Pavel Ozhogin

Pavel Ozhogin is a Director of Data Science at National Grid, where he leads a team that focuses on solving business problems through data-driven approaches. Pavel’s passion for finding actionable insights from data has led him to study and utilize statistics, predictive analytics, AI/machine learning, and process improvement. He applies all these techniques daily to support the transformational changes currently facing the utility industry. While analyzing satellite data and working on his Ph.D. dissertation in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Pavel developed and validated a new model of electron densities in the Earth’s plasmasphere.

Dr. Nick BAssill

Dr. Nick Bassill is an atmospheric scientist with a background in numerical weather prediction, forecasting, data science/analysis, data visualization and a desire to apply those skills to emergency management and other public-sector uses of weather. His current position requires a significant amount of public outreach to organizations such as state agencies, utilities, educational entities, and others to engage them on how weather affects their operations and their stakeholders. In 2014, he joined the NYS Mesonet before they began deploying a $30M weather observing network. Afterward, Nick moved to the UAlbany Center of Excellence, where he conducted a series of research and product development projects with area utilities. Nick pushed for the creation of a publicly funded NY State Weather Risk Communication Center. This Center was successfully created in 2023, and Nick currently serves as the director while continuing his role at the Center of Excellence.

Bruce Bailey

Dr. Bruce Bailey began his career in the renewable energy field while working as a research associate at UAlbany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. He then founded and led AWS Truepower, a meteorological and engineering consulting firm serving the renewables industry for over 30 years before the firm was acquired by UL. At UL, Bruce became the VP of Renewables. He has since retired from UL and remains active in the field, maintaining valuable interactions with UAlbany and industry.

 Dr. Bailey has also established an Endowed Fellowship at UAlbany that provides perpetual support for a doctoral fellow. The Followship encourages interdisciplinary research aimed at enabling effective deployment of renewable energy on the electric grid using innovative insights from the atmospheric sciences and other fields. Research will focus on topics such as: advanced resource assessment in a changing climate; large-scale integration of renewable energy on the grid; economic assessment of renewable energy deployments; renewable energy public policy and education; and energy infrastructure resiliency maximization.