Experience

Clean Air Task Force

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Insights and Integration Strategy

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Kasparas supports CATF’s overall strategy and mission by proactively identifying, evaluating, and synthesizing new trends, intelligence, and narratives in emerging topics to inform the launch new initiatives, projects, thought leadership and tools that progress and enhance CATF and external climate strategy. Additionally, Kasparas supports various CATF projects related to energy systems analysis and power market design. Kasparas supports CATF’s overall strategy and mission by proactively identifying, evaluating, and synthesizing new trends, intelligence, and narratives in emerging topics to inform the launch new initiatives, projects, thought leadership and tools that progress and enhance CATF and external climate strategy. Additionally, Kasparas supports various CATF projects related to energy systems analysis and power market design.



The Brattle Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2022

  Work focused on helping states, cities, utilities, developers, and NGOs plan energy infrastructure, renewable and climate policy, electricity policy, and clean energy procurement strategy. Fields of expertise include integrated resource planning, energy infrastructure planning, transmission planning, capacity expansion modeling, policy design, and market design. Responsibilities included managing projects (junior and senior staff, budgets, and clients), writing and presenting project deliverables, developing new business opportunities, and writing proposals. Over my tenure, I’ve personally managed over $5 million of billable work, including several $500k+ and multi-contractor projects, where I managed the coordination of multiple consultant teams. Within the firm, Kasparas lead a team to win an internal "shark tank" competition to develop a new line of work related to decarbonizing the natural gas distribution and utility network. Show less



Clean Energy Leadership Institute

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Mar 2020 - Aug 2020

  The CELI Fellowship is a 21-week program for working professionals taught by thought leaders and expert practitioners in the field of clean energy. Sessions cover energy technical knowledge, leadership and communication training, and community events dedicated to building an equitable, decarbonized, and resilient energy system. The CELI Fellowship is a 21-week program for working professionals taught by thought leaders and expert practitioners in the field of clean energy. Sessions cover energy technical knowledge, leadership and communication training, and community events dedicated to building an equitable, decarbonized, and resilient energy system.



Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) Fellow

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  Kasparas evaluated the effects of different carbon policy designs on clean energy project financing in wholesale power markets to motivate effective financing of clean energy infrastructure. Work included creating a model to simulate unit-commitment and economic dispatch operations in a wholesale power market, and project finance decisions in ERCOT (Texas). Kasparas evaluated the effects of different carbon policy designs on clean energy project financing in wholesale power markets to motivate effective financing of clean energy infrastructure. Work included creating a model to simulate unit-commitment and economic dispatch operations in a wholesale power market, and project finance decisions in ERCOT (Texas).



Princeton University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Princeton Energy and Climate Scholar (PECS)

  • Jun 2016 - May 2018

  During the tenure, Kasparas co-authored a report that informs institutions and corporations how to create an energy and emission plan to meet environmental and energy goals using a scalable, sustainable, and effective approach (linked below). Kasparas also co-Chaired the group (of 20 scholars) from Sept 2017-2018. Last, Kasparas consulted the Executive Director of Princeton University’s Engineering and Campus Energy Facilities Department on: - Ensuring consistency between the university’s emission accounting methods used to evaluate their energy and climate plan and the university’s CO2 Mitigation Criteria. - Evaluated emission accounting methods related to a renewable biodiesel purchase. - The cost-efficacy of an external renewable energy procurement proposal worth +$80M. Link to Report: https://environment.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Emissions-Energy-Planning_FINAL.pdf Show less



International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

• Austria
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Young Scientist Summer Program

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  Investigated how practical biomass resource constraints can impact the potential for biomass energy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) to reduce greenhouse gas in the United States. Built a techno-economic optimization model that spatially-optimized biomass harvesting and transport, BECCS technology deployment, carbon dioxide pipeline development, and carbon storage. Results showed that the uncertainty of supply of sustainable biomass will likely limit the BECCS potential in future scenarios. Show less



McGill University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

  Research assistant for four projects while attending McGill University: 1. Developed a statistical baseflow separation model that estimates baseflow quantities entering the Rio Santa watershed in Peru. Supervisor: Dr. McKenzie, J. (McGill U.). - Results showed large contributions of baseflow recharge to the Rio Santa, suggesting shrinking glaciers and spring meltwater could significantly reduce river water resource for local populations in the future. 2. Project analyzed the Precambrian sulfur isotope record in order to calculate concentration of marine sulfate, a proxy for bacterial activity, in the global ocean from 1000-750 million years ago. Supervisors: Dr. Halverson, G.P. (McGill U.), Dr. Planavsk, N (Yale U.). Funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Undergraduate Student Research Award 2013 ($5625). - Data collected and processed has been submitted, see Bellefroid et al. below. 3. Project analyzed the stress-rupturing mechanisms of the M9.0 Tohoku earthquake off the coast of Japan. Supervisor: Dr. Yajing Liu (McGill U.). - Results suggest that from a stress-triggering perspective the M7.3 foreshock was not responsible for the triggering of the subsequent M9.0 Tohoku Earthquake. 4. Processed and analyzed field samples using several quantitative methods in order to better understand batholith emplacement mechanisms. Participated in a three week field season in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, with a team of ten researchers from across North America. Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Hall (McGill University, College of the Atlantic). Funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Undergraduate Student Research Award ($5625) and GEOTOP Undergraduate Research Award 2012 ($1500). Show less