Meet the Energy Transition Institute
Research Faculty

Birol Dindoruk
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Boris Shor
Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science

Christine Economidies
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dimitrios Hatzignatiou
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Francisco Robles Hernández
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Technology

Gangbing Song
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Mechanial and Aerospace Engineering

Greg Bean
Director, Gutierrez Energy Management Institute
C.T. Bauer College of Business, Department of Bauer Energy Education

Guan Qin
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Jennifer Clark
Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science

Jian Shi
Associate Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Electrical Power Engineering Technology

Jiefu Chen
Associate Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jiming Bao
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kailai Wang
Assistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Construction Management

Lars Grabow
Director of Graduate Admissions
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Lei Fan
Assistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Engineering Technology

Meng Li
Professor - Endowed C.T. Bauer Chair of AI
C.T. Bauer College of BusinessDepartment of Decision and Information Science

Michael Harold
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Mim Rahimi
Assistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Norman Johnson
Professor - Chair of Decision and Information Sciences & Bauer
Professor of Business Analytics
C.T. Bauer College of Business, Department of Decision and Information Sciences

Pietro Milillo
Assistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Praveen Bollini
Associate Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Robert Comito
Assistant Professor
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry

Stanko Brankovic
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tracy Hester
Instructional Professor
The University of Houston Law Center, Department of Law

Venkatesh Balan
Associate Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Engineering Technology

Xuqing Wu
Associate Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Information Science Technology

Yan Yao
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Yi-Lung Mo
Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yingcai Zheng
Professor
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Zheng Chen
Associate Professor
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Zheng Fan
Assistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Engineering Technology

Zheyong Bian
Assistant Professor
Cullen College of Engineering & Technology Division, Department of Construction Management

Zhifeng Ren
Professor
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Department of Physics
Presidential Frontier Faculty

Ben Xu
Assistant Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chinonso Anozie
Assistant Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty
University of Houston Law Center, Department of Law

Jiaxuan Li
Associate Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Sri Bala Gorugantu
Assistant Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty
Cullen College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Steffen Hitzemann
Assistant Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty
C.T Bauer College of Business, Department of Finance

Valentine Gilbert
Associate Professor
Presidential Frontier Faculty
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