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Majid Zamani is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department. He joined CU Boulder beginning of 2019 after spending more than 4 years as a faculty member at the Technical ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Munich in Germany. 

Charles Musgrave, PhD, is a professor of chemical and biological engineering and professor by courtesy of chemistry at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder. His program involves the application of a wide variety of quantum mechanical modeling methods to problems in the energy sciences.

Waleska has been a Graduate Advisor in Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences since March 2019. Waleska is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Science at Universidad Ana G. Mendez (formerly Universidad Metropolitana or UMET). She has a Master of Science (MS) degree in Environmental Science and additional graduate studies in secondary science education from the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at El Paso. 

Managing such a large, diverse group and supporting a shared lab environment not only involves providing the business structure for safe and consistent lab operations but also includes fostering collaboration and positive group dynamics.  On the business end, Dorothy creates and updates policies and procedures for lab safety, bench space use and overall laboratory use. She also manages the budget, gives lab tours, oversees the shared instrumentation program and the teaching lab, assists students and faculty solve problems and gathers the resources they need to conduct their research. 

Alex has been working as a Graduate Advisor in Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering since September 2019. Her background is in higher education and adult education. Alex was born in Boulder, and got her undergraduate degree from CU Boulder.

After more than 15 years of service as the Executive Assistant to Adams State ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Presidents and Board of Trustee members, James joined the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder in September 2019 as the Assistant to the Chair in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Kim has been working in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering for 7-months, having previously worked in healthcare, legal and education administration and human resources. As an alumnae of Seattle Pacific ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Kim earned an undergraduate degree in English and Political Science and completed a Masters in Diplomacy and Conflict Management from Norwich ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Cresten is continually occupied by understanding the interaction between humans, material transformation, and microbial processes on multiple scales (industrial, municipal, riverine). His most recent projects include modelling the community dynamics involved in wastewater microbial systems, determining the interaction of Eukaryotic microbes with trace organic contaminants in municipal waste, and tracking the influence of the treated wastewater treatment plant effluent on riverine systems.

Josh has managed the Makerspace in the Idea Forge over the last five years. He studied mechanical engineering at Iowa State ³Ô¹ÏÍø, and has industry experience in powertrain engineering, solar PV design, structural engineering, and CNC machining. Josh has worked both in design and fabrication, and enjoys collaborating with students throughout the process of dreaming up and creating their own woodworking and soft goods projects.

The primary goal of Mike's research lab is to explore the links between energy systems and air quality; his groups focuses on improving and using detective tools that find these links. His lab has collaborated on this work in Colorado, California and Ghana. He has been fortunate to combine his love for teaching with his research, developing courses like Project Based Learning in Rural High Schools and Household Energy Systems in the Global South.