{"id":11,"date":"2025-12-22T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:29:28","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/k-wayne-lee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/K-Wayne-Lee.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/K-Wayne-Lee.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/K-Wayne-Lee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/K-Wayne-Lee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/K-Wayne-Lee-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/k-wayne-lee\/\">K. Wayne Lee<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and Director of RITRL<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2695<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:leekw@uri.edu\">leekw@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Associate Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/christopher-hunter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Christopher-Hunter.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Christopher-Hunter.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Christopher-Hunter-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Christopher-Hunter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Christopher-Hunter-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/christopher-hunter\/\">Christopher Hunter<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:cdhunter@uri.edu\">cdhunter@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/natacha-thomas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Natacha-Thomas.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Natacha-Thomas.jpg 195w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2325\/Natacha-Thomas-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/meet\/natacha-thomas\/\">Natacha Thomas<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:thomas@uri.edu\">thomas@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transportation Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/lar\/meet\/farhad-atash\/\">Farhad Atash<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor of Planning<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Landscape Architecture and Planning, College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/kathleen-a-carroll\/\">Kathleen A. Carroll<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor of Applied Quantitative Ecology<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"> Natural Resources Science, College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/meet\/michael-l-greenfield\/\">Michael Greenfield<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Chemical, Biomolecular, and Materials Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/lar\/meet\/hongbing-tang\/\">Hongbing Tang<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Landscape Architecture and Planning, College of the Environment and Life Sciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Directors Transportation Researchers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5285,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ritrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}