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 Program and Policy Analyst Noelani Fixler. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I grew up in the Hudson Valley, New York, not so patiently awaiting the day I could get my drivers license to gain autonomy. After high school I moved to Los Angeles, where I continued to drive in the largely car-dependent city. When I transferred from community...
Get to know the SafeTREC team! Explore the posts in the SafeTREC Spotlight Series, where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety 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 Postdoctoral Researcher Iman Mahdinia. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am a postdoctoral researcher at SafeTREC starting May 1st, 2023. Before that, I was a postdoc at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), right after receiving my Ph.D. from there. My doctoral research was centered on exploring the potential impacts of connected and...
The UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) has announced the 2024 ITS awards, where three SafeTREC leadership and staff members and one alum have been recognized for their contributions towards creating a culture of excellence and increasing the research portfolio of SafeTREC and the ITS community.
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 Research Data Analyst Liza Lutzker. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
Professionally, I’m trained as an epidemiologist with experience in environmental and occupational health and also infectious diseases. For the past decade, I’ve also been involved as a volunteer pedestrian...
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation safety. In today's post, meet Program and Policy Analyst Lucia Ornelas. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I was born in Oakland and grew up in the Bay Area. I am second generation, with my parents and their families immigrating from Mexico to the United States. At the start of my career I gained experience in the non-profit space working with children, high school students, and parents in program planning and...
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 Lecturer and Visiting Policy Analyst Glenn Shor. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My career and expertise as a public policy analyst and researcher are in occupational safety and health (OSH) - the prevention of injury at work- and workers’ compensation (WC) – the...
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 Application Programmer Simon Kao. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since coming to California after getting my Masters in Computer Science from Brown University. Prior to that, I lived in Connecticut and Virginia. My family moved to Virginia from Hong Kong when I was in Junior High School, but I was...
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 Research Data Analyst Ipsita Banerjee. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am a Research Data Analyst at SafeTREC. Some of you may also know me as the instructor for the graduate course CE259 Public Transportation Systems in the College of Engineering. I received my undergraduate and Master's degrees...
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 Program and Policy Analyst Areli Ariana Balderrama. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My name is Areli Ariana Balderrama (they/them), and I grew up in Northern California, surrounded by a rich agricultural community that shapes my understanding of community, equity, and justice. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature with a minor in...
