Student Researchers

Current Student Researchers

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Ara Hakim

Current Position/Status:

Environmental Engineering, PhD student, expecting to graduate in 2026

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Mercedes Asamani

Current Position/Status:

Environmental and Energy Policy, PhD student
Graduate Research Assistant, expected graduation in 2026

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Wesley Beck

Current Position/Status:

Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD student

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Eli Johnson

Current Position/Status:

Natural Resource Economics, Master’s, expected graduation in Spring 2026

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Past Student Researchers

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Isaiah Washington

Current Position/Status:

B.S. Sustainability, Science, and Society, Fall 2025

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Chuyan Zhao

Current Position/Status:

Graduated with a PhD in Spring 2024; Dr. Zhao continues to work on the C-CHARM project as a postdoctoral scholar at the GLRC.

Read more about Chuyan.

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Miraj Kayastha

Current Position/Status:

Graduated with a PhD in Spring 2025; graduated in April 2025; Dr. Kayastha holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as of May 1, 2025.

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Favour Bright Ogiemwonyi

Current Position/Status:

Engineering Management, MS student at Michigan Tech; Graduate Research Assistant 

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