Prof. Amro M. Farid is the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair Professor in Economics of Engineering at the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the Principal Systems Scientist for CSIRO’s Smart Energy Mission, a Visiting Scientist at MIT Mechanical Engineering, and CEO of Engineering Systems Analytics LLC. At Stevens, he leads the Laboratory for Intelligent Integrated Networks of Engineering Systems (LIINES) and has authored over 150 peer reviewed publications in Smart Power Grids, Hydrogen-Energy-Water Nexus , Electrified Transportation Systems, Industrial Production & Supply Chain Energy Management, Smart Cities, Regions, & Nations.

Jessica Jewell is an Associate Professor in Energy Transitions at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University and the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen. Her research focuses on the feasibility of climate action and quantifying the dynamics and mechanisms of energy transitions using a variety of disciplinary approaches and methods. She is a recipient of a European Research Council's Starting Grant as well as the Principal Investigator of a project funded by the Norwegian Research Council and a leader of work packages in collaborative research projects supported by European and Swedish funding agencies.

Dr. Benjamin D. Leibowicz is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the endowed Banks McLaurin Fellowship in Engineering. His primary appointment is in the Operations Research and Industrial Engineering graduate program, and he also holds a courtesy appointment in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. In his research, Dr. Leibowicz develops mathematical models and methods to improve decision-making on energy and environmental policy and strategy. He approaches these topics from an interdisciplinary perspective that combine methods from optimization, systems analysis, economic modeling, game theory, and stochastic control. Prior to joining UT Austin, Dr. Leibowicz received both PhD and MS degrees in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and earned a BA in Physics with a minor in Economics from Harvard University.

Wilson Ricks is a PhD candidate in Princeton University's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering program, and a former Macro-Energy Systems Fellow. His research focuses on the use of optimization modeling tools to evaluate the impacts of policies and technologies on the decarbonization of energy systems. Current areas of focus include next-generation geothermal technologies and Scope 2 emissions accounting.

Micah S. Ziegler is an assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Micah evaluates sustainable energy and chemical technologies, their impact, and their potential. His research helps to shape robust strategies to accelerate the improvement and deployment of technologies that can enable a global transition to sustainable and equitable energy systems. His work informs research and development, public policy, and financial investment. Micah conducted postdoctoral research in energy systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemistry from Yale University. In addition, he worked in the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute and was a Luce Scholar assigned to the Business Environment Council in Hong Kong.

Erin Baker is Associate Dean of College of Engineering and Professor and Director of Wind Energy IGERT at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She examines combining operations research methods and economics to decision making under uncertainty applied to the field of energy and the environment, with a focus on publicly funded energy technology Research and Development portfolios in the face of climate change. Other topics include evaluating the sustainability of the electricity grid in New England as well as in developing countries and evaluating the environmental costs and benefits of offshore wind energy. She has been honored with the Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Best Publication in Sustainability and the Armstrong Professional Development Professorship. Baker received her B.S. in Applied Mathematics from U.C. Berkeley and both her M.S. and Ph.D in in Engineering Economic Syste

Jesse Jenkins is an assistant professor at Princeton University with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment. He is also an affiliated faculty with the Center for Policy Research in Energy and Environment at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and an associated faculty at the Princeton Environmental Institute. Jesse is a macro-scale energy systems engineer with a focus on the rapidly evolving electricity sector, including the transition to zero-carbon resources, the proliferation of distributed energy resources, and the role of electricity in economy-wide decarbonization. Jesse completed a PhD in Engineering Systems (’18) and MS in Technology and Policy (’14) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS in Computer and Information Science (’06) at the University of Oregon.

Dr. Jeremiah Johnson is an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University’s Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering department. He joined NCSU in 2017, as a part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire in Sustainable Energy Systems and Policy and currently serves as the Senior Faculty Fellow for KIETS Climate Leaders Program. Dr. Johnson is also a faculty advisor for the NC State Sustainability Fund and member of the university’s Sustainability Council. His research evaluates the environmental impacts of emerging technologies and changes to infrastructure systems, using system modeling and experimental approaches in collaborative and interdisciplinary teams. Example projects include conducting life cycle assessment of sedimentary basin CO2-enabled geothermal power, integrating human health considerations into power system operations, and developing open-source energy system models to analyze decarbonization pathway. His research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Department of Energy, among other sources. Dr. Johnson teaches courses on sustainable infrastructure systems, renewable energy generation, and life cycle assessment and, in 2023, he received NC State’s university-wide Outstanding Teaching Award and was inducted into the university’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers.

Dr. Johnson earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Yale University. Upon completion of his graduate studies, he spent several years working in the energy industry, advising utility executives on renewable energy strategy. He then returned to academia as a Research Scientist and Assistant Professor at University of Michigan’s School for Environment & Sustainability. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and spending time with his family.

Patricia Levi is the Chair of the Macro-Energy Systems Workshop Steering Committee. She completed her PhD in 2021 in the energy and environment track at the Stanford University department of Management Science and Engineering. Levi was the lead author on “Macro-Energy Systems: Toward a New Discipline,” a paper published in Joule last fall that ultimately inspired this workshop. She is advised by Prof. John Weyant, and her research uses tools from economics and operations research to improve policy and reduce environmental impacts in the electricity sector.

Lane D. Smith is a postdoctoral scholar working with the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University. His research interests include energy policy, electricity rate design, energy affordability, and macro-energy systems (with a particular focus on the electric grid). Lane holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington (2024 and 2019, respectively) and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Denver (2018).

John Weyant is Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Director of the Energy Modeling Forum, a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy and an affiliated faculty member of the Stanford School of Earth, Environment and Energy Sciences, the Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford. His current research focuses on analysis of multi-sector, multi-region coupled human and earth systems dynamics, global change systems analysis, energy technology assessment, and models for strategic planning. Weyant was a founder and serves as chairman of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, a thirteen year old collaboratory with over 60 member institutions from around the world. He has been an active adviser to the United Nations, the European Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of State, and the Environmental Protection Agency. In California, he has been and adviser to the California Air Resources, the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission.