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Jose Bolorinos
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioJose Bolorinos is a Postdoctoral scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Jose received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Atmosphere & Energy) and an M.S. in Statistics at Stanford. Jose's research focuses on data-driven, systems-level strategies for coordinating urban water and energy supply infrastructure. As part of this work, he has investigated policy approaches that better understand and manage the lifecycle impacts of the energy sector on watersheds, air quality, and carbon emissions. Jose has also developed closed-loop customer monitoring and segmentation tools that allow water and electricity utilities to quickly track the responses of their customers to demand shocks inside and outside of their service areas. Currently, he is developing data-driven methods for optimal design and operation of energy storage in the wastewater treatment sector. His work has been featured at the California Data Collaborative, Stanford's Big Earth Water Hackathon, and AI for Climate Change Initiative.
Prior to coming to Stanford, Jose worked as a data scientist for a healthcare consultancy subcontracted by the federal government to manage its Medicare and Medicaid claims databases. Jose received a B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford University. He was part of the start up operations team at the Bill & Cloy Resource Recovery Center, an experimental, pilot-scale wastewater treatment facility launched recently on the Stanford campus to accelerate innovative approaches to wastewater treatment. -
Frauke Kracke
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI'm passionate about bio-technologies at the nexus of energy, carbon capture, and chemical production.
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Ben Rachunok
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioBen Rachunok is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford University in The Fletcher Lab. His research focuses on integrating environmental justice and engineering principles to create climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies which justly benefit all populations. Currently, he is working to develop tools and management policies to enable low-cost water supply planning that is resilient to droughts and enables access to affordable water for all communities. Much of Ben and his colleagues’ work revolves around ensuring that decisions made by water providers and utilities to mitigate drought impacts respect every human’s right to safe, affordable, drinking water.
Prior to joining Stanford, Ben made a number of contributions utilizing data science to study critical infrastructure. Notably, developing data scientific tools which utilize real-time social media data to quantify how communities are impacted by climate change and natural hazards. His work has been featured by Tech Crunch, Gizmodo, Yahoo! Finance, The Huffington Post, and the UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction. Ben was an R&D Intern at the Center for Computing Research at Sandia National Labs. He received his BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University, and holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University where he was a recipient of the Lee Chaden Scholarship and Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award.
