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STEPS, Institute of Transportation Studies, Davis

2028 Academic Surge
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

(530) 752-6548 phone

 

Researchers

Principal Investigator:

Sonia Yeh, Research scientist (ITS - Davis)


UC Researchers and Collaborators:

  • Adam Brandt, PhD candidate (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University )
  • Mark Delucchi, Research scientist (ITS - Davis)
  • Kevin Fingerman, PhD student (Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley)
  • Bryan Jenkins, Professor (Biological & Agricultural Engineering)
  • Andy Jones, PhD student (Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley)
  • Stephen Kaffka, Director, California Biomass Collaborative and Extension Agronomist, Department of Plant Sciences
  • Christopher Knittel, Associate professor (Economics)
  • Hyunok Lee, Researcher (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics)
  • Nic Lutsey, Post doctoral researcher (ITS - Davis)
  • Gouri Mishra, master student (ITS-Davis)
  • Mike O'Hare, Professor of Public Policy (Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley)
  • Joan Ogden, Professor (Environmental Science and Policy and ITS-Davis)
  • Nathan Parker, PhD student (ITS - Davis)
  • Richard Plevins, PhD student (Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley)
  • Sabrina Spatari, Assistant professor (Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Drexel University) 
  • Daniel Sperling, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
  • Dan Sumner, Professor and Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics)


Postdoctoral Scholar

Witcover

Julie Witcover jwitcover@ucdavis.edu

Julie Witcover is a post-doctoral researcher at ITS working on indirect land use effect of biofuels policy.  She received her PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis in December 2008, with a dissertation entitled “Shaping Land Use Along an Agricultural Frontier:  A Dynamic Household Model for Early Small-Scale Settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.”  She previously worked as a research analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC, focusing on tropical deforestation.

Ph.D Student


Peter Tittmann, PhD student (Geography Graduate Group, UC Davis)


Graduate Student


Mishra

Gouri Mishra (TTP, 08-10) gouri.mishra@gmail.com

Gouri's research interests include water impacts of alternative low carbon transportation fuels. He is currently working on electrcity and bioethanol from corn and cornstover. He is a second year TTP student. Prior to UC Davis, Gouri provided business and technology consulting services to shipping, ports and railroad operators. Gouri was involved in projects related to business process restructuring and automation, project appraisal and valuation, project financing, and corporate communications strategy. Gouri worked for clients in US West Coast, India, Singapore and Australia.
G_Chan

Gary Chan (ECI, 09-11) gkchan@ucdavis.edu

Gary Chan is a Master’s student in Water Resource Engineering from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is working on the water impacts from the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard. Gary received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Winford

Eric Winford (Geography Graduate Group, 09-11) emwinford@ucadavis.edu

Eric Winford is a Master's student in Geography. He's an environmental geographer studying natural resource management and community development. Eric is working on the sustainability of utilizing forest biomass in the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard. Before coming to Davis, Eric worked for the Nevada Tahoe Conservation District and lived in South Lake Tahoe. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.