About Energy

Vision

As the Energy University, we drive research breakthroughs and innovations, cutting-edge education, future talent development, and deep community partnerships to tackle the world's toughest energy challenges.

Mission

Provide broad-based education, training, research, tech transfer and leadership skills for the betterment of society and to be a strategic partner of the energy industry by producing trained workforce, leadership, research and development, and technology incubation.

Leadership & Support

Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Ph.D.
Vice President of Energy and Innovation

Dr. Ramanan Krishnamoorti is the Vice President of Energy and Innovation at the University of Houston. During his tenure at the university, he has served as the Interim Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Chair of the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department, Associate Dean of Research for Engineering, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with affiliated appointments as Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Chemistry. He has also served as a federal expert witness and testified in front of Congress on carbon management, the energy transition, and topics of chemical safety and public health. Krishnamoorti obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and his doctoral degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.

Centers & Institutes

Center for Carbon Management in Energy

Charles McConnell

Executive Director

 

 

Energy Transition Institute

Debalina Sengupta, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Joseph Powell, Ph.D.

Founding Director

Subsea Systems Institute (SSI)

Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Ph.D.

Director

Andy Chang

Program Director

Institute for Ecological Resilience

Jaime González

Executive Director

Matthew Abernathy

Program Director

Heidi Heim-Ballew, Ph.D.

Research Liaison Officer

 

Repurposing Offshore Infrastructure for Continued Energy (ROICE)

Ram Seetharam, Ph.D.

Program Executive Director

Texas Industrial Energy Efficiency

Gary Gildert, Ph.D.

Executive Director, External Relations and Tech Transfer

Education Team

Deidra Pernell, Ed.D.

Executive Director, Educational Programs

Meimei Xu, Ph.D.

Instructional Designer

Saiyid Kamal

Innovation Instructor & Advisor

Research Team

Aparajita Datta, Ph.D.

Energy Policy Associate

Paul Doucette

Hydrogen Program Officer

Suryanarayanan Radhakrishnan, Ph. D.

Managing Director, UH Energy

Marketing & Communications Team

Binita Roy

Writer and Editor

Noah Hester

UI/UX Manager

Brenda Cruz Wolf

Communications Manager

Business Team

Sandra Bazan

Division Business Administrator

Niurka Tamayo

Department Business Administrator

Maria Banda

Administrative Assistant

Juan Alzate Meza

Research Administrator

Jesus Monroy Torres

Financial Analyst 

Events Team

Marcos Villarreal

Assistant Director, Events