Experience

Global Energy Monitor

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Analyst

  • May 2021 - Present

  Research analyst tracking liquefied natural gas infrastructure development, with regional focuses on the United States and Asia. Research analyst tracking liquefied natural gas infrastructure development, with regional focuses on the United States and Asia.


Freelance
• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Technical Writer

  • Feb 2021 - May 2021


Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clean Energy Innovation Policy Analyst

  • May 2019 - Oct 2020

  Researched clean energy innovation and advocated for related policies to help decarbonize the economy and achieve international climate goals. My work examined how Congress, the Department of Energy, and other agencies can advance individual technologies—from better solar panels to carbon capture—as well as strengthen the U.S. innovation ecosystem—from funding large-scale demonstration projects to supporting high-tech startups. Researched clean energy innovation and advocated for related policies to help decarbonize the economy and achieve international climate goals. My work examined how Congress, the Department of Energy, and other agencies can advance individual technologies—from better solar panels to carbon capture—as well as strengthen the U.S. innovation ecosystem—from funding large-scale demonstration projects to supporting high-tech startups.



IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute

• Science Policy Fellow

  • Oct 2016 - May 2019

  Provided independent, objective analysis of science and technology policy in support of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and other science-conducting federal agencies. Areas of focus included geothermal energy, space weather, energy sector security and resilience, quantum technologies, and artificial intelligence. The Science and Technology Policy Institute is a federally-funded research and development center administered by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Show less



Université d'Aix-Marseille

• France
• Higher Education

• Fulbright U.S. Advanced Student

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2016

  Completed a master's degree in plasma physics and fusion sciences, including a five-month internship at the international nuclear fusion research facility ITER. Completed a master's degree in plasma physics and fusion sciences, including a five-month internship at the international nuclear fusion research facility ITER.



U.S. Department of Energy

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• DOE Scholar, Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis

  • Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  Supported the development of the Quadrennial Energy Review—an assessment of U.S. energy infrastructure—as well as state, local, and tribal activities of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis. Internship supported by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Supported the development of the Quadrennial Energy Review—an assessment of U.S. energy infrastructure—as well as state, local, and tribal activities of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis. Internship supported by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.



PennEnvironment

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations

• Intern

  • Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

  Helped build coalitions in Pennsylvania in support of the EPA Clean Power Plan. Helped build coalitions in Pennsylvania in support of the EPA Clean Power Plan.



Camp Merrowvista

• Trip Leader

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Led high school students on long hiking, biking, and canoeing trips, including the last 125 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Led high school students on long hiking, biking, and canoeing trips, including the last 125 miles of the Appalachian Trail.



Brown Outdoor Leadership Training

• Program Manager and Group Leader

  • Feb 2011 - May 2014

  Led eight sophomores on a five-day hiking trip in August 2012, after 180 hours of training in leadership, group facilitation, and first aid; trained new group leaders in spring 2014; and oversaw the program with a small team of managers from January to December of 2013, supervising 40 group leaders and 120 participants. Led eight sophomores on a five-day hiking trip in August 2012, after 180 hours of training in leadership, group facilitation, and first aid; trained new group leaders in spring 2014; and oversaw the program with a small team of managers from January to December of 2013, supervising 40 group leaders and 120 participants.



General Atomics

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory National Undergraduate Fellow

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Conducted research at the National Fusion Facility in San Diego, following a one-week instructional course in plasma physics at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Conducted research at the National Fusion Facility in San Diego, following a one-week instructional course in plasma physics at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.



Nanjing University

• China
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Researched a solar fuel system to be used for clean hydrogen production in a laboratory at Nanjing University. Placement through Clarkson University's International Research Experience for Students, funded by the National Science Foundation, Corning Inc., and the Center for Advanced Materials Processing at Clarkson University. Researched a solar fuel system to be used for clean hydrogen production in a laboratory at Nanjing University. Placement through Clarkson University's International Research Experience for Students, funded by the National Science Foundation, Corning Inc., and the Center for Advanced Materials Processing at Clarkson University.