Alexandra Hill

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University – Fort Collins

Ali’s research interests are in agricultural labor, economic productivity, agricultural business management, and applied industrial organization.  Her most recent research has focused on U.S. agricultural workers, who offer a unique opportunity to examine economic questions that can be extended to other contexts. 

Chris Messer

Professor, Sociology
Colorado State University – Pueblo

Chris has research interests in organizational deviance, social movements, and collective behavior. 

Ellison Carter

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Colorado State University – Fort Collins

Ellison is an environmental engineering researcher with interests in indoor and outdoor air quality, air pollution exposure, and the impacts of energy policy and air pollution interventions on health and climate. 

Karthik Akkiraju

Postdoctoral Researcher
Yale School of the Environment

Karthik is a materials scientist and engineer, specializing in environmental and energy-related topics ranging from synthetic chemistry to energy justice using both experimental and computational methods.

Gemma Jiang

Team Scientist, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Colorado State University

Gemma specializes in providing comprehensive team science support for large complex science teams funded by federal agencies. She is committed to applying her leadership knowledge to help teams deliver real world values.

Mohammad Rayeedul Kalam Siam

Postdoctoral Researcher
Colorado State University

Rayeedul is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CSU. Dr. Siam received M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from Oregon State University and a B.S. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He is the recipient of the 2020 Michael Kyte Region 10 Outstanding Student of the Year Award in recognition of his research contribution and leadership qualities. At CSU, he is exploring interrelationships between humans and built environment components with the use of agent-based models and network theory.

Narasimha Rao

Associate Professor of Energy Systems
Yale School of the Environment

Narasimha examines the relationship between energy systems, human development and climate change. He has examined energy and emissions thresholds for providing decent living standards for all. His research interests also include income inequality, infrastructure, and climate policy. His methods include household energy modeling, econometrics, input-output, and policy analysis.

Paige Ambord

Postdoctoral Researcher
Colorado State University

Paige is a sociologist who broadly focuses on urban sociology, community, property, and place. Her dissertation research evaluated local perceptions and identified collective action processes around vacant and abandoned commercial and industrial properties. Paige will conduct community engagement to assess mental models of change.

Ryan Scott

Assistant Professor, Political Science
Colorado State University

Ryan’s interest is managing risks associated with oil and gas development, energy development, and air quality. His research focuses on local and state policy making. He is especially interested in participatory processes and measuring outcomes and outputs resulting from involving citizens and nongovernmental actors in public policy decision making and implementation.

Stacy Gloss

Senior Program Manager, Smart Energy Design Assistance Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stacy leads program management for energy efficiency projects. She has worked with weatherization and indoor-environment projects for nearly 10 years and has extensive experience in community service, sustainability and energy efficiency. Stacy is the interface between the community advisory board and the research team.

Tami Bond

Walter Scott, Jr. Presidential Chair in Energy, Environment and Health
Colorado State University – Fort Collins

Tami’s interest is in how human decisions affect local and global environments, and how those environments in turn affect their residents.  From cooking practices to consumer goods movements, her work focuses on identifying critical elements in complex systems, and on realistic visions of change. As Principal Investigator of the project, she is responsible for keeping the North Star in view.

Taylor Kennedy Frenchi

Program Manager, Bond Research Group, Colorado State University – Fort Collins

Taylor is the program manager for several ongoing initiatives including R.E.S.P.E.C.T. She is also a current graduate student pursing her Masters in Conservation Biology. She came to the team with a public health and conservation background.

Zahra Heidari

Ph.D. Student, Systems Engineering
Colorado State University – Fort Collins

Zahra is a Ph.D. student in Systems Engineering at CSU. She is exploring representations of well-being in transition. Zahra came to CSU after several years of work experience in climate-smart agriculture. She holds an MBA and a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Tehran.