Meet
OurTeam
The Energy Impact Center is a DC based research institute focused on Deep Decarbonization.
Founded in 2017 by robotics pioneer Bret Kugelmass, the EIC analyzes and supports the solution set of tools which are able to reverse climate change.
Since inception, our rapidly growing team boasts a state of the art media arm, top engineering and economic experts, and global researchers.
Our Thesis:
(1) Emissions must go net negative by 2040, globally across all energy sectors. (2) The only way to do this is to produce energy inexpensive enough to make carbon negative fuels that compete with fossil fuels on a global market without tax or subsidy. (3) The only energy source that can produce carbon negative fuels matching cost, deployment, and timeline constraints is nuclear fission. (4) Nuclear fission is currently ten times as expensive as it should be. (5) We must identify the cost drivers of Nuclear Energy from a reactor agnostic, techno-economic analysis in order to redefine the requirements for nuclear power production.
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Business
&Operations
Bret Kugelmass
Managing Director
Matt Gohn
Digital Media Producer
Michelle Brechtelsbauer
Stakeholder Relations
Robert Dillon
Strategic Communications
Josh Mesner
Operations Manager
Engineering
&Economics
Mark Johnson
Director of Technology
Taj Bahadori
Civil Engineering
Josh Tolbert
Director of Engineering
James Brown
Construction Economics
John Saunders
Mechanical Engineer
Barry Liss
Chemical Engineering
Philip Rhodes
Structural Engineering
Media
Production
Olubunmi Olajide
Podcast Host
Jadwiga Najder
Podcast Host
Erin Keogh
Content Editor
Daron Christopher
Technical Writing
Charlie Chesney
Notes Editor
Miguel Oliveira
Audio Editor
Henrique Rossatto
Graphics Designer
Kian Ransom
Multimedia Editor
Valeria Garcia
Website Editor
Benjamin Locke
Motion Graphics
Global
Research
Manuel Arreaza
South America Research
Beatriz Llerena
Western Europe Research
Azra Rasid
Southeast Asia Research
Godwin Enebeli
Western Africa Research
Timothy Mwangi
Eastern Africa Research
Olga Kens
Central Europe Research
ADVISORS
Todd Allen
Energy Innovation & Engagement
Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Shane Johnson
Nuclear Research and Development
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology Innovation, DOE
Amy Roma
Nuclear Export Law
Partner at Hogan Lovells US LLP
Jeff Merrifield
International Regulation
Energy Section Leader and Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Jess Gehin
Nuclear Science & Technology
Chief Scientist, Nuclear Science & Technology Directorate at Idaho National Laboratory
