People
Current Group Members
Duncan Callaway · Professor, ERG
Aneesha Manocha · PhD student, ERG, 2024-
Jason MacDonald · PhD student, ERG, 2018-
Jason is a Principal Scientific Engineering Associate at LBNL, and working part-time on his PhD. He's interested in optimization and control algorithms for distribution system operations.
Lauren Aguilar · PhD student, ERG, 2025-
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Ruth Kravis · PhD student, EECS, 2022-
Ruth works on power system dynamics and simulation. She's interested in the role of fast transients in grids with high penetrations of power electronic converters, and ways to make data centers better citizens of the grid. Google Scholar
Sunash Sharma · PhD student, EECS, 2021-
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Ana Santasheva · Master's, ERG, 2024-2026
Anna Brockway · PhD, ERG, 2017-2022. Now: Advisor, Climate Adaptation & Resilience Planning, SCE.
Antoine Lesage-Landry · Postdoc, 2019–2020. Now: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal.
Autumn Preskill · PhD, ERG, 2010-2015. Now: Staff Software Engineering Manager, Flatiron Health.
Bala Kameshwar Poolla · Postdoc, 2019–2020. Now: Research Engineer at NLR.
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Ciaran Roberts · PhD, EECS, 2018-2023. Now: Member of Technical Staff, Emerald AI.
Cody Warner · PhD, ERG, 2019-2024. Now: Project Scientist, UC Berkeley Energy Institute at Haas.
Cristina Crespo · PhD, ERG, 2019-2025. Now: Energy Associate, Brattle Group.
Daniel Arnold · PhD, ME, 2010-2016. Now: Lead Power Grid Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Lab; Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Eleanor Adachi · Master's, ERG and GSPP, 2022-2025. Now: Senior Consultant at E3.
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Felipe Castro · PhD, ERG, 2014-2017. Now: Economist, Fiscalía Nacional Económica de Chile.
Froy Sifuentes · PhD, ERG, 2010-2018. Now: Associate Professor, Western Washington University.
Gabriel Colón Reyes · PhD, EECS, 2020-2025. Now: Senior Power Applications Engineer, Hitachi Energy.
Imran Sheikh · PhD, ERG, 2010-2017. Now: Associate Professor, Western Washington University.
Jesse Griffin Carney · PhD, ERG, 2020-2025. Now: Energy Associate, Brattle Group.
Jill Moraski · PhD, ERG, 2020-2025. Now: Energy Associate, Brattle Group.
Johanna Mathieu · PhD, ME, 2009-2012. Now: Associate Professor, University of Michigan ECE.
Jonathan Lee · PhD, ERG, 2018-2022. Now: Director of Research, New Sun Road P.B.C..
Josh Taylor · Postdoc, 2011–2012. Now: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
José Daniel Lara · PhD, ERG, 2017-2022. Now: Senior Staff Researcher, NREL.
Matias Negrete-Pincetic · Postdoc, 2012–2014. Now: Professor of Electrical Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Mengqi Yao · Postdoc, 2020–2022. Now: Senior Data Scientist at Lucid Motors.
Michael Cohen · PhD, ERG, 2011-2016. Now: Lead Developer, New Sun Road.
Michaelangelo Tabone · PhD, ERG, 2011-2016. Now: Energy Algorithms Engineer, Nest.
Mingxi Liu · Postdoc, 2016–2018. Now: Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah.
Phillippe Phanivong · PhD, ERG, 2018-2023. Now: Senior Program Manager, GridLab.
Ranjit Deshmukh · PhD, ERG, 2012-2016. Now: Associate Professor of Environmental Science, UC Santa Barbara.
Rodrigo Henriquez · PhD, EECS, 2018-2022. Now: Research Engineer, NREL.
Salma Elmallah · PhD, ERG, 2018-2023. Now: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University.
Sam Borgeson · PhD, ERG, 2009-2014. Now: Convergence Data Analytics.
Will Gorman · PhD, ERG, 2017-2022. Now: Staff Scientist, LBNL.
Zhongjing Ma · Postdoc, 2009–2010. Now: Professor, Department of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology.