President
Hans Herren

Andrea Bassi, Senior Modeler
Maureen Johnson, Comptroller
Adedoyin Onasanya, Development Associate
Matteo Pedercini, Senior Modeler
Weishuang Qu, Director of Modeling and Analysis

Andrea Bassi, Senior Modeler
Andrea joined MI as a research intern in June 2005. He specializes in modeling resource depletion, energy, and environmental issues for MI's Threshold 21 (T21) model. Andrea has been the principal investigator of a number of energy related projects, including T21-USA, Ohio (EPA Industrial Ecology Project), and Ecuador (validation of the Stern Report). His work on energy issues is currently used by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (U.S. Congress), Ohio State University, University of North Carolina, Middlebury College, ASPO-USA, and others. Prior to joining MI, Andrea worked in the private sector for three years. For Mirage Spa, an Italian sunglasses manufacturing company, he developed a computer-based production process. Andrea is currently a Ph.D. candidate in System Dynamics at the University of Bergen, Norway, where he received a M.Phil. in System Dynamics in 2006. He also holds a M.Sc. in Business and Economics from LIUC, Università Cattaneo Castellanza, Milan, and the post graduate certificate, "Building Models in Ecology and Environment" from the Catedra UNESCO of the Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. Andrea is fluent in Italian (native), English and French.

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Maureen Johnson, Comptroller
Maureen has over twenty years of accounting expertise, including twelve years specializing in nonprofit accounting. Before joining MI in 2004, she was the comptroller of the Development Corporation of Columbia Heights, in Washington, DC. Previously, she worked with the H Street Community Development Corporation and Subsidiaries, also in Washington, DC. Maureen holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of the West Indies, and a Diploma from Alpha Commercial College, both in Jamaica.

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Adedoyin Onasanya, Development Associate
A native of Nigeria, Ade holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Prior to joining MI, he worked for Action Health Incorporated, a Nigeria-based nonprofit organization with a mission to improve youth health and development. He also interned with Europe’s Forum on International Cooperation, a Dutch nonprofit organization working to improve civil society participation in Europe’s international development cooperation efforts. During his internship, Ade conducted research and recommended strategies the European Union can adopt to make development cooperation more equitable for developing countries. In 2002, he was named an "Online Volunteer of the Year" by United Nations Volunteers for his work with HORIZON International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering solutions to problems in the areas of health, environment, development and population.

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Matteo Pedercini, Senior Modeler
Before joining MI, Matteo was the project manager for a European Union development project in the Central African Republic; an Officer and Instructor in the Italian Army’s Parachutists Brigade, and the manager of Cascina Castelgaro SS. Matteo has created and applied several system dynamics national models, in collaboration with developing country governments and international organizations. These models include Population-AIDS model, T21-Mozambique, T21-Papua (Indonesia), T21-Cape Verde, T21-Ghana MDG, T21-USA, and T21-Mali. Matteo is a candidate for a Ph.D. at the University of Bergen, Norway where he also completed a M.Phil in System Dynamics. He also holds a graduate degree in Economics/Business Administration from the LIUC University of Castellanza in Milano, Italy. He is fluent in Italian (native), English, and French, and has good Spanish language skills. Matteo has published a number of papers on modeling and other topics.

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Weishuang Qu, Director of Modeling and Analysis
Weishuang has interdisciplinary skills in system dynamics, econometrics, applied statistics, computer programming, Monte Carlo simulation, electrical engineering, systems engineering, and operations research. He developed MI’s generic Threshold 21 model, and has applied it to many countries, including: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Italy, Latvia, Malawi, Mozambique, Taiwan, Tunisia, and the United States. Weishuang also customized MI’s M3 transportation model for Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and USA, as well as MI’s Multi-Entity Gaming (MEG) model for five entities in southwestern Balkans. He has published papers in several international peer-reviewed journals. Before joining Millennium Institute, Weishuang held positions in diplomacy, technical management, research, and teaching. He holds doctoral and master of science degrees in Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, a Master of Science degree from the Graduate School of the University of Science and Technology of China, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University, also in China.

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