Jasmina Burek

Dr. Burek is a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Materials Systems Laboratory and the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She has over 13 years of research experience in modeling of complex systems including applied energy systems, renewable energy, commercial buildings, agricultural systems, food processing, and food distribution. Her main expertise is in the life cycle assessment (LCA) method and application. In addition, she combines the LCA method with energy simulations, process modeling, and quantitative methods such as Monte Carlo uncertainty, cluster and classification analysis, and multi-objective optimization. In her past research, she focused on developing mathematical attributional and consequential LCA models of fluid milk packaging, agricultural production, food supply chains, and animal feed ingredients. Her PhD research was about assessment and improvement of the environmental performance of distribution centers and supermarkets. At MIT, she is developing a streamlined LCA framework and models to support early decision making in commercial buildings development. Within the SHINE at MIT project, she focuses on assessing the positive impact of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative and the industry stakeholders.

Elizabeth Moore

Dr. Liz Moore is a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Materials Systems Laboratory working on the SHINE at MIT project as well as research on the environmental impact and cost of treating all plastic waste in the United States. Her Ph.D. is in Sustainability from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and her past research focused on the risks and benefits of integrating novel materials, engineered nanomaterials, into clean energy technologies. She has a wide range of interdisciplinary experience including life cycle assessment (LCA), optimization modeling, geospatial information systems, and risk assessment (e.g. ecotoxicity testing). In 2018, she was a Visiting Scientist at the United Nations University for Environment and Human Security where she worked to assess the geospatial information capacity of countries for disaster risk reduction. She served as an Adjunct Professor at RIT in the  Information Sciences and Technologies and Anthropology departments teaching courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Sustainable Development at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is passionate about STEM education and regularly volunteers with K12 communities.