Welcome to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series! Each month, we highlight SafeTREC staff and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Ana Lopez, Policy and Program Analyst.
Ana Lopez is from Huntington Park (commonly known as “HP” among south LA natives), a city in the southeast Los Angeles region. She received her Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Social Welfare and in Hispanic Languages, Linguistics, and Bilingualism at UC Berkeley in 2016. She is a Policy and...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Jarah Crowner, Policy & Program Analyst.
Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am from Jackson, Mississippi. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a concentration in Pre-Medicine at Jackson State University in 2016. I received my Master of Public Health in Health Behavior, Promotion and Education at Jackson State University in...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Nancy Leon, SafeTREC Finance Manager.
Nancy Leon was born in Oakland and raised in Berkeley, CA. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in Marketing at San Francisco State University in 2002. She is the Finance Manager at SafeTREC and has been working at the research center for 8 years. Nancy takes care of anything that involves...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet SafeTREC's Visiting Scholar, Dr. Kangsoo Kim. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I have been at SafeTREC as a visiting scholar since February 2021. I have served as a Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (KDI) and conducted research on infrastructure development, public...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Aqshems Nichols, Graduate Student Researcher. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My journey began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but I spent the formative years of my upbringing in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. I moved to the Bay Area to attend graduate school and I am currently enrolled as a graduate student in transportation engineering at UC Berkeley. My current research...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Kristen Leckie, Policy & Program Analyst. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I grew up in Southern California, mostly in the Inland Empire. I found my way to Berkeley to finish up my B.A.s in Anthropology and Gender and Women’s Studies and I’ve been lucky enough to stay in the Bay. Previously, I worked at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition as a Senior...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Katherine Gosselin, Research Analyst.
Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I moved to the Bay Area from Hartford, CT in August 2019 to do my M.S. in Transportation Engineering at UC Berkeley shortly after completing my B.S.E. in Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut. I began working at SafeTREC in January 2020 as a Graduate...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet graduate student researcher Qianhua Luo.
Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I was born and raised in a beautiful and livable city called Huizhou in the south of China. In 2014, I started college in Tongji University, Shanghai and chose to major in Transportation. I got the opportunity to study in the Transportation program at UC Berkeley as an...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Afsaneh Yavari, Research and Development Engineer.
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I am from Iran and moved to Milwaukee, WI in 1978 when I was in high school. I got both B.S. and Master’s degrees from University of WI-Milwaukee. Both degrees are in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Transportation Engineering. I am a registered Traffic...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Data Systems Analyst Hadi Soueidan. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I have a mostly engineering oriented background. I recently graduated from the Masters in Transportation Engineering program at UC Berkeley, prior to that I have a background in Civil Engineering which was my major during my undergrad. My journey at SafeTREC started back in June where I...
