People

Faculty

Ben Lindley

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: lindley2@wisc.edu

Scientists and Post-doctoral Researchers

Mohammad Amer Allaf

Position title: Scientist

Email: allaf@wisc.edu

Graduate Students

Ethan Fowler

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design & Analysis

Email: epfowler@wisc.edu

Phone: 8324399512

Samuel Garcia

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design & Analysis

Email: sgarcia9@wisc.edu

Liz Keith

Position title: Graduate Student | Integrated Energy Systems

Email: ekeith2@wisc.edu

Dean Krueger

Position title: Graduate Student | Fuel Cycle Analysis

Email: dean.krueger@wisc.edu

Veronica Morse

Position title: Graduate Student | Construction Engineering and Management

Email: vmorse@wisc.edu

Rahnuma Aziz Nisa

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design & Analysis

Email: nisa@wisc.edu

Matthew Nyberg

Position title: Graduate Student | Fission-Fusion Hybrid Systems

Email: mnyberg@wisc.edu

Esther Naa Amerley Ollennu

Position title: Research Assistant | Open Architecture for Nuclear Cost Reduction

Email: ollennu@wisc.edu

Andrew Quaal

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design & Analysis

Email: aquaal@wisc.edu

Erin Rice

Position title: Graduate Student | Construction Engineering and Management

Email: emrice2@wisc.edu

Hitarth Shah

Position title: Graduate Student | Fusion Technology Systems

Email: hrshah3@wisc.edu

Isabella Wood

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design & Analysis

Email: iewood@wisc.edu

Jessica Wysocki

Position title: Graduate Student | Fusion Blanket Technology

Email: jawysocki@wisc.edu

Undergraduate Researchers

Ethan Chang

Position title: Undergraduate Student

Email: edchang@wisc.edu

Phone: 6505268938

Gabriel Dengler-Jeanblanc

Position title: Undergraduate Student | Reactor Simulation Analysis

Email: denglerjeanb@wisc.edu

Asher Jewell

Credentials: acjewell@wisc.edu

Position title: Undergraduate Student | Integrated Energy Systems

Email: acjewell@wisc.edu

Alumni (and first destination)

  1. Ryan Dailey (PhD, 2025) – X-Energy
  2. Dylan Garofalo (MS, 2025) – Dairyland Power
  3. Oliver Paleen (MS, 2025) – Terrapower
  4. Aidan Rigby (Phd, 2025) – INL
  5. Virginia Lilly (Undergraduate, 2025) – Westinghouse
  6. SK Jung (MS, 2024) – Nano
  7. Lauren Welker (MS, 2024) – DPR Construction
  8. Qianna Loomis (BS, 2024) – Barr Engineering
  9. Joseph Eickman (MS, 2023) – INL
  10. Kenneth Franzese (Undergraduate, 2023) – BWXT
  11. Cate Beckman (Undergraduate, 2023) – Michigan State University
  12. Alex Rodgers (Undergraduate, 2023) – Westinghouse
  13. Una Baker (Postdoc, 2023) – OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
  14. Ian Prado (MS, 2023) – Kairos Power
  15. Saeed Alhadhrami (MS, 2022) – Khalifa University
  16. Josh Ruegsegger (MS, 2022) – SRNL
  17. Gabriel Soto (Postdoc, 2022) – INL
  18. Stefanno Alarcon Nunez (Undergraduate, 2022) – UC Health
  19. Anthony Boyd (Undergraduate, 2022) – UIUC
  20. Toby Raza (Undergraduate, 2022) – National Grid
  21. Grace Stanke (Undergraduate, 2021) – Constellation
  22. Chumani Mokoena (Undergraduate, 2021) – MIT