Titles

• Graduate Research Fellow, Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
• PhD Student, School for the Future of Innovation in Society

Biography

Jan is a first-year PhD student in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He is currently a graduate fellow in the Urban Resilience to Extremes (UREx) working with the Governance and Scenario Planning team. Jan is interested in designing community-based information systems to empower communities to pursue decentralized governance strategy and planning, especially for improved community resilience and thriving. Previously, Jan worked as a research assistant in the National institute of Energy and Island Sustainability in Puerto Rico where he assisted in improving the performance of community aqueducts with the use of renewable energy. He also worked as research assistant in Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Processes (CRISP-Puerto Rico) realizing a stakeholder analysis on energy governance in sustainable transitions to renewable energy. He obtained his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus.Jan is a first year PhD student in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He is currently a graduate fellow in the Urban Resilience to Extremes (UREx) working with the Governance and Scenario Planning team. Jan is interested in designing community-based information systems to empower communities to pursue decentralized governance strategy and planning, especially for improved community resilience and thriving. Previously, Jan worked as a research assistant in the National institute of Energy and Island Sustainability in Puerto Rico where he assisted in improving the performance of community aqueducts with the use of renewable energy. He also worked as research assistant in Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Processes (CRISP-Puerto Rico) realizing a stakeholder analysis on energy governance in sustainable transitions to renewable energy. He obtained his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus.