Research Fellows
Introduction
Great Cities Institute hosts GCI Research Fellows who contribute to the mission of the Institute to improve the quality of life of people living in Chicago, its metropolitan region and cities throughout the world through specific funded projects or programs that link UIC with various issue communities.
Great Cities Institute provides resources and administrative services to support fellows and their project teams. GCI provides the venue and infrastructure for furthering fellows’ engaged research.
Current Research Fellows
Ahmed Rachid (AR) El-Khattabi, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Research and Data at the Environmental Finance Center (EFC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Former ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow and Economist in the Water Economics Center, US EPA – Office of Water
Sofia Dermisi, Ph.D.
Victor L. Lyon and Alvin J. Wolff Endowed Professor in Real Estate, University of Washington, Seattle
Chair of the Interdisciplinary Group for Real Estate (IGRE), University of Washington, Seattle