{"669500":{"#nid":"669500","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Laura Taylor to Lead the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center as Interim Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Strategic Energy Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESEI\u003C\/a\u003E) of the Georgia Institute of Technology is excited to welcome Laura Taylor as the interim director of the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/epicenter\/\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEPICenter\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETaylor is currently serving as chair of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Economics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the faculty in 2018, she was the director of the Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy at North Carolina State University and associate director of the Environmental Policy Program at Georgia State University (2001 \u2013 2015).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/laura-taylor\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETaylor\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has extensive experience measuring the broader economic benefits associated with improved air, water, and ecosystem quality and is an elected fellow and past president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She has held numerous advisory board positions, including the environmental economics subcommittee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s science advisory board and the legislative research commission advisory subcommittee on offshore energy exploration for the North Carolina General Assembly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m excited about Laura Taylor\u2019s experience and her vision for deepening engagement of EPICenter with the academic units and faculty on campus,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/tim-lieuwen\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and David S. Lewis Jr. Chair in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and executive director of SEI. \u201cEPICenter exists to connect the deep expertise and convening power of Georgia Tech to real-world problems faced by regional decision-makers, and she has a wealth of experience in this applied mission.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETaylor\u2019s research has received funding from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior, and the National Science Foundation. Her current research focuses on the economics of environmental management and includes topics at the intersection of energy systems and human health, exploration of household responses to water conservation policies, and benefits of hazardous waste site cleanup for neighboring communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am thrilled to lead the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWith the rapid advances in clean energy in the Southeast and across the nation, I look forward to engaging the research faculty across Georgia Tech and amplifying the strong energy policy research that\u2019s happening here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout EPICenter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOperating as a division of the Strategic Energy Institute,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epicenter.energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEPICenter\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was created to provide an unbiased and interdisciplinary framework for stimulating innovation in energy policy and technology for the Southeast. Based out of the campus of Georgia Tech, the center draws upon regional and national expertise within academia, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and research facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Strategic Energy Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESEI\u003C\/a\u003E) of the Georgia Institute of Technology is excited to welcome Laura Taylor as the interim director of the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/epicenter\/\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEPICenter\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) of the Georgia Institute of Technology is excited to welcome Laura Taylor as the interim director of the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter)."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2023-09-06 20:44:31","changed_gmt":"2023-09-06 20:46:07","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671045":{"id":"671045","type":"image","title":"Professor Laura Taylor has been reappointed to a second five-year term as chair of School of the School of Economics, effective July 1, 2023.","body":null,"created":"1687873725","gmt_created":"2023-06-27 13:48:45","changed":"1687873725","gmt_changed":"2023-06-27 13:48:45","alt":"Laura Taylor, a blonde woman with a fair complexion, stands in a navy dress in front of a large window with a vibrant colored opaque coverings.","file":{"fid":"254038","name":"laura taylor official headshot 16-9.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/27\/laura%20taylor%20official%20headshot%2016-9.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/27\/laura%20taylor%20official%20headshot%2016-9.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1294063,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/06\/27\/laura%20taylor%20official%20headshot%2016-9.png?itok=TVg0rg2k"}}},"media_ids":["671045"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESEI Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}