Our Team

REPS Team

Claudia Marin-Artieda, Ph.D., PE

Interim Director
Howard University
Email: cmarin@howard.edu
Phone: 202-806-6580

Ayanna Jones

REPS Assistant Director
Howard University
Email: ayanna.jones2@howard.edu

Phone: 202-806-6570

Luwei Zeng, Ph.D.

REPS Research Engineer
Howard University
Email: luwei.zeng@howard.edu
Phone: 202-806-6570

Hilary Nixon, Ph.D.

REPS Education and Workforce Development Lead
Deputy Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute
Email: hilary.nixon@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-7564

Karen Philbrick, Ph.D.

REPS Associate Director
Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute
Email: karen.philbrick@sjsu.edu

Shashi Nambisan, Ph.D.

REPS Technology Transfer Co-Lead
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Email: shashi@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-2300

Brendan Morris, Ph.D.

REPS Diversity and Equity Lead
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Email: brendan.morris@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-774-1480

Nii O Attoh-Okine, Ph.D.

REPS Associate Director
University of Maryland
Email: niiokine@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-1979