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

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

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)

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
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"Society Spotlight" featuring ENRE in OR/MS Tomorrow, the INFORMS Student Magazine

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