Research Staff
Engineers, analysts, researchers, and others who support NREL's geothermal technologies projects come from disciplines and organizations across the laboratory depending on each project's requirements. Here you'll find contact information for NREL's geothermal technologies team.
NREL's geothermal staff includes:
- Management
- Electricity, Resources, and Building Systems Integration
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Engineering and Program Integration
- Communications
Management
Tom Williams
Laboratory Program Manager, Geothermal Technologies
Stacee Foster
Administrative Assistant
Electricity, Resources, and Building Systems Integration
Chuck Kutscher
Principal Engineer/Group Manager, Thermal Systems
Andrea Ashwood
Postdoctoral Researcher Thermal Analysis/Geothermal
Desikan Bharathan
Principal Engineer
John Lund
Principal Engineer
Systems Analysis
Chad Augustine
Geothermal Energy Engineer/Analyst
Analysis Team Lead
See Chad's Strategic Energy Analysis Center bio.
Kate Young
Geological and Water Resources Engineer/Analyst
See Kate's Strategic Energy Analysis Center bio.
Systems Engineering and Program Integration
Neil Snyder
Executive Director, Systems Engineering and Program Integration
Mark Antkowiak
Sr. Geothermal Systems Engineer
Jesse Geiger
Geothermal Systems Engineer
Mike Hillesheim
Sr. Geologist/Geothermal Systems Engineer
Neil Popovich
Systems Engineer
Charlie Visser
Principal Geologist
Communications
David Hicks
Geologist/Sr. Communications Specialist
Devin Egan
Communications Specialist
