The Lab staff includes UW faculty, researchers, grad students, postdocs, and student interns.
The Lab is closely aligned and integrated with the Carbon Leadership Forum, now an independent nonprofit organization which earlier in its history was a program housed at the University. See this page for more information about this transition.
Kate Simonen
UW Professor of Architecture and Lab Director
Jordan Palmeri
Senior Researcher
Monica Huang
Researcher
Milad Ashtiani
Researcher
Ethan Ellingboe
Researcher
Yang Shen
Researcher
Mahsa Torabi
POST-DoC
Ali Amiri
Visiting POST-DOC
Azeezah Sultana Priyota
Research Assistant
Chad Evans
Operations Manager
Past Staff and Students
Professional Staff
Brad Benke, Researcher
Meghan Byrne, Engagement and Communications Lead
Stephanie Carlisle, Senior Researcher
Manuel Chafart, Researcher
Tina Dilegge, Program Manager
Anthony Hickling, Managing Director
Andrew Himes, Director of Collective Impact
Julie Kriegh, Researcher
Michelle Lambert, Policy and Engagement Manager
Meghan Lewis, Senior Researcher
Brook Waldman, Researcher
Postdoctoral & Visiting Scholars
Graduate Research Assistants
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Jorge Gomez
Oscar Jimenez
Ezekiel Jones
Student Assistants
Josslyn Shapiro
Student Research Supervision
Ph.D Mentorship
2023-
2022-24
2021-
2012-19
2016-19
2015-19
2016-19
2016-17
Mohamed Mohamed, University of Washington CBE
Demi Lin Fang, System-level design of low-carbon structures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mahboobeh Hemmati Gourabi, Fay Jones School of Architecture, University of Arkansas
Tait Bowers, School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, The Next Generation of Residential Construction: Adoption of Green Building Programs, Environmentally Certified Wood Products and the Transparency of Environmental Friendliness
Barbara X. Rodriguez Droguett, College of Built Environment, University of Washington - Embodied Carbon of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigerants (HVAC+R) Systems
Cindy X. Chen, School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Environmental Assessment of the Production and End-of-Life of Cross-Laminated Timber in Western Washington
Yingjun Wang, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, A Decision-Framework for Building Portfolios Towards Enhanced Resilience and Sustainability of Communities Under Natural Hazards.
Catherine De Wolf, Low Carbon Pathways for Structural Design: Embodied Life Cycle Impacts of Building Structures. PhD Architecture: Building Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chair John Ochsendorf
M.S. Thesis Mentorship
2019
Laleh Amany, A Comparative Analysis of LCA Tools: Studying the Façade of a Campus Lab Building
M.Arch Thesis Mentorship
2024
2018
2018
2018
2016
2015
2012
2013
James Strand, The Carbon Balance: Design for Embodied Carbon Measurement of Existing Buildings
Matthew Franz, Reworking Wenatchee: High Performance in a New & Existing Building
Mariel Dougoud, Mycelium Infrastructures for Impermanent Futures
Lauren Patnoe, Flyshare 2020
Kristen Strobel (chair), (Mass) Timber: Structurally Optimized Timber Buildings
Mariam Hovhannisyan (chair), Wood Cityscapes: Mass Timber Office Building
David Fish (chair), (by)Metrics (by) Design: Building for Endurance
Laura Poulin, Redefining ‘All-Inclusive:’ Integrated Tourism in the Dominican Republic
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Mentorship
2015
Ezekiel Jones (chair), Mass Timber in the Pacific Northwest