Alumni Spotlights
By Nicole Rihn
It's time for another spotlight to shine on some of our EST&P Alumni! We keep an eye out on for our alumni to post about their complishments. We have also been updated by some directly! If you ever want to be featured, please reach out to us!
Uroš Simović (M.S. ’16)
Attended and spoke at the 2025 UNC Cleantech Summit. He discussed "Accelerating Grid Integration – Fast-Tracking Clean Energy Connections," diving into strategies for expediting clean energy interconnections and overcoming infrastructure bottlenecks.
Carlos Marin (M.S. ’15)
Shared his company’s (STX Group) experience on the Energy Savings Certificate (EAC) market in a recent interview with Arch30.
Manish Sainani (M.S. ’22)
Shared his journey to his current job and talked about how it impacts the world in an interview lead by NYISO.
Dhruv Jain (M.S. ’24)
Attended a few conferences in the past few months: 8th International Conference – Roadmap to Net Zero hosted by Energy Institute & City University of Hong Kong, Jumpstarter 2025 hosted by Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and BEYOND Expo.
Sriram Hari (M.S. ’23)
Received the Emerging and Diverse Professional Scholarship at AESP Annual 2025 Conference in Phoenix.
Isabella Solari Irribarra (M.S. ’17)
Moderate two two separate panels at two different conferences: "Efficient CAPEX: Long-Term Reliability as a Pillar of Solar Profitability" at Energyear Chile 2025 and "The Growing Path of Renewables” at the 8th Latin America Energy Summit by Industry Exchange
Disha V. Giridhar (M.S. ’14)
Spotlighted by her company (Honda Trading Canada Inc.) for Earth Month for her efforts in driving real environmental progress across their operations. Disha also represented her company and attended the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.
Alex Newkirk (M.S. ’23)
Winner of the 2025 Robert W. Dunlap Award for the best Part B Qualifier Solution in Engineering & Public Policy for “Space Solar Power.”
Pranav Gupta (M.S. ’22)
2025 Energy Central Innovation award winner.
Adrian Jonathan Yosua (M.S. ’24)
Spoke at Indonesia Economic Forum, where he shared insights on how PLN is working to accelerate Indonesia’s journey toward net zero emissions.
Hongyi Lin (M.S. ’20)
Has been organizing and hosting a weekly battery webinar, Battery Modeling Webinar Series (BMWS), for the past 3 years. He is now launching an in-person battery conference in 2026. The seminar is in association with GRC Batteries 2026.