Todd BenDor joined the University of Illinois and the LEAM project in the Fall of 2003. Todd's work at LEAM has included the creation of a spatially dynamic model of public recreational open space development, as well as work on modeling the brownfield redevelopment process. More recent work has looked at methods for modeling commercial and industrial location mechanisms.

As a Ph.D. student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, his focus has been directed at modeling the environmental dynamics of spatially defined urban systems. His research interests include brownfield redevelopment and environmental mitigation as policies for influencing the success of ecological restoration projects.
Todd completed his Master of Science degree in Environmental Science at Washington State University in 2003, studying the potential benefits of a combined set of economic incentive policies for automobile emissions reduction on air qualtiy in congested urban airsheds.

Prior to that, Todd earned his Bachelor of Science degree in System Dynamics at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA) in 2002 (concentration in environmental policy). His senior thesis involved modeling the effects of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards on the current aging fleet of vehicles in the United States.

He finds solace in skiing, ice-skating, watching hockey and baseball, and swimming.