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Meet Our Faculty
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Associate ProfessorMechanical and Industrial Engineering
Electrochemical energy conversion and storage, mass/charge transport phenomena, electrochemical reaction kinetics, flowable slurry electrodes.
- Phone978-934-5345
- EmailErtan_Agar@uml.edu
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Assistant Professor, CWW AssociateMechanical and Industrial Engineering, Center for Women and Work (CWW), Climate Change Initiative (CCI), PERC, RURI
Applying engineering and decision-making models to find solutions to climate change and environmental problems, energy and process modeling, multi-objective optimization, sustainability, system modeling and optimization for energy resilience, life cycle assessment (LCA), techno-economic analysis (TEA), climate smart housing, food insecurity in the cold supply chain, and handprint assessment.
- Phone978-934-5937
- Emailjasmina_burek@uml.edu
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Professor, Transfer CoordinatorEnvironmental Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Initiative
Weather modeling, analysis and forecasting, boundary layer meteorology
- Phone978-934-3906
- EmailFrank_Colby@uml.edu
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Assistant ProfessorEconomics, Climate Change Initiative
Environmental Economics and Policy, Risk, Natural Hazards, Disaster Mitigation, Climate Change
- Phone978-934-2772
- EmailKelly_Hellman@uml.edu
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Professor EmeritusEconomics, Climate Change Initiative
Applied Macro and Micro Models, Energy & Environmental Economics, Economics of Occupational Health
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Assistant Professor, RHSA MentorChemical Engineering, River Hawk Scholars Academy (RHSA), Climate Change Initiative
- Phone978-934-3138
- EmailStephen_Lam@uml.edu
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Associate Professor, Director CMINDSElectrical & Computer Engineering, Robotics
Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, AI, Networking, Distributed & Embedded Systems
- Phone978-934-3307
- EmailDalila_Megherbi@uml.edu
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Distinguished University Professor; Director, Center for Energy Innovation; Co-director, Structural Dynamics & Acoustic Systems Laboratory; Co-director, Rist Institute for Sustainability and EnergyMechanical and Industrial Engineering
Renewable energy systems, wind turbine dynamics, structural dynamic and acoustic systems, smart structures, signal processing, optical sensing, structural health monitoring, non-destructive inspection, and smart materials
- Phone978-934-2963
- EmailChristopher_Niezrecki@uml.edu
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ProfessorSchool of Criminology and Justice Studies, Climate Change Initiative
Political Violence and Extremism, Security Policy and Politics, Far-Right Politics (Europe, US and Israel), Political Socialization, Middle Eastern Politics, Research Methodology (SNA).
- Phone978-934-4268
- EmailArie_Perliger@uml.edu
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Professor, Director - Climate Change InitiativeEnvironmental Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Initiative, Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy
Climate Change and Sustainability, Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry
- Phone978-934-4715
- EmailJuliette_RooneyVarga@uml.edu
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Assistant ProfessorChemistry, Climate Change Initiative
Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, Energy Materials, Photonics
- Phone978-934-3639
- EmailMichael_Ross@uml.edu
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ProfessorPlastics Engineering, Climate Change Initiative (CCI), ADVANCE, SWIMMER, HEROES, Making Waves, Center for Advanced Manufacturing of Polymers and Soft Materials, Climate Change Initiative
Renewable polymers, Plastics processing, nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics and electronics, rheology, scattering
- Phone978-934-3433
- EmailMargaret_SobkowiczKline@uml.edu
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ProfessorPublic Health, SWIMMER, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Climate Change Initiative (CCI)
Environmental Health, Chemicals Policy, Pollution Prevention, Risk Assessment
- Phone978-934-2981
- EmailJoel_Tickner@uml.edu