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SENIOR RESEARCHERS
Nicola
Chiara (Executive Director) Nicola Chiara, Ph.D., specializes
in the areas of risk and decision analysis, stochastic modeling and optimization of infrastructure systems. His research interests
include investigation of risk mitigation instruments for infrastructure project finance; option theory and its application
in complex infrastructure and engineering systems; risk assessment in asset management and project management of engineering
systems; risk mitigation contracts in construction/project management.
Email: nc2112@columbia.edu
Wei
Wang Mr. Wei Wang is an E.Sc.D candidate in the CEEM
department of Columbia University. His research has been focused on life cycle cost modeling and risk mitigation in BOT project
finance. Currently, he is doing research on Monte Carlo simulation using Copula and risk mitigation contracts for BOT projects.
Wei has more than ten years of design, construction, and project management experience, working with private consulting firms
as well as government agency in New York City. He has worked on many large-scale projects including high- rise buildings,
sports centers and public transportation facilities. Wei received his Bachelor degree from HUST, China and his MSc degree
from Cornell University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of New York. Email:
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Nakhon Kokkaew Nakhon
is a Ph.D. candidate
in the Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department of Columbia University. He received master degree in Civil Engineering
from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. His research interests include stochastic network scheduling using genetic algorithms
and Monte Carlo simulation, multi-objective stochastic optimization, and risk management in BOT projects. He is currently
studying risk analysis and mitigation in transportation projects under BOT arrangements. Email:
nk2226@columbia.edu
Cengiz Ucbenli
Cengiz is a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department
of Columbia University. He previously received a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and
an MBA degree in Finance from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests focuses on infrastructure project
finance, particularly energy project finance and finding new methods to mitigate risk in these types of projects by employing
energy derivatives and real option analysis. Currently, he is investigating how to adapt game theory to real option modeling
of infrastructure investments under BOT scheme.
Email: cu2115@columbia.edu
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Feng Dong
Feng is a Ph.D. candidate
in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department of Columbia University. He has already obtained his master degree
in Civil Engineering from Columbia University in 2007. Before that, Feng received his bachelor of engineering from Tongji
University, Shanghai, China. His research is concentrated on financial risk management, especially market risk in infrastructure
project. Now Feng is studying how to measure financial commodity risks - steel and energy - by modeling and hedge them
by financial instruments and dynamic hedging contracts. Email: fd2151@columbia.edu
Gregory Fitch
Greg Fitch is a PhD
student in the Civil Engineering Department at Columbia University. He received his Masters of Science
degree from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Greg’s research interests include risk
analysis and asset management, program optimization models for water departments and transportation authorities, alternative
project delivery systems, and dispute resolution. Greg also has over ten years of project controls experience
and is currently on assignment at the secondary treatment upgrade and rehabilitation program at New York City’s largest
waste water treatment facility at Newtown Creek. Email: gjf2101@columbia.edu
Azadeh Sharif
Azadeh Sharif is currently pursuing her Ph.D.
degree at Columbia University. She received her B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology
(IUST) and her M. Sc. Degree in structural engineering from Polytechnic Institute of NYU (Formerly known as Polytechnic
University- Brooklyn). She is currently working in a private consulting firm in New York and has been working on many
large-scale projects including high rise building. She is currently serving as an officer on ASCE Metropolitan board - structural
section. Her research interests focus on quantitative risk management and infrastructure project finance. Email: as3509@columbia.edu
Amy Tang
Amy Tang is currently pursuing her Masters/Ph.D. degree at Columbia University. She recently
graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Columbia University, concentrating in Construction Management.
She also has a minor in Economics. Her research interests include stochastic modeling and financial risk management of Renewable Energy
infrastructure systems. Email:
yat2101@columbia.edu
VISITING RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Roberta Pellegrino
Roberta Pellegrino is Ph.D. student in Advanced Production
Systems in the Department of Mechanical and Management Engineering at Politecnico di Bari in Bari, Italy. She earned her laurea
in Management Engineering (5-years degree) from Politecnico di Bari, Italy. The topic of her thesis focuses on the theory
of Real Options to evaluate real investment projects or strategies in risky environments. Her other research interests are in the area of organizational process management
(economic-management engineering). Email: ropelle@poliba.it
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