People

Andres Clarens : Associate Professor

Andres Clarens

Associate Professor

I am an environmental engineer interested broadly in the connections between energy and the environment. Our group is particularly interested in exploring the ways in which we can reduce and/or reverse those man-made processes that are contributing to climate change. I'm also a dad to three kids, the son of Cuban immigrants, and enthusiastic about being outdoors (hiking, fly fishing, backpacking, or skiing).

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2008
M.S.E., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 1999

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andres@virginia.edu
Shreekar Pradhan : Post Doctoral Fellow

Shreekar Pradhan

Post Doctoral Fellow

I am an environmental and energy economist with expertise in international economics and open economy macroeconomics. I am a modeler of global climate policies in equilibrium modeling framework to investigate contemporary issues in the fields and I am currently  assessing and modeling the Negative Emissions Technologies in integrated assessment models.

Ph.D. in Economics, 2016, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.S. in Agricultural Economics (2011), University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.S. Engg. in Renewable Energy (2004), Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

B. Engg. in Mechanical (1999), Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

sp3kk@virginia.edu
Jeff Bennett : PhD Candidate

Jeff Bennett

PhD Candidate

I use both experimental and modeling tools to identify opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of emerging energy technologies with a particular focus on natural gas and renewable sources.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 2017
M.Sc., Turbomachinery Aeromechanics University Training, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden In partnership with University of Liège (ULg), Liège, Belgium, 2012
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), 2010
jab6ft@virginia.edu
Jay Fuhrman : PhD Candidate

Jay Fuhrman

PhD Candidate

Super Hoo, integrated modeler, lover of AI, explorer

jgf5fz@virginia.edu
Dan Plattenberger : PhD Candidate

Dan Plattenberger

PhD Candidate

I am an experimentalist, focusing broadly on carbon sequestration techniques both deep underground and on Earth's surface. In my spare time, I enjoy being outdoors and building...pretty much anything.

M.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia, 2017
B.S., Environmental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014
B.A., Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014
dap2mu@virginia.edu
Emma S. Stephens : Undergrad Research Assistant

Emma S. Stephens

Undergrad Research Assistant

I am an aspiring environmental engineer, currently assisting in the pursuit of decarbonizing cement. I have always been interested in learning about the environment, especially the ways in which we can adapt our society in a manner that will simultaneously preserve a symbiotic environment between people and the earth and a capacity for human innovation. Outside of research, I am a part of the ASCE and EGG (Engineers Going Global) exec teams and am otherwise running/boxing/reading/writing.

Anticipated B.S. in Civil Engineering w/ Minor in Materials Science & Engineering, 2021

ess8ec@virginia.edu