In 2012, Gellman was appointed Co-Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, where he focuses on management of seed grant support for research, visiting faculty, and PhD student support. Professor Gellman received his BS in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1981 and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985. Thereafter, he was an ICI postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University in Physical Chemistry. He became a faculty member of the chemistry department at the University of Illinois before joining Carnegie Mellon in 1992 where he was appointed the Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1999. Prof.

Gellman also holds courtesy appointments in Materials Science and Engineering and in Chemistry. From Jan. 2003 – Nov. 2013 Prof. Gellman served as Department Head of Chemical Engineering. He oversaw a $28 million renovation of Doherty Hall between 2004 -2008. Prof. Gellman organized a consortium involving Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh, and West Virginia University and in 2007 became the founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Energy Solutions, an outgrowth of the Department of Energy - National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Reed McManigle focuses on energy innovation and entrepreneurship. McManigle assists energy researchers at CMU in protection of their intellectual property and development of strategies to move their work to commercial use. He helps researchers develop and implement strategies for forming startup companies, including conducting customer discovery; soliciting pre-seed funding; and developing relationships with entrepreneur partners. McManigle manages CTTEC's 'gap funding' program and is a mentor in CMU's NSF I-Corps Site program, and for CMU teams in national I-Corps programs.

Dr. Panayiotis (Panos) Moutis, joined the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University in August 2018, following his appointment as a postdoctoral research associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon (Feb. 2016). In his role as systems scientist with the Institute, he has been conducting research on various smart grid applications and paradigms for the management and control of electric power systems, while also offering special topic courses on similar subjects.

In 2014, he was awarded a fellowship by Arup UK (through the University of Greenwich) on the “Research Challenge of Balancing Urban Microgrids in Future Planned Communities,” whereas in 2013 he won the “IEEE Sustainability 360^o Contest” on the topic of Power. Between 2007 and 2015, as part of the SmartRUE research group, he contributed in over a dozen R&D projects funded by the European Commission. Panos received both his diploma (2007) and his PhD (2015) degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He has published more than 20 papers and has accumulated over 10 years of experience as a technical consultant on projects of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency.

He is a senior member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and IEEE Computer Society. Panos is the Chair of the IEEE Smart Grid Publications Committee, the Editor-in-Chief of the “IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter” and has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the “IEEE Smart Grid Compendium of Journal Publications, vol. 1."

As Digital Communications Manager, Kristen Whitlinger leads the digital communication of the Scott Institute and its strategic objectives through engaging design, branding and web content. She brings nearly 10 years of experience in digital marketing, UX web design, and project management in a range of industries including education, arts and local nonprofits. Prior to joining the Scott Institute in 2021, Whitlinger spent five years at Pittsburgh Public Schools managing web and digital communications. She oversaw the district’s digital presence, including over 54 school websites and the district’s survey platform. She has worked with many local organizations in web design, brand management, social media, photography and graphic design. Kristen studied Art and Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh.