Kendall Research Team Members

Prosper Ogbonna

Degree Objectives: MS Transportation Technology and Policy & Energy Systems.

Areas of Interest: Sustainable Transportation and Energy Systems, with research focused on Critical Mineral Supply Chains, battery materials, Energy transition modeling, and decarbonization pathways

Meena Pandey

Degree Objectives: PhD in Horticulture and Agronomy

Areas of Interest: Life Cycle Assessment, Geospatial analysis, Circular Economy, Net-Zero and Decarbonization Strategies, Biogeochemical modeling

Elias Marvinney

Degree Objectives: MS in International Agriculture Development, PhD in Horticulture and Agronomy.

Areas of Interest: agricultural life cycle assessment, perennial crop systems modeling, agroecology, and biomass utilization

Simon Duex

Degree Objectives: PhD in Energy Systems

Areas of Interest: Industrial Ecology, Electric Vehicles, Road Transport Decarbonization, Critical Minerals, System Modeling

Vedika Iyer

Degree Objectives: B. Eng Civil Engineering.

Areas of Interest: agricultural life cycle assessment and sustainable transportation

Gordon M. Magne

Degree Objectives: Master of Science, Energy Systems, 2027.

Areas of Interest: geopolitics and global mineral markets; California’s implementation of the critical mineral and battery supply chain.

Israel Okeyinka

Degree Objectives: Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management.

Areas of Interest: Sustainable waste management, Circular Economy, producer responsibility, and decarbonization strategies

Ashley DePew

Degree Objective: Ph.D., Energy Systems.

Areas of Interest: Life Cycle Assessment, Climate Policy, Renewable Energy, Net Zero Energy, Behavioral Decision Making.

Lucas Salgado

Degree Objectives: Master’s and PhD in Transportation Technology and Policy.

Areas of Interest: Alternative fuel policies, Biofuel LCA, Advancing clean energy, Fleet Electrification Transition.

Aljoharah Alhobayshi

Degree Objective: Master of Environmental Engineering.

Areas of Interest: Water and wastewater treatment and conveyance systems

Laura Restrepo

Degree Objective: PhD student in Energy Systems.

Areas of Interest: Transportation decarbonization, zero-emission vehicle adoption, freight electrification, and clean mobility across diverse geographic contexts.

Lauren Mizerak-Mohun

Degree Objective: B.S. in Environmental Engineering.

Areas of Interest: life-cycle assessments to better understand how to reduce the environmental impacts of different types of EV batteries.

Yunzhu Chen

Degree Objectives: Ph.D. student in Energy Systems.

Areas of Interest: industrial ecology, life cycle assessment, and sustainable transportation.

Keolohi Sabate

Degree Objective: Ph.D Candidate in Environmental Engineering.

Areas of interest: Seeks to better understand the impacts of plastic pollution through Material Flow Analysis and socio-cultural impact assessment modeling to improve policy and mitigation strategies for island communities