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McDonald Group: Current Members

Evan Iacobucci
Postdoctoral Scholar
Travel habits, behavior change, transportation equity
evaniaco@unc.edu
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Mathew Palmer
PhD Candidate
Education facilities planning, School transportation planning, and School travel safety
wmpalmer@email.unc.edu

Alumni

Youngseob Eum, Postdoc 2022-2023, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Manuel Santana Palacios, Postdoc 2022-2023, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Abigail Cochran, Postdoc 2020-2022, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Jueyu ‘Olivia’ Wang, Postdoc 2020-2022, Associate Transportation Researcher, Texas Transportation Institute
Torrey Lyons, Postdoc 2019-2020, MetroAnalytics
Ria Kontou, Postdoc 2018-2019, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Quan “Jack” Yuan, Postdoc 2018-2019, Assistant Professor, Tongji University

Kai Monast, PhD 2023, Director-Public Transportation, NC State Institute for Transportation Research and Education
Lindsay Oluyede, PhD 2022, Presidential Postdoctoral Scholar, Arizona State University
Mary Wolfe McKinley, PhD 2020, Associate Director Research Innovation and Development, Center for Health Equity Research, UNC School of Medicine
Gwen Kash, PhD 2018, Social Motion Inclusive Cities Consulting
Louis Merlin, PhD 2014, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Emma Vinella-Brusher, MCRP 2023/MPH 2023, Mobility Services Planner, City of Durham
Lauren Prunkl, MCRP 2022, Kittelson & Associates (Charlotte)
Blake Cashmore, MCRP 2020, Naval Facilitites Engineering Systems Command (formerly Burlington-Graham MPO)
Tory Gibler, MCRP 2020, Fehr & Peers
Will Leimenstoll, MCRP/MBA 2020, EYA
Lisa Fiedler, MCRP 2018, What Works Cities
Katy Lang, MCRP 2018, DDOT (formerly WalkArlington and BikeArlington)
Stephanie Tepperberg, MCRP/MPH 2018, National Park Service (formerly Y-USA)Alyson West, MCRP 2018, Highway Safety Research Center
Taylor McAdam, MCRP 2017, Fehr & Peers (Oakland)
Ian Hamilton, MCRP 2016, VHB
Alex Kado, MCRP 2016, City of Minneapolis (formerly The Hague’s Department for Urban Development/Traffic)
Jesse Cohn McGowan, MCRP 2015, Sam Schwartz  (formerly Montgomery County Planning Department and Fehr & Peers)
Haoting Hu, MCRP 2014, Amazon
Ann McGrane, MCRP 2014, Transit Technology (formerly NYC Department of Transportation)
Allison Bullock, MCRP 2013, Arlington County (formerly NYC Department of Transportation and Alta Planning + Design)
Eryn Rosenblum, MCRP 2013, Nelson/Nygaard
Carly Sieff, MCRP 2013, Fehr & Peers (Denver)
Harley Cooper, MCRP 2012, SEPTA
Kate Cunningham, MCRP 2010, US Bank
Amanda Dwelley, MCRP 2010, ILLUME AdvisingAlvarez & Marsal
Chava Kronenberg, MCRP 2008, San Francisco MTA