
Dr. Marina Sofos currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Her focus at ARPA-E is on novel materials and manufacturing, data analytics, and advanced control methods to improve the efficiency and flexibility of buildings and transportation.

Colleene Thomas is the Senior Outreach and Coordination Advisor for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), responsible for expanding the impact of ARPA-E and its programs.

Kevin Thunell currently serves as the Procurement Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy. In that role, he leads ARPA-E’s Contracting Team and their acquisition and assistance award activities.

Dr. Christian Vandervort is as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).

Ryan Watson serves as a Grants Management Specialist for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

Dr. Douglas Wicks currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E). His focus at ARPA-E is on waste-to-energy technologies.

Dr. Xin Wu currently serves as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). Dr. Wu brings over 16 years of design and development experience in the areas of power electronics, electrical system integration, advanced sensors, real-time and physics-based system modeling and analysis, and diagnostic, prognostic and health monitoring.

Sam Wurzel currently serves as a Technology-to-Market Advisor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), where he helps prepare innovative energy technologies for transition from the lab to the market.