Research Faculty and Staff

Professor and Director

Evelyn Blumenberg

Evelyn Blumenberg is the director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Blumenberg is the lead for the Access to Opportunities research program.

Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is the Associate Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, a Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning, and a core faculty of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative.

Professor Loukaitou-Sideris is the lead for the Transportation & Communities research program.

Faculty Associate Director and Associate Professor

Jiaqi Ma

Jiaqi Ma is Faculty Associate Director of UCLA ITS and an associate professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor Ma is the lead for the New Mobility research program.

Associate Professor

Michael Manville

Michael Manville is an associate professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Manville is the lead for the Traffic research program.

Professor and Director

Adam Millard-Ball

Adam Millard-Ball is a director of UCLA ITS and professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Millard-Ball is the lead for the Environment research program.

Distinguished Research Professor

Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is a distinguished research professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Shoup is the lead of the Parking research program.

Professor

Brian Taylor

Brian Taylor is professor of urban planning and public policy in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Taylor is the lead for the Transportation Finance research program.

Research Program Manager

Jacob Wasserman

Jacob Wasserman studies and manages research on public transit, the intersection of transportation and other social issues, and a range of mobility questions at UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. With a background in transportation equity, finance, and demand management, Wasserman serves as the lead scholar of ITS’ Public Transit research program.

Prior to joining ITS, he worked for the Cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Haven on capital planning, vehicle miles traveled development review thresholds, budget process improvements, and active transportation. He also served as a Transportation Justice Fellow for BART Director Lateefah Simon, coordinating passage of the system’s Safe Transit sanctuary policy.

Wasserman has a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, with concentrations in transportation policy and planning and in community economic development and housing, in the housing stream. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Yale.

Professor

Eric Avila

Eric Avila is a professor of Chicana/o studies and history at UCLA.

Assistant Professor

Tierra Bills

Tierra Bills is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Public Policy at UCLA. Dr. Bills is a thinker, teacher, and researcher committed to advancing equity is transportation systems and policies. She has over 10 years of experience developing and advancing travel demand and equity analysis methods. She holds a B.S in Civil Engineering Technology from Florida A&M University, and M.S and PhD degrees in Transportation Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor and Director

Evelyn Blumenberg

Evelyn Blumenberg is the director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Blumenberg is the lead for the Access to Opportunities research program.

Professor

Yousef Bozorgnia

Yousef Bozorgnia is a professor of civil and environmental engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor

Scott Brandenberg

Scott Brandenberg is a professor of civil and environmental engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Deputy Director

Madeline Brozen

Madeline Brozen is the deputy director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Deputy Director

Colleen Callahan

Colleen Callahan is the deputy director of UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.

Lecturer

Robert Campbell

Robert Campbell is a lecturer of civil and environmental engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Assistant Professor

Genevieve Carpio

Genevieve Carpio is an assistant professor of Chicana/o studies at UCLA.

Assistant Professor-in-Residence

Brian Cole

Brian Cole is an assistant professor-in-residence of public health in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Katherine Chen

Katherine Chen, MD, is an internal medicine physician, a postdoctoral fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program, and a PhD student in Health Policy & Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Assistant Professor

Xiang Chen

Xiang Chen is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Principal Engineer

Peter Chu

Peter Chu is a principal engineer at the UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center.

Research Professor

William A. V. Clark

William A. V. Clark is a research professor of geography at UCLA.

Professor

Charles Corbett

Charles Corbett is a professor of operations management and sustainability in the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Professor

Dana Cuff

Dana Cuff is a professor of architecture/urban design and urban planning at UCLA.

Assistant Professor

Lara Cushing

Lara Cushing is an assistant professor of environmental health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Professor

Rajit Gadh

Rajit Gadh is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Smart Grid Energy Research Center in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Research Consultant

John Gahbauer

John Gahbauer is a research consultant at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.

Research Consultant

Mark Garrett

Mark Garrett is a research consultant at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.

Assistant Professor

Kian Goh

Kian Goh is an assistant professor of urban planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor

Jonathan Grossman

Jonathan Grossman is a professor of English in the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences. He studies the history and literature of public transportation.

Professor

Lei He

Lei He is a professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Project Scientist

Yueshuai “Brian” He

Yueshuai “Brian” He is a project scientist of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School for Engineering

Professor Emeritus

Richard Jackson

Richard Jackson is a professor emeritus of environmental health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Professor

Michael Jerrett

Michael Jerrett is a professor of environmental health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Assistant Professor

Achuta Kadambi

Achuta Kadambi is an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the Samueli School of Engineering.

Researcher

Jason Karpman

Jason Karpman is a researcher for global public affairs in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor

Suk-Young Kim

Suk-Young Kim is a professor of theater, film, and television in the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Amy Lee

Amy Lee is a postdoctoral scholar at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.

Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is the Associate Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, a Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning, and a core faculty of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative.

Professor Loukaitou-Sideris is the lead for the Transportation & Communities research program.

Professor Emeritus

Robin Liggett

Robin Liggett is a professor emeritus of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Project Director, Transportation

Bo Liu

Adjunct Professor

Travis Longcore

Travis Longcore is an adjunct professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

Equity Research Manager

Adonia Lugo

Cultural anthropologist Adonia E. Lugo was born and raised in traditional and unceded Acjachemen territory and now lives and works in traditional and unceded Tongva territory in Los Angeles. Adonia began investigating transportation, race, and space during her graduate studies at UC Irvine, when she co-created the Los Angeles open street event CicLAvia and the organization today known as People for Mobility Justice. Since receiving her doctorate in 2013, Adonia has applied her research on “human infrastructure” in sustainable mobility advocacy and helped to define the concept of “mobility justice.” Adonia is Equity Research Manager at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, a core organizer of The Untokening, and a recent appointee to the California Transportation Commission.

Faculty Associate Director and Associate Professor

Jiaqi Ma

Jiaqi Ma is Faculty Associate Director of UCLA ITS and an associate professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor Ma is the lead for the New Mobility research program.

Distinguished Adjunct Professor

Asad Madni

Asad Madni is a distinguished adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Associate Professor

Michael Manville

Michael Manville is an associate professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Manville is the lead for the Traffic research program.

Deputy Director

Juan Matute

Juan Matute is the deputy director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.

Professor

Ankur Mehta

Ankur Mehta is a professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor and Director

Adam Millard-Ball

Adam Millard-Ball is a director of UCLA ITS and professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Millard-Ball is the lead for the Environment research program.

Associate Professor

Paavo Monkkonen

Paavo Monkkonen is an associate professor of urban planning and public policy in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor

Ali Mosleh

Ali Mosleh is a professor of engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor and Director

Paul Ong

Paul Ong is a professor of urban planning and director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Lecturer

Taner Osman

Taner Osman is a lecturer of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor

Aydogan Ozcan

Aydogan Ozcan is a professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Assistant Professor

Regan Patterson

Regan Patterson is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in the Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor and Director

Suzanne Paulson

Suzanne Paulson is a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and director of the Center for Clean Air in the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Gregory Pierce

Gregory Pierce is an adjunct assistant professor of urban planning.

Housing Initiative Project Manager

Shane Phillips

Shane Phillips is the Lewis Center Housing Initiative Project Manager in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor

Mason Porter

Mason Porter is a professor of mathematics at UCLA.

Assistant Professor

Deepak Rajagopal

Deepak Rajagopal is an assistant professor of environment and sustainability in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Lecturer

Mohja Rhoads

Mohja Rhoads is a lecturer of transportation geography in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Distinguished Professor and Area Director

Izhak Rubin

Izhak Rubin is a distinguished professor and area director for signals and systems in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Managing Principal and Senior Fellow

Joshua Schank

Joshual Schank is a Managing Prinicipal at InfraStrategies LLC, where he leads a practice focused on innovation, strategic planning, and technology. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Institute of Transportation Studies at UCLA, and a Research Associate at the Mineta Transportation Institute. Prior to joining InfraStrategies and UCLA, Dr. Schank was the first-ever Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at LA Metro. Dr. Schank previously served as President and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation, led transportation research for the Bipartisan Policy Center, and served as Transportation Policy Advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY).

Postdoctoral Researcher

Andrew Schouten

Andrew Schouten is a post-doctoral researcher at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.

Distinguished Research Professor

Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is a distinguished research professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Shoup is the lead of the Parking research program.

Lecturer

Ryan Snyder

Ryan Snyder is a lecturer in bicycle and pedestrian planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor

Jonathan Stewart

Jonathan Stewart is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor Stewart is the lead for the Resilient Transportation research program.

Professor

Paulo Tabuada

Paulo Tabuada is a professor of electrical engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor

Ertugrul Taciroglu

Ertugrul Taciroglu is a professor of civil and environmental engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Professor

Brian Taylor

Brian Taylor is professor of urban planning and public policy in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Professor Taylor is the lead for the Transportation Finance research program.

Adjunct Associate Professor

Cristina Tirado

Cristina Tirado is an adjunct associate professor of public health in the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability.

Professor

John Villasenor

John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Associate Professor

Ondine von Ehrenstein

Ondine von Ehrenstein is an associate professor of community health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Research Program Manager

Jacob Wasserman

Jacob Wasserman studies and manages research on public transit, the intersection of transportation and other social issues, and a range of mobility questions at UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. With a background in transportation equity, finance, and demand management, Wasserman serves as the lead scholar of ITS’ Public Transit research program.

Prior to joining ITS, he worked for the Cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Haven on capital planning, vehicle miles traveled development review thresholds, budget process improvements, and active transportation. He also served as a Transportation Justice Fellow for BART Director Lateefah Simon, coordinating passage of the system’s Safe Transit sanctuary policy.

Wasserman has a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, with concentrations in transportation policy and planning and in community economic development and housing, in the housing stream. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Yale.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Arthur Winer

Arthur Winer is a distinguished professor emeritus of environmental health sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Professor

Chee Wei Wong

Chee Wei Wong is a professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Assistant Professor

Lin Yang

Lin Yang is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

Spatial Data Science Librarian.

Zhiyuan Yao

Zhiyuan Yao is a spatial data science librarian.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ning Zhang

Ning Zhang is postdoctoral researcher of civil and environmental engineering at the Samueli School of Engineering

Professor

Yifang Zhu

Yifang Zhu is a professor of environmental health studies in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.