Staff Focused on Energy Sources, Technology, and Policy
To learn more about a staff member, click on his or her name to access a staff bio.
To learn more about a staff member, click on his or her name to access a staff bio.


David Ortiz is a senior engineer and policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He has over 10 years of experience advising national and international decisionmakers in the areas of energy and the environment, transportation, advanced technology,…
Tom LaTourrette is a senior physical scientist at the RAND Corporation, specializing in energy, public safety, and homeland security policy. His public safety and homeland security research addresses emergency responder safety and health, management and coordination for disaster response,…
James T. Bartis is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Bartis has more than 25 years of experience in policy analyses and technical assessments in energy and national security. His recent energy research topics include analyses of the international petroleum supply chain,…
Aimee Curtright is a physical scientist and associate research department director of the Engineering and Applied Sciences Department at the RAND Corporation. She is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Curtright works primarily in the areas of energy policy and technology…
Henry H. Willis is director of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Willis has applied risk analysis tools to resource allocation and risk management decisions in the areas of public health and emergency preparedness, homeland and…
Constantine Samaras is an engineer at the RAND Corporation. He is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). His primary research area is energy and climate policy…