People / Alumni

Joyceline Marealle

Business strategy for Micro-Grid Providers in California (MS ’22)

Joyceline is a Tanzanian who holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester.

Her research interest lies in energy decentralization, diversification, economics and policy making to empower women and improve the standard of living in East Africa.

She currently works at the Renewable & Appropriate Energy Laboratory on Off grid systems in remote areas in East Africa.

Prior to her MS, Joyceline interned at MIT and conducted research on aluminum batteries for electric vehicles. Additionally, since 2017 she has been working to empower marginalized young women of New Hope For Girls Organization in Tanzania. Among her recent projects is her team winning a $10,000 Davis Project for Peace Fellowship to establish a greenhouse farming business to act as a sustainable income generator for the girls.

Apart from energy and women empowerment, Joyceline really enjoys adventurous traveling, dancing and physical fitness.

Links:

Research Group:
RAEL (Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab – Kammen)

Contact:
joyceline.marealle@berkeley.edu