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The Section on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment (ENRE) is organized to:
  • promote the development and application of operations research/management science methods, techniques, and tools to the solution of problems relating to energy, natural resources and/or the environment,
  • encourage the exchange of information among practitioners and users in energy, natural resources, and environmental applications areas, and
  • promote the maintenance of high professional standards in the application of operations research/management science to problem areas in energy, natural resources, and/or the environment.

2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting @ Atlanta, GA, October 26-29, 2025

ENRE Clusters
At every INFORMS Annual Meeting, ENRE organizes several clusters of sessions on research themes related to energy, natural resources, and the environment. Our clusters and cluster chairs for the upcoming 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting are listed below. If you are interested in organizing or speaking in an ENRE session, then please see our Guidelines page for details.

ENRE Electricity

Joseph Duggan, University of Dayton

jduggan1@udayton.edu

ENRE Energy

Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, Rutgers University

aziz.ezzat@rutgers.edu

ENRE Energy and Climate

Kai Pan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

kai.pan@polyu.edu.hk

ENRE Environment and Sustainability

Fariba Farajbakhsh Mamaghani, Tulane University

fariba@tulane.edu

ENRE Natural Resources

Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy, Virginia Tech

esratoy@vt.edu



We would like to express our gratitude towards these dedicated researchers & professionals for providing this important service to our community!


Best Paper Awards
Every year, ENRE awards a number of prizes to outstanding academic contributions in the field of operations research and management science with applications in energy, natural resources, and the environment. If you are interested in nominating a paper for one of these awards, then please see our Guidelines page for more details.

ENRE Student Best Paper 
Committee Chair: Elina Spyrou, Imperial College London (evangelia.spyrou@imperial.ac.uk)

ENRE Early-Career Best Paper
Committee Chair: Chiara Lo Prete, Penn State University (chiaraloprete@psu.edu)

ENRE Best Publication – Energy
Committee Chair: Jacob Mays, Cornell University (jacobmays@cornell.edu)

ENRE Best Publication – Natural Resources
Committee Chair: Safak Yucel, Georgetown University (safak.yucel@georgetown.edu)
ENRE Best Publication – Environment and Sustainability
        Committee Chair: Yury Dvorkin, Johns Hopkins University (ydvorki1@jhu.edu)



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Hotelling Medal for Lifetime Achievement in ENRE
This is a competitive award that recognizes ​the lifetime achievements of INFORMS scholars who have made sustained and exceptional contributions to the major areas spanned by ENRE. For more information about the Hotelling Medal and its nomination and selection processes, please see our Hotelling Medal page.
      Committee Chair: Shmuel Oren, UC Berkeley (shmuel@berkeley.edu)

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More information and past winners
We would like to congratulate the winners of the Awards in previous years! Read more...

"Society Spotlight" featuring ENRE in OR/MS Tomorrow, the INFORMS Student Magazine
OR-MS-Tomorrow-logo_cardlarge.pngOR/MS Tomorrow, the INFORMS Student just published an issue on "Operation Research & Management in Energy and Environment". They feature a "Society Spotlight" article on ENRE laying on the mission and history of our section - and our commitment to provide an open and welcoming platform for students at the intersection of OR/MS, energy, and the environment!

Our Community

ENRE Leadership

President: Benjamin D. Leibowicz, University of Texas at Austin

President-Elect: Ramteen Sioshansi, Carnegie Mellon

Secretary-Treasurer: Gökçe Palak, Wake Forest

Communications & Outreach: Krishna Rijal, University of South Florida

   

Past Presidents: 

Antonio Conejo

Hayri Önal

Miguel F. Anjos

Sandra Ekşioğlu

Past Secretary-Treasurers:

Sauleh Siddiqui

Sandra Ekşioğlu

Benjamin D. Leibowicz

Luce Brotcorne

Past Communications & Outreach:

Diwas Paudel

Daniel Huppmann

Vignesh Subramanian

Kevin Melendez




Read here for more info and contact details.