SafeTREC Spotlight

SafeTREC Spotlight: Garrett Fortin

September 13, 2018

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 Garrett Fortin, Policy and Program Analyst.

Garrett Fortin hails from a small town outside of New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Grinnell College in 2011, and his Master of Science in Social Policy at University of Pennsylvania in 2015. Garrett is a Policy & Program Analyst at SafeTREC and...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Adrienne Joseph

May 12, 2020

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 Adrienne Joseph, SafeTREC Research Administrator.

Adrienne Joseph was born and raised in Oakland and currently resides in Vallejo, CA. Adrienne has been an employee at UC Berkeley for 20 years, and has been working at SafeTREC for almost 13 years. She is a Research Administrator and a member of the SafeTREC Admin team. Adrienne sets up contracts for independent contractors...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Qi Zhang

June 3, 2019

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series! Each month, we'll be highlighting a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Qi Zhang, SafeTREC visiting scholar.

Dr. Qi Zhang completed a Bachelor of Engineering (2004) and her Ph.D. in Traffic and Transportation Planning and Management (2009) at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU). After graduation she chose to stay in Beijing and began her career as a teacher there. Dr. Zhang is currently Associate Professor...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Sarah Doggett

November 29, 2018

Welcome to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series! Each month, 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 Sarah Doggett, graduate student researcher.

Sarah Doggett is getting her Master of Urban Planning and Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley. She is from Newark, Delaware and moved to California in 2016. She is a Graduate Student Researcher at SafeTREC, and is working on a project around senior mobility in Contra Costa County.

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SafeTREC Spotlight: Julia Griswold

July 27, 2020

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 Julia Griswold, SafeTREC Researcher.

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

My parents met when they were students at Cal and I grew up in Oakland, so I'm a local. I have a B.A. in Linguistics from Pomona College, a small liberal arts college in Southern California, an M.A. in Geography from San Francisco State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Praveen Vayalamkuzhi

July 9, 2019

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series! Each month, 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 Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, SafeTREC postdoctoral researcher.

Praveen Vayalamkuzhi is from the southern part of India. He received his Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Traffic & Transportation Engineering at Kerala University in 2009, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in 2017....

SafeTREC Spotlight: Ana Lopez

October 16, 2018

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...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Jarah Crowner

October 16, 2020

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...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Nancy Leon

March 26, 2020

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...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Kangsoo Kim

July 19, 2021
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...