Rishee is the Director of the Stanford Urban Informatics Lab (UIL) and an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering. For his research, Rishee was awarded the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) fellow award from the National Science Foundation and previously held the Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship at NYU's Center for Urban Science + Progress. He earned his PhD and MS from Columbia University where he was an IGERT Fellow in the Solving Urbanization Challenges by Design program, a joint program between engineering and urban planning. He also holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside the lab, Rishee is an avid Bollywood film buff and he can usually be found watching (and analyzing) the latest release with his wife (especially if it's a Shah Rukh Khan film).

Devan is a National GEM Consortium Fellow / Teaching Assistant in the Urban Informatics Lab, pursuing a PhD in Sustainable Design & Construction at Stanford University. The Racial Equity in Energy course at Stanford that he works to support, examines the imprint of systemic racial inequity in the U.S. that has produced a clean energy divide as well as a heritage of environmental injustice. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Prairie View A&M University. Devan loves exploring new cities, listening to music, watching movies, and playing video games.

Lauren is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Urban Informatics Lab. Her research interests include energy efficiency of buildings and public infrastructure, and the equity and accessibility of new research and technology. She received a B.S. of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also minored in Technology and Management. She received a M.S. of Civil Engineering focused on Sustainable Design and Construction at Stanford University. Outside the lab, Lauren enjoys reading, traveling to new cities, and trying out new recipes.

Eleanor is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Urban Informatics Lab. Her research focuses on using urban big data to design/build/operate sustainable infrastructures and to improve quality of life. She is also interested in infographics to assist data visualization. She received her BS in Civil Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai. Outside the lab, Eleanor enjoys adventurous trips, stand-up comedy and eating.

Dinesh is a member of the Urban Informatics Labs pursuing a PhD at Stanford University. His research interests include investments and incentives advancing climate science and frontier tech. Dinesh earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Dinesh enjoys discovering new restaurants & coffee shops, traveling, playing tennis, and tech investing.

Kopal works as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Urban Informatics Lab. Her research interests lie at the intersection of data science, building energy simulation and analysis of thermal comfort of occupants, particularly in mixed-mode buildings. She received a dual degree of B.Tech in Civil Engineering and Master in Building Science by Research from International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. In her free time outside the lab, Kopal enjoys watching cricket/tennis and is a huge fan of Bollywood music and movies.

Ranjitha is a member of the Urban Informatics Lab pursuing a PhD in Stanford's E-IPER program. Ranjitha is interested in improving urban energy systems to support more efficient and equitable energy use, reduce environmental impact, and enhance resilience to climate change. She holds dual Masters degrees in Engineering Systems and Urban Planning from MIT, and an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, where she minored in Civil Engineering. She is also passionate about using graphic design to effectively communicate complex environmental concepts. In her spare time, Ranjitha likes to bike, dance, and drink lots of coffee.

Juliet is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Urban Informatics Lab. Her research interests surround using climate and material performance data to optimize building designs for energy efficiency and affordability. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a secondary concentration in Computer Science from Harvard University. Outside the lab, Juliet enjoys listening to music, trying to recreate family recipes, and traveling to cities with nice beaches.

Zheng is an affiliate staff researcher in the Stanford Urban Informatics Lab and a research scientist at Engie. His research focuses on urban system dynamics, urban level energy awareness, energy efficiency policy recommendations, building energy analytics, and human-building interactions. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering with the specialization on Informatics for Intelligent Built Environment from University of Southern California and was a Viterbi Fellow in the School of Engineering. He received his MS in Civil Engineering from University of Southern California and two BS in Mechanical Engineering and Construction Management from Tianjin University. Zheng is a fan of travelling. Discovering the world has always been and continues to be part of his lifestyle.

Marco Miotti is an affiliate research scientist in the Stanford Urban Informatics Lab and a research scientist at ETH-Zurich. His research focuses on modeling the impact of urban form and land use policies on city energy consumption across both the buildings and the transportation sectors. He received his B.S. in Environmental Science and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich, and his PhD in Engineering Systems from MIT. He also developed Carboncounter.com, a tool that lets consumers explore the emissions and costs of different car models and compare them against climate targets. Outside the lab, Marco plays hockey, enjoys photography, and likes to cook (and, more importantly, eat).