Denia Djokić

Denia Djokić is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Fastest Path to Zero Initiative in the Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Department. Her research interests lie in the social, political, equity, and environmental justice aspects of nuclear waste management, advanced nuclear energy technology, and energy systems more broadly. She is currently involved in several research projects, including the STPP Technology Assessment Project on advanced nuclear reactors, as well as multiple community engagement initiatives under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Collaboration-Based Siting Program and the Nuclear Energy University Program.

In the past, Dr. Djokić was a Levenick Resident Scholar in Sustainability Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Program for Science, Technology, and Society, both at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She has also served as a policy advisor on science, technology, and innovation for the government of Ecuador.

Dr. Djokić holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering with a Designated Emphasis in Energy Science and Technology from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Graduate Student Fellow. She also holds a B.S. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University.