The Role of Small Reservoirs in Rural Livelihoods: A Study in Brazil’s Preto River Basin (MS ’06) Just Water? Social Disparities and Drinking Water Quality in California’s San Joaquin Valley (PhD ’11)
Amulya is interested in studying utility governance, with the aim of making our energy system more responsive to the needs of historically underserved communities.
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.
I'm interested in exploring the impacts and unintended consequences of climate policies across levels of government, with the goal of better understanding how to make informed policy decisions and incorporating community-led governance. I'd like to apply this knowledge to a variety of climate sectors, including vehicle miles traveled reduction and mitigation, short-lived climate pollutant reduction, plastic/waste reduction, and circular economies.
I finished sectioning the Tahoe Rim Trail last summer. It was a great excuse to go to the...
Sophie Pesek is a PhD student in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at UC Berkeley. She is interested in using causal inference and remote sensing techniques to support vulnerable communities in adapting to climate change.
