Scientist; Director, Changing Places and MIT Open Source Building Alliance
Department of Architecture;  Media Laboratory

Research Interest:
technologies, materials, and strategies for energy generation, use, and conservation in homes, workplaces, and cities

fax: 617-258-6264
email: kll@mit.edu
url: http://www.media.mit.edu/people/bio_kll.html

Lawrence E. Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Research Interest:
Mediation of regulatory disputes; technology negotiation; policy dialogue; stakeholder engagement; resolution of science-intensive policy disputes; environmental impact assessment; sustainability analysis; public-private partnerships; management of collaborative processes

email: susskind@mit.edu
url: http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/

Hamsa Balakrishnan
Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
air traffic control, traffic flow management, airport operations scheduling, hybrid systems

Email: hamsa@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/balakrishnan.html

Cynthia Barnhart
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
Engineering Systems Division
Research Interest:

Mathematical programming models and large-scale optimization approaches for transportation and logistics systems; service network design and operations planning for scheduled transportation systems.

email: cbarnhart@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/barnhart/barnhart.htm

Peter Belobaba
Principal Research Scientist
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
air transportation economics and operations analysis; airline pricing and revenue management; airline and aerospace industry analysis

Email: belobaba@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/belobaba/bio.html

Wai K. Cheng
Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Sloan Automotive Laboratory

Research Interest:
Automotive engine performance and emissions

fax: 617-253-9453
email: wkcheng@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=16

Daniel Cohn
Senior Research Scientist; Head, Plasma Technology and Systems
Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Research Interest:
Vehicle emissions control; applications of plasma technology to environmental problems

email: cohn@PSFC.mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/researchstaff/cohn.html

Leo Daniel
Martin Luther King Visiting Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
aerospace materials, structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, nano composites, morphing and intelligent structures, spacecraft and rlv design

Email: leo@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/daniel.html

Mark Drela
Terry J. Kohler Professor of Fluid Dynamics
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, design methodology

Email: drela@MIT.EDU
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/drela.html

Emilio Frazzoli
Associate Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
autonomous systems, air traffic control, cyber-physical systems, optimization, control theory, robotics.

Email: frazzoli@mit.edu
url:http://ares.lids.mit.edu/

Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Title: Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor
Department: Mechanical Engineering

Research Interest:
High performance computing in turbulent reactive flow, computational mathematics, combustion dynamics and active control, modeling and simulation of transport-chemistry interactions in thermochemical and electrochemical systems including high temperature fuel cells, gasification processes and fuel production. Analysis of high-performance, zero-emission integrated energy systems with CO2 capture.

fax: 617-253-5981
email: ghoniem@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=28

Edward Greitzer
H.N. Slater Professo
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
turbomachinery; propulsion, silent aircraft, flow control, internal flow; university-industry collaboration; robust design of gas turbine engines

Email: greitzer@MIT.EDU
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/greitzer.html

John G. Heywood
Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Sloan Automotive Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interest:
Automotive engines; combustion and emissions; energy and environmental issues in transportation; automotive technology

fax: 617-253-2243
email: jheywood@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=43

Jonathan How
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
navigation and control: gps sensing for navigation and control of formation flying vehicles, experimental and theoretical robust control, trajectory optimization and activity planning for multiple uavs

Email: jhow@mit.edu
url:http://www.mit.edu/~JHOW/

John Kassakian
Professor; Director, Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Interest:
Power electronics; power supplies; dc/dc converters, inverters; controlled rectifiers and motor drives; power semiconductor devices; automotive electronics and electrical systems; nonconventional electricity for motor vehicles; thermophotovoltaics

fax: 617-258-6774
email: jgk@mit.edu
url: http://eecsfacweb.mit.edu/facpages/kassakian.html

James Kirtley
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  

Research Interest:
Electromechanics; High efficiency and performance electric machinery; electric power systems; renewable and dispersed generation; vehicle technology; propulsion and traction drives

fax: 617-258-6774
email: Kirtley@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/kirtley/www/

Nancy Leveson
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
design for safety, system safety engineering, risk analysis and risk management, socio-technical systems policy and safety analysis, software and human safety, systems engineering and analysis of software-intensive systems, security, organization and safe

Email: leveson@mit.edu
url:http://sunnyday.mit.edu/

Youssef Marzouk
Boeing Assistant Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
fluid dynamics and chemically reacting flow in energy conversion/propulsion systems and in the environment; uncertainty quantification; computational simulation for design, prediction, and decision-making in complex uncertain systems; data assimilation an

Email: ymarz@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/marzouk.html

Jaume Peraire
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
computational mechanics, high performance computing, aerodynamics, flapping

Email: peraire@mit.edu
url:http://raphael.mit.edu/PERAIRE.bio.html

Zoltan Spakovszky
Associate Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
internal flows, turbomachinery, propulsion systems and control, aeroengine dynamic system modeling, aero-acoustics

Email: zolti@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/spakovszky.html

Choon Tan
Senior Research Engineer
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
Unsteady and three-dimensional flow in turbomachinery and propulsive devices; aerodynamic instabilities in aircraft gas turbine engines; propulsion systems

Email: choon@MIT.EDU
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/tan.html

Tian Tian
Research Scientist
Sloan Automotive Laboratory

Research Interest:
Analysis and modeling of tribo-systems; engine component dynamics; lubricant transport; lubrication, friction, and oil consumption; lubrication of mechanical face seals

email: tiantian@mit.edu

Brian Wardle
Associate Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
composite and layered materials; hybrid nanocomposite systems; mems power devices and energy harvesting; structural health monitoring systems; active materials and devices; fracture, fatigue, and damage mechanics; finite-element modeling; structural respo

Email: wardle@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/people/wardle/index.html

Brian Williams
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
automated modeling; hybrid and autonomous systems control including intelligent infrastructure, intelligent buildings, and networks of autonomous air vehicles, satellites and underwater vehicles

Email: williams@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/williams.html

Victor W. Wong
Principal Research Scientist, Manager of Sloan Auto Lab, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Sloan Automotive Laboratory

Research Interest:
Modeling and experimental diagnostics of lubricant films in I.C. engines, clean diesel technologies, engine combustion and emissions, heat transfer and lubrication studies for the application of advanced materials.

email: VWong@mit.edu

Nazli Choucri
Professor of Political Science
Department: Political Science

Research Interest:
iIternational relations; international political economy with a special focus on conflict, connectivity, and global environment; uses of knowledge in transitions to sustainability

email: nchoucri@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/N.Choucri.html

Leon Glicksman
Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering; Head, Building Technology Program
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and of Architecture
Research Interest:
Energy-efficient, sustainable building technologies;heat transfer of fluidized beds for clean combustion of dirty fuels.

email: glicks@mit.edu
url: http://architecture.mit.edu/people/profiles/prglicks.html

Michael Greenstone
3M Professor of Environmental Economics
Department of Economics

Research Interest:
Economic impacts of climate change, Costs of Environmental Regulations, Valuation of Clean Air, Health Impacts of Air Pollution

fax: 617-253-1330
email: mgreenst@mit.edu
url: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/mgreenst/

Karen Polenske
Professor of Regional Political Economy and Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Research Interest:
Energy and environmental Modeling; comparative analyses of energy use, pollution generation, and industrial-technology options; effects of regional and industrial restructuring on physical and social infrastructure; regional implications of fuel use on food security .

email: krp@mit.edu
url: http://dusp.mit.edu/page.lasso?facDetail=krp&facListFormat=#krp

Edward Steinfeld
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
institutional drivers of economic behavior in the China; impact of globalization on Chinese industrial policy and structure

email: edstein@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/E.Steinfeld.html

Lawrence E. Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Research Interest:
Mediation of regulatory disputes; technology negotiation; policy dialogue; stakeholder engagement; resolution of science-intensive policy disputes; environmental impact assessment; sustainability analysis; public-private partnerships; management of collaborative processes

email: susskind@mit.edu
url: http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/

George E. Apostolakis
Korea Electric Power Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Professor of Engineering Systems
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
Methods for probabilistic risk assessment of complex technological systems; risk management involving several stakeholder groups; decision analysis, human reliability models; organizational factors and safety culture; software dependability; risk-informed, performance-based regulation; risk assessment and management of terrorist threats

email: apostola@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/apostolakis.html

Stephen Ansolabehere
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
elections, democracy, and the mass media

email: sda@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/S.Ansolabehere.html

Michael W. Golay
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research Interest:
Systems analysis and optimization; software and human reliability; nuclear power technology innovation, fluid mechanics and heat transfer

fax: 617-258-8863
email: golay@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/golay.html

Elias P. Gyftopoulos
Ford Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research Interest:
Nuclear plant dynamics; plasma physics; surface physics; direct energy conversion; thermodynamics and quantum thermodynamics; energy policy and technology

fax: 617-258-7437
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/gyftopoulos.html

Paul L. Joskow
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management; Director, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Department of Economics; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Research Interest:
Industrial organization; energy and environmental economics; competition policy; and government regulation of industry

fax: 617-258-7070
email: pjoskow@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/levitsky/www/paul.html

Mujid S. Kazimi
Tepco Professor of Nuclear Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

Research Interest:
Nuclear systems safety; nuclear fuel cycle; two-phase flow and heat transfer

fax: 617-258-8863
email: kazimi@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/kazimi.html

Richard K. Lester
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Director, Industrial Performance Center
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Industrial Performance Center

Research Interest:
Nuclear fuel cycle and waste disposal; electric power industry restructuring; productivity and innovation; industrial performance

email: rklester@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/ipc/people/director/bio.html

Nancy Leveson
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
design for safety, system safety engineering, risk analysis and risk management, socio-technical systems policy and safety analysis, software and human safety, systems engineering and analysis of software-intensive systems, security, organization and safe

Email: leveson@mit.edu
url:http://sunnyday.mit.edu/

David H. Marks
Morton and Claire Goulder Family Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems; MIT Coordinator, Alliance for Global Sustainability

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
Large-scale environmental systems; multi-objective analysis under uncertainty; integration of scientific and technical knowledge into environmental management decision-making processes environmental management; large-scale infrastructure renewal

Fax: 617-253-8013
email: dhmarks@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/marks/marks.htm

Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interest:
Atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems

fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html

Ernest J. Moniz
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems; Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Department of Physics; Engineering Systems Division; MIT Energy Initiative ESD & MITEI

Research Interest:
theoretical nuclear physics, particularly in advancing nuclear reaction theory at high energy; energy technology and policy studies

fax: 617-253-8013
email: ejmoniz@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/ernest_moniz.html

John Parsons
Senior Lecturer; Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
MIT Sloan School of Management; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Research Interest:
Corporate finance; valuation; corporate strategy and policy; energy; environment (climate policy, emissions trading, environmental regulation and policy); environmental economics; risk management; hedging; financial engineering; financial markets; gas; oil; public utilities

email: jparsons@mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/popup-if.cfm?in_spseqno=24453&co_list=F

Robert Pindyck
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Professor of Economics and Finance
MIT Sloan School of Management

Research Interest:
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research Environmental policy; financial markets; industrial organization; investment decisions; microeconomics

fax: 617-258-6855
email: rdindyck@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/rpindyck/www/

Edward Steinfeld
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science

Research Interest:
Institutional drivers of economic behavior in the China; impact of globalization on Chinese industrial policy and structure

email: edstein@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/E.Steinfeld.html

John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems
MIT Sloan School of Management; Engineering Systems Division

Research Interest:
managerial decision making in complex systems; experimental studies assessing public understanding of global climate change; socially responsible business

fax: 617-258-7579
email: jsterman@mit.edu
url: http://esd.mit.edu/Faculty_Pages/sterman/sterman.htm

Lawrence E. Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Research Interest:
Mediation of regulatory disputes; technology negotiation; policy dialogue; stakeholder engagement; resolution of science-intensive policy disputes; environmental impact assessment; sustainability analysis; public-private partnerships; management of collaborative processes

email: susskind@mit.edu
url: http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/

Ian Waitz
Professor, Department Head
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research interest:
modeling and evaluation of climate, local air quality and noise impacts of aviation, including the assessment of technologies, alternative fuels, aircraft operating procedures, air transportation system

Email: iaw@mit.edu
url:http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/waitz/