Student Researchers
Becky Warren
Becky is currently a graduate student in Natural Resource Management at UAF. Her research focuses on energy policy and development in Alaska. At ACEP, Becky is helping to facilitate a collaborative Interior regional energy planning process. Prior to joining the ACEP team, Becky worked for Cold Climate Housing Research Center, and before that was a business owner/operator near Denali National Park.
e-mail: becky.warren@alaska.edu
Dominique Pride
Dominique is graduate student at UAF pursuing a M.S. in resource and applied economics. She graduated from Marshall University in 2007 with a B.B.A. in economics. She joined the ACEP team in May of 2009 and is working on a carbon sequestration assessment for the Alaskan interior.
e-mail: djpride@alaska.edu
Jill Maynard
Jill Maynard is a graduate student in Natural Resource Management at UAF. Her thesis is entitled Factors Influencing Wind Energy Development in Rural Communities. She is working this summer with ACEP on the Interior Regional Energy Plan. This includes facilitating sub-regional meetings, data acquisition and analysis. Jill loves sunshine, public radio, her dog Kipnuk and her husband.
e-mail: jemaynard@alaska.edu
Peter Illig
Peter is an undergraduate student at UAF, working with ACEP on a number of geothermal projects around the state of Alaska. This includes monitoring of Chena Hot Springs and helping with new prospects for geothermal production. He is interested in geothermal exploration and development as a career after graduate school.
e-mail: pillig1@alaska.edu
John Murphy
John Murphy is a recent graduate from Stanford University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He started working with ACEP in 2008 when he produced a Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. This summer he will be working with ACEP and industry partners on reviewing energy storage options for Alaskan communities with excess wind resources. He will also be involved in a heat flow analysis of the FNSB, quantifying the resource potential for geothermal applications. After growing up in Eagle River, John is glad to be spending the summer back in his home state.
e-mail: jfmurphy@stanford.edu
