People
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![Katy Huff](/img/people/huffk.jpg)
Katy Huff
Associate Professor
Katy is the director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles group at Illinois. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in the United States Department of Energy.
![Madicken Munk](/img/people/munkm.jpg)
Madicken Munk
Research Scientist
Madicken is acting the director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles group at Illinois.
![Samuel Dotson](/img/people/dotsons.jpg)
Samuel Dotson
Graduate Research Assistant
Sam works on grid-scale energy system modeling and optimization methods with a focus on nuclear energy and its implications for energy justice.
![Oleksandr Yardas](/img/people/yardaso.jpeg)
Oleksandr Yardas
Graduate Research Assistant
Olek is a graduate student interested in passive safety and operations, microreactors, and decentralized power generation. He is still trying to figure out how to integrate these interests into a viable career.
![Ceser Zambrano](/img/people/zambranoc.png)
Ceser Zambrano
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ceser is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC. He is interested in the usage of simulations for reactor cores.
![Nathan Glaser](/img/people/glasern.png)
Nathan Glaser
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Nathan is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC, interested in fission reactor fuel modeling and simulation.
![Rhys MacMillan](/img/people/macmillanr.png)
Rhys MacMillan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Rhys is an undergraduate in NPRE. He is interested in understanding the global fuel cycle.