Reactor Technology Integration Group (ReTI)

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

Taesuk Oh

Position title: Post-doctoral Researcher

Email: toh8@wisc.edu

Graduate Students

Gabriel Dengler-Jeanblanc

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design and Analysis

Email: denglerjeanb@wisc.edu

Ethan Fowler

Position title: Graduate Student | Reactor Design & Analysis

Email: epfowler@wisc.edu

Jacob Fowler

Position title: Graduate Student | Nuclear Power Technoeconomic Analysis

Email: jfowler5@wisc.edu

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

Juan Miguel Valderrama

Position title: Graduate Student | Fusion Blankets & Fuel Cycles

Email: jvalderrama@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

Tristan Engelmann

Credentials: Undergraduate Student

Email: tengelmann@wisc.edu

Asher Jewell

Credentials: acjewell@wisc.edu

Position title: Undergraduate Student | Integrated Energy Systems

Email: acjewell@wisc.edu

Alumni (and first destination)

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