Director of SERC and a professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA.

Dr. Lehman received a B.S. in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago. He then served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley where he conducted research on the aerochemistry of photochemical air pollution. Before coming to HSU, he has been a member of the faculties of Sacramento State University; California State University, Northridge; and Deep Springs College.  While at HSU, Dr. Lehman has served as chair of the Environmental Resources Engineering Department, co-chair of the International Development  Technology masters program, and faculty advisor to the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology. His research interests include renewable energy systems, especially solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies. Dr. Lehman's work at the Schatz Center includes the development of solar hydrogen generation systems, development and production of fuel cell personal utility and neighborhood electric vehicles, and research and production of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Most recently, the Center is involved in integrating electrolyzers into complete hydrogen generation and dispensing facilities, and developing and producing fuel cell systems for telecommunications, portable power and uninterruptible power supply applications.

Dr. Chamberlin is one of SERC's Co-Directors and technical coordinator. Dr. Chamberlin is Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University, where he has taught courses in environmental health engineering, data collection and analysis, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has worked on models of photovoltaic hydrogen production, PEM fuel cell polarization curves, and biomass energy conversion, participated in the design, development, and operation of the Schatz Solar Hydrogen Project, fuel cell vehicles, and stationary fuel cell systems, and helped investigate energy consumption patterns and efficiency measures at the national and local level. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Harvard University.

Dr. Jacobson is one of SERC’s Co-Directors and an associate professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. He is also the coordinator of HSU's master's program in Energy Technology and Policy. Dr. Jacboson has a Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. in Environmental Systems (engineering option) from Humboldt State. His areas of research interest include renewable energy technology, energy and climate change mitigation policy, and energy access for low income people in developing countries. His work is interdisciplinary, combining renewable energy engineering, energy policy, and a social geography based approach to international development studies. Dr. Jacobson has extensive international work experience in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, including recent work focused on the development of an international program to ensure the quality of affordable LED-based off-grid lighting systems appropriate for use by low income people in developing countries. Visit Site

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Dr. Vernon is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at HSU. He has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His areas of research interest include hydrogen production, hydrogen enhanced combustion, fuel cells, energy efficiency, multiple service extraction, waste resource utilization, biomass energy, renewable energy technology, and energy policy. Before coming to HSU, David worked in the area of fuel cell research and development at W.L. Gore and Associates, Los Alamos National Laboratory, an SRI spin off called Polyfuel, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Dr. Steven Hackett is a Professor of Economics at Humboldt State University. Through his association with HSU’s Energy, Environment, and Society graduate program, Environmental Science undergraduate program, Humboldt Energy Independence Fund, and SERC, Professor Hackett works with an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students on energy projects linked to reducing anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions. He will lead the economic portion of SERC's Renewable Energy Secure Communities project, which includes the development and application of economic impact assessment models to the energy sector of our regional economy and qualitative analyses of the economic development potential resulting from creating a renewable energy cluster in Humboldt County. Visit Site

Andrea Allen is a Research Engineer at SERC. Prior to joining the SERC team in 2006 as a graduate research assistant, Andrea worked at Humboldt State University (HSU) as a Green Campus Coordinator promoting energy conservation on campus. From 2002-2005 she worked in the high energy physics group at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), helping in the construction of the tracker for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) project to be installed in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Andrea graduated from UCSB in 2002 with a B.S. in physics and in 2009 received her M.S. from HSU in Environmental Resources Engineering.

Peter Johnstone is a Research Engineer whose main projects are the Schatz Solar Hydrogen Project, off-grid lighting in sub-Saharan Africa, and managing various energy internship programs. In the past, he has worked on our efforts related to landfill gas utilization, building energy analysis, and others. He hails from North Carolina, where he was raised. Before moving to Arcata, he studied Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. Peter started at SERC as a Graduate Student Research Assistant in 2005 and became a full time employee when he received an Environmental Systems masters degree from Humboldt State in 2009.

Greg is a graduate of the Environmental Resources Engineering program at Humboldt State University. His primary responsibilities at SERC are the design of in-house fuel cells and bench testing of commercially available fuel cell materials. He is currently project manager for the development of a hydrogen fueling station at HSU. He has also led SERC’s work on the development of a high-pressure hydrogen PEM electrolyzer. Greg's past work at SERC has been focused on hydrogen system design and fabrication for fuel cell demonstration projects. He was responsible for the installation of the hydrogen systems for the SunLine Transit, Schoolhouse Peak and the University of Michigan projects. Prior to attending HSU, Greg served for six years in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Naval Nuclear Power School and spent four years in San Diego on a nuclear-powered submarine as a steam plant operator. Following his enlistment, he worked as a process control board operator and shift supervisor at an independent oil refinery in Los Angeles.

Shelly is an Environmental Resources Engineering major and is also minoring in Applied Mathematics at HSU. As an Environmental Resources Engineering major she studies science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment. Her interests in the engineering field include energy and water resources. She joined SERC in the spring of 2011 and outside of school she likes to spend time in the outdoors and go on hikes.

Richard's work at SERC has included project management; technical document writing and editing; development of educational materials; grant proposal writing; hydrogen and fuel cell system development, maintenance, and repair; energy program development for local communities and Tribes; and feasibility research on emerging energy technologies. Richard graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering. He worked for the City and County of San Francisco's Bureau of Energy Conservation, City of Palo Alto Utilities, and the trade publication California Energy Markets before joining the Schatz team in 1999. Richard's international experience includes two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras (where he met his wife Basilia) and six months in El Salvador as a Fulbright scholar specializing in renewable energy.

Meg Harper is a graduate research assistant at the Schatz Energy Research Center and a student in the Energy, Technology and Policy program at Humboldt State University, where she studies the technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of renewable energy and energy efficiency development. Within this broad context, and with complimentary studies toward a second bachelor’s degree in Environmental Resources Engineering, she has been able to explore local and state-level energy efficiency and climate change policy, the technical design of solar thermal, wind and PV systems, and appropriate technology design and dissemination for international development. As a research assistant at SERC, Meg helps monitor the hydrogen fueling station and manage a project focused on improving the quality of electricity on mini-grids in Bhutan. Prior to coming to HSU, Meg received a BS in Environmental Studies from Warren Wilson College and has worked in the field in a number of different capacities including environmental contaminant and wildlife research, as well as experiential environmental education.

After earning his B.S. degree in General Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2010, Robert earned his M.S. degree in Environmental Systems from HSU in 2011. During his second semester as a graduate student (spring, 2011), Robert began working as a graduate research assistant with SERC. Robert mainly works as part of the Lighting Africa project team at SERC, although in the summer of 2011 he worked on a project to develop a solar energy system to power an electrochlorinator developed by Cascade Designs, Inc. Robert is excited for the opportunity to work at SERC, and he feels blessed to be able to work alongside the rest of the SERC staff.

Marc received a B.A. degree in Physics from Humboldt State University in 2000 and is working toward a Masters in Environmental Systems in the International Development Technology program. Marc's primary responsibility at SERC is the software design, implementation, and testing of LabVIEW-based control systems. Projects Marc has worked on include embedded control of the Methanol-fired Fuel Cell system and version 4 of SERC's internal Test Station Software. Marc also serves as the SERC IT person, maintaining the office computers, local network, and server. Marc has worked at the Schatz Lab since 1997, when he started as a student assistant.

Brendon is pursuing a master’s degree in the Energy, Society, and Environment progam at HSU. He completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering in India in 2004. Since then, Brendon has been working in research and implementation projects in the field of Biomass and Solar Thermal energy in India. At SERC, Brendon will assist with the Lighting Africa project by testing off grid lighting products from Nairobi and developing testing methodologies. Brendon is also helping to develop and implement SERC's stoves emission testing facility as part of SERC's biomass stoves project.

Allison's responsibilities include program administration and development and coordination of SERC's education and outreach program. Her work includes planning, analyzing and evaluating SERC's fiscal and operational policies and procedures, providing assistance with and leadership in pre-and-post award grant and contract managment, developing educational materials for SERC's K-12 outreach program, managing the Docent Program, publishing SERC's quarterly newsletter, and maintaining the website. Allison graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies, Botany minor. Her degree combines the disciplines of Environmental Science, Appropriate Technology, and Sustainable Agriculture. When not engaged in work and raising a family, Allison continues to pursue her interest in native bees and plant/pollinator interactions. She joined SERC in 2001.

As the Administrative Assistant at SERC, Carolyn supports the day-to-day operations of the lab. Her previous jobs include outreach coordinator at the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project and bilingual high school science teacher in the Bay Area. She received a B.S. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale College, an M.A. in Education from Stanford University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing/Poetry from St. Mary’s College of California. Carolyn joined the SERC staff in 2011.

Tom Quetchenbach is a graduate student in the ERE program, working on the RESCO and Lighting Africa projects. Born in Eureka, he is returning to Humboldt County after a 24-year voyage around the country with his parents, a traveling band of English teachers. After studying electrical engineering as an undergrad and then working in an academic lab doing research on networking protocols, he is excited to have the opportunity to focus on renewable energy.

Mark graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Environmental Resources Engineering in 1995.  He began working at the Schatz Energy Resource Center two years prior to graduation at which time his duties included system maintenance and upgrading as well as data analysis at the Schatz Solar Hydrogen Project in Trinidad.  Since then Mark's work at SERC has involved system design, fabrication, and installation of a variety of fuel cell demonstration projects including those at SunLine Transit and  Schoolhouse Peak.  His current work is focused on design and fabrication of system components in the modern  machine shop that he and his co-worker Ray Glover have equipped and developed over the last decade.  State of the art equipment includes a Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) vertical machining center and a CNC surface grinder.

Colin is a graduate student in the Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE) Department at HSU and the president of RESU (the Renewable Energy Student Union). He is overjoyed to be working for SERC as a research assistant in the assessment of wind and micro-hydro resources on the Yurok Reservation. Colin’s previous involvement with SERC includes conducting outreach and education as a docent. His current academic research involves developing and evaluating statistical tools for assessing wind resources in Humboldt County. He hopes to apply these techniques in his work with the Yurok Tribe and he looks forward to many more misty field visits to the Klamath.

James is a Senior Research Engineer at SERC. He has a B.S. Degree in Environmental Resources Engineering from Humboldt State University, and has worked professionally in the energy field since 1990. Since 1995 he has been a project manager at SERC and has been involved in the design, development, installation, and start-up of electrolytic hydrogen generation systems, hydrogen vehicle fueling stations, hydrogen fuel cell power systems, and solar electric power systems. Mr. Zoellick was the project manager and lead designer for both the Schatz Hydrogen Generation Center and the Zweig Education Building Fuel Cell System at SunLine Transit . Mr. Zoellick's additional work at SERC has included the development and demonstration of hydrogen fuel cell systems for real world applications, including vehicles and stationary, portable and remote power systems. Mr. Zoellick has also been involved in the design, installation, testing and modeling of photovoltaic energy systems, including the design and installation of a 2 kW AC grid-intertied system at the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology. Mr. Zoellick has taught several college level energy courses. He is the current chairman for the City of Arcata Energy Committee.