Student

Nabig Chaudhry

MS, PhD
Nabig Chaudhry is an MS/PhD student at UC Berkeley. His research lies at the intersection of climate and data science and focuses on building tech and data-enabled climate adaptation solutions.

Emilia Chojkiewicz

PhD
Emilia is a PhD student at ERG. Her research focuses on grid planning to accelerate power system decarbonization by leveraging the existing system, such as reconductoring and surplus interconnection.

Cora Cliburn

MS
Cora is a second-year master’s student focused on climate adaptation and water in the West.

Kate Cullen

PhD
Kate Altemus Cullen (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Energy & Resources Group and Fulbright-Hays Fellow.

Alix Blair Darling

PhD
Alix is an award-winning documentary maker, both in film and audio, and has been working in nonfiction storytelling for over a decade, as a creator and as a teacher, focusing on stories of human rights, women’s voices, environmental justice and trauma-awareness.

Nat De Jonge

MS
As a pre-med and environmental history student in undergrad I have always been broadly fascinated by the intersection between human and environmental health.

Nathaniel “Nate” Dolton-Thornton

PhD
Nathaniel (Nate) Dolton-Thornton is a PhD candidate in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley.

MJ Wong Engel

MS, JD
MJ is an MS/JD student with the Energy & Resources Group and the Law school interested in climate displacement, migration, and sanctuary.

Tim Gröschel

MA
Tim Gröschel is a Master’s student in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG). His work explores how renewable energies can be expanded in emerging economies to serve as the foundation of sustainable growth.

Ben Haley

PhD
Ben has unique experience developing energy system models to support energy transformation decision making in his role as Co-Founder of Evolved Energy Research.