Our Team

"When good people with a good cause come together, great things will happen."

PIs and Collaborators

Seyed A. Zekavat
Seyed A. Zekavat
Professor, Project PI
Data Science
WPI Profile ↗
Radwin Askari
Radwin Askari
Associate Professor, PI
Geological & Mining Engineering
Michigan Tech Profile ↗
Evan S. Kane
Evan S. Kane
Associate Professor
Environmental Science
Michigan Tech Profile ↗
Oren Mangoubi
Oren Mangoubi
Assistant Professor
Data Science
WPI Profile ↗
Snehamoy Chatterjee
Snehamoy Chatterjee
Associate Professor
Geological Engineering
Michigan Tech Profile ↗
Douglas Todd Petkie
Douglas Todd Petkie
Professor & Chair of Physics
WPI Profile ↗
Benjamin Hart
Benjamin Hart
Research Engineer
Electrical Engineering
MTRI Profile ↗
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
Senior Research Scientist
Remote Sensing
MTRI Profile ↗
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Research Engineer
MTRI Profile ↗
Kyle Mead
Kyle Mead
Senior MAEAP Specialist
Van Buren Conservation District LinkedIn ↗
Zhonghai Wang
Zhonghai Wang
PhD, Chief Technology Officer
Alex and Alice, Inc LinkedIn ↗

PhD Students

Vincent Filardi
Vincent Filardi
WPI
Noushin Khosravi Largani
Noushin Khosravi Largani
WPI
Saeed Haghniazjahromi
Saeed Haghniazjahromi
WPI
Breeanne Heusdens
Breeanne Heusdens
Michigan Tech
Yasin Nooran
Yasin Nooran
WPI

Master Students

Vijayrathan Karthikeyan
Vijayrathan Karthikeyan
WPI

Undergraduate Students

Ethan Henry
Ethan Henry
Fall 2025–Present · WPI
Vincent Huang
Vincent Huang
Fall 2025–Present · WPI
Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith
Fall 2025–Present · WPI

Alumni

Majid Moradikia
Majid Moradikia
Senior Scientist, Comcast
James Johnson
James Johnson
Division Director, Michigan DARD
Joseph Burns
Joseph Burns
Senior Research Scientist, MTRI
Allen Cheng
Allen Cheng
2022–2024 · WPI
Ruba Khan
Ruba Khan
2022–2024 · WPI
Ravi Palmieri
Ravi Palmieri
2022–2023 · WPI
Nicholas Latsis
Nicholas Latsis
2023–2024 · WPI
Joshua Thriber
Joshua Thriber
2023–2024 · WPI
Ethan Reed
Ethan Reed
2023–2024 · WPI
Charlotte Larson
Charlotte Larson
2024–2025 · WPI
Dylan Hoffman
Dylan Hoffman
2024–2025 · WPI
Patrick Hussey
Patrick Hussey
2024–2025 · WPI
Ahmad Ghasemi
Ahmad Ghasemi
Post Doc, UMass Amherst
Himan Namdari
Himan Namdari
Post Doc, UMD

Interns

Mehrnoush Alizade
Mehrnoush Alizade
Summer 2023 · WPI
Freud Oulon
Freud Oulon
Summer 2023 · WPI