Energy Science and Engineering Faculty

An important aspect of this interdisciplinary PhD program is the appointment of faculty from diverse research disciplines. Various faculty from the University of Tennessee and research staff from ORNL are appointed as Bredesen Center faculty, providing interdisciplinary leadership in education and research. Members serve as the primary resource for teaching and mentoring students admitted to the program.

Additive Manufacturing for Energy

Sudarsanam Suresh Babu
Governor's Chair for Advanced Manufacturing, UTK

Chad Duty
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, UTK

Bioenergy and Biofuels

Abhijeet Borole
Chemical Engineering, UTK

Joseph J. Bozell
Professor of Biomass Chemistry, UTK

Steven D. Brown
Staff Scientist, Microbial Ecology & Physiology Group, BioSciences Division, ORNL

Barry Bruce
Professor, Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, UTK

Jin-Gui (Jay) Chen
Research & Development, Biosciences Division, ORNL

Mark Dadmun
Chemistry, UTK

Brian Davison
Chief Scientist, Systems Biology and Biotechnology, ORNL

Mitch Doktycz
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Paul Frymier
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UTK

Adam Guss
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Dan Jacobson
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Igor Jouline
Microbiology, UTK

Udaya Kalluri
ORNL

Nicole Labbé
Center for Renewable Carbon, UTIA

Siris Laursen
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UTK

Frank Loeffler
Governor's Chair for Microbiology and Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTK

Josh Michener
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Wellington Muchero
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Amit Naskar
Materials Science & Technology Division, ORNL

Hugh O’Neill
Biology and Soft Matter Division, ORNL

Gary Sayler
Microbiology, UTK

Chris Schadt
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Neal Stewart
Plant Sciences, UTIA

Cong Trinh
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UTK

Tim Tschaplinski
ORNL

Xiaohan Yang
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Computational Energy Systems

Dan Jacobson
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Thomas Maier
Computational Materials Science Group, ORNL

Nick Peters
ORNL

Ramanan Sankaran
ORNL

John Turner
Computer Science and Mathematics Division, ORNL

Cross-Cutting Energy Sciences

Craig Barnes
Chemistry, UTK

Alex Belianinov
ORNL

Hassina Bilheux
ORNL

Subhadeep Chakraborty
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, UTK

Pat Collier
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL

David Cullen
Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL

Mitch Doktycz
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Shaun Gleason
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, ORNL

Mike Guidry
Department of Physics & Astronomy, UTK

Bin Hu
Materials Science and Engineering, UTK

Jian Huang
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK

Travis Humble
Computer Science & Mathematics Division, ORNL

Ramakrishnan Kalyanaraman
Materials Science and Engineering, UTK

John Katsaras
ORNL

Nick Lavrik
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL

Ben Lawrie
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, ORNL

Steve Nagler
Neutron Scattering Science Division, ORNL

Olga Ovchinnikova
ORNL

Scott Retterer
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Biosciences Division, ORNL

Rupy Sawhney
Industrial Engineering, UTK

Mike Simpson
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL, and Assistant Director of Bredesen Center

Bobby Sumpter
Computer Science and Mathematics Divison, ORNL

Rama Vasudevan
ORNL

Clayton Webster
Computer Science and Mathematics Division, ORNL

Distributed Energy and Grid Management

Mark Buckner
ORNL

Daniel Costinett
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK

Fangxing (Fran) Li
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK

Yilu Liu
Governor’s Chair for Power Electronics, UTK

Arjun Shankar
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, ORNL

Michael Starke
ORNL

Leon Tolbert
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK

Kevin Tomsovic
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK

Fred Wang
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK

Energy Conversion and Storage

Claus Daniel
Materials Science & Technology Division, ORNL

Ken Kihm
Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, UTK

Jianlin Li
ORNL

Matthew Mench
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, UTK

Stephen Paddison
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UTK

Parans Paranthaman
Chemical Sciences Division, ORNL

Andrew Stack
ORNL

Gary Van Berkel
Chemical Sciences Division, ORNL

David Wood
Materials Science & Technology Division, ORNL

Tom Zawodzinski
Governor's Chair for Electrical Energy Conversion and Storage, UTK

Energy Geography

Budhendra Bhaduri
Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, ORNL

Energy Materials

Jason Fowlkes
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL

Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL

Michael Hu
ORNL

Sergei Kalinin
Center for Nanophase Material Sciences, ORNL

David Keffer
Materials Science and Engineering, UTK

Peter Liaw
Materials Science and Engineering, UTK

Jagjit Nanda
Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL

Bruce Pint
Materials Science & Technology Division, ORNL

Philip Rack
Materials Science and Engineering, UTK

Orlando Rios
ORNL

Athena Safa Sefat
ORNL

Amit Shyam
Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL

Raymond Unocic
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL

Energy Policy, Planning, and Administration

Mohammad Khaleel
Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, ORNL

Keith Kline
Climate Change Science Institute, ORNL

John O’Neil
ORNL

Tom Rogers
Industrial Partnerships and Economic Development, ORNL

Thomas Zacharia
Laboratory Director, ORNL

Energy Sensors

Panos Datskos
Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division, ORNL

Peter Fuhr
Electrical & Electronics Systems Division, ORNL

Charles Melcher
Materials Science and Engineering, UTK

Yarom Polsky
ORNL

Environmental and Climate Sciences

Larry Anovitz
Chemical Sciences Division, ORNL

Moetasim Ashfaq
ORNL

Mark Bevelhimer
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Virginia Dale
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Katherine Evans
Climate Change Science Institute, ORNL

Steve Fernandez
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTK

Joshua Fu
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTK

David Graham
Biosciences Division, ORNL

Jim Hack
National Center for Computational Sciences, ORNL

Terry Hazen
Governor's Chair for Environmental Biotechnology, UTK

Bob Hettich
Chemical Sciences Division, ORNL

Colleen Iversen
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Henriette Jager
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Sciences, ORNL

Shih-Chieh Kao
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Asad Khattak
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTK

Jitendra Kumar
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Melanie Mayes
Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, ORNL

Ryan McManamay
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Rich Norby
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Thanos Papanicolaou
Civil & Environmental Engineering, UTK

Jack Parker
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTK

Ed Perfect
Earth and Planetary Sciences, UTK

Brennan Smith
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Stan Wullschleger
Climate Change Science Institute, ORNL

Nuclear Energy

Brian Anderson
ORNL

John D. Auxier II
Nuclear Engineering, UTK

Ted Biewer
Fusion and Materials for Nuclear Systems Division, ORNL

Sandra Davern
ORNL

David Donovan
Department of Nuclear Engineering, UTK

Miting Du
Nuclear Security and Isotopes Technology Division, ORNL

Robert Grzywacz
Professor of Physics, UTK

Howard Hall
Governor’s Chair in Nuclear Security, UTK

Jason Hayward
Nuclear Engineering, UTK

Maik Lang
Nuclear Engineering, UTK

Arnold Lumsdaine
Fusion and Materials for Nuclear Systems Division, ORNL

John Mihalczo
ORNL

Art Ruggles
ORNL

Steven Skutnik
Nuclear Engineering, UTK

Mark Williams
Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, ORNL

Brian D. Wirth
Professor and Governor’s Chair of Computational Nuclear Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering, UTK

Steve Zinkle
Governor's Chair for Nuclear Materials, UTK

Renewable Energy

Kivanc Ekici
Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, UTK

Bamin Khomami
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UTK

Michael Kilbey
Chemistry, UTK

Brennan Smith
Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL

Kai Xiao
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, ORNL

Transportation Sciences

Stuart Daw
Energy and Transportation Science Division, ORNL

Charles Finney
ORNL

Burak Ozpineci
Energy and Transportation Science Division, ORNL

Derek Splitter
National Transportation Research Center, ORNL

Robert Wagner
Energy and Transportation Science Division, ORNL

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