by Lauren Essick | September 12, 2024
Lauren Essick serves as Research Development and Operations Manager for the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE). She manages research development services, such as institute seed funding programs, facilitation of large and complex proposal...
by Matt Belt | December 20, 2023
James Sharp serves as Outreach Manager for the Appalachian Energy Center with a focus on facilitating partnerships to co-create clean energy strategies and policies supporting economic growth, environmental protection, and resilience for North Carolina communities. He...
by Lauren Essick | December 15, 2023
Kate Bashford serves as Project Manager for STEPs4GROWTH, a four-year, $23.7 million statewide workforce development program funded by the Department of Commerce focusing on historically underserved regions North Carolina to develop a new generation of skilled workers...
by zamora | December 15, 2023
Hei-Young Kim is the Research Scientist and Lab Manager for Nexus-Bioenergy at the Appalachian Energy Center. She earned her master’s degree in renewable energy engineering from Appalachian State in 2014. Her topics of research focus are “waste to...
by Lauren Essick | December 15, 2023
Kim’s research focuses on the formal integration of stakeholder and expert knowledge into qualitative and quantitative environmental research methods. Kim joined the RIEEE team after graduating with her PhD in Environmental Engineering from Duke University in...
by zamora | April 14, 2023
As Program Specialist for the Appalachian Energy Center and the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE), Caitlin is primarily responsible for providing financial management on post-award grant activities and administrative management of funded...