I work as a Senior Program Officer with the National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems.

I’m currently leading work at the Academies on electricity system reliability and decarbonization, applying life-cycle assessment for fuels policy and regulation, as well as supporting a Congressionally-mandated evaluation of ARPA-E, and the development of a research agenda for atmospheric methane removal.

I co-direct a roundtable on macroeconomics & climate change, have directed Department of Energy-sponsored studies on the evolution of the electricity system, and supported work advising NSF’s approach to earth systems science. I work to convene expert events on topics ranging from decarbonization and the financial system, to climate intervention strategies, to U.S. federal clean energy innovation policy.

I received my PhD from the Center for Sustainable Systems in the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability, and a BS in Economics and Environmental Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.