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Adam, Margot

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

My research focuses on electricity transmission in the United States, combining quantitative and qualitative methods to understand how transmission planning can be expanded to support a clean, reliable, and resilient electricity system. My quantitative work uses capacity expansion models to examine how planning processes influence project outcomes, while my qualitative work applies institutional theory to analyze how the structure of Regional Transmission Organizations creates barriers to identifying and building regional and multi-value transmission. Together, my work aims to inform policy recommendations for transmission planning reform in support of the clean energy transition. I am advised by Jesse Jenkins, who is a professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Nambiar, Malini (‘21 - ‘23)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

AY 22-23 PECS Student Dinner Coordinator

Nambiar is part of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton where her research interests revolve around the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of electricity-policy decisions in the contexts of emerging economies, with a particular focus on India. She hopes to layer energy system modeling with atmospheric chemistry modeling to better understand how electricity policy decisions affect climate, air quality, health and land use. She is advised by Denise Mauzerall, professor of civil and environmental engineering and public and international affairs.

Young, Rachel (‘21 - ‘23)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Rachel Young is in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program. Her research uses quantitative methods to examine social issues at the intersection of climate science and public finance. Rachel’s recent work focuses on the long-run impact of hurricanes on labor and migration, as well as the welfare implications of place-based disaster response policies.

Ramamurthi, Pooja (‘20 - ‘22)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Ramamurthi studies at the School of Public Policy and International Affairs under Elke Weber. Her research interests lie at the intersection of political science and behavioural methods to understand how organisations and individuals make climate change relevant decisions. She hopes to use machine learning and network analysis to study how developing countries tackle their environmental objectives and policies and the pace at which these changes occur.

Peng, Liqun (‘20 - ‘22)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Peng is in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Science, Technology and Environmental Policy program. Her research focuses on potential co-benefits for air quality, health and climate of low carbon technologies in transport and power sector, such as electrification of vehicle fleets, energy storage with increased penetration of renewable energy and vehicle-to-grid technology. She is applying an energy modeling to analyze the value of energy storage technologies to reduce renewable energy curtailment and mitigate air pollutant as well as CO₂ emissions.

Crawford, Chris (‘19 - ‘21)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Crawford is studying how changing spatial patterns of agricultural land use are likely to affect biodiversity. In particular, he focuses on areas of agricultural decline and abandonment to try to understand whether they represent opportunities for the conservation of biodiversity, and how to use policy to guide these transitions. Crawford is in the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) program in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and is advised by David Wilcove, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and the Princeton Environmental Institute.

Choquette-Levy, Nicolas (‘19 - ‘21)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Choquette-Levy is in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy program. His research focuses on the links between climate change and rural-urban migration in developing country contexts, with regional interests in Nepal and China. He is applying agent-based modelling and systems analysis methods to better understand how smallholder farming communities are using migration as a way to adapt to climate change, and how farmers’ social networks influence their decision-making around adaptation.

Benveniste, Hélène (‘18 - ‘20)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Benveniste is in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP). Her research focuses on quantifying economic impacts of climate change on human-migration patterns using integrated assessment models.

Alkon, Meir (‘17 - ‘19)

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Homepage: www.meiralkon.com

Meir is a joint PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. A core theme of his research is the domestic politics of energy and the environment in large developing countries, specifically China and India, and their implications for climate change and global environmental governance. This research has spanned topics including India’s groundwater access and use; the political behavior basis of support for energy subsidies; the political economy of rural electrification programs; the public opinion consequences of urban air pollution; and the intergovernmental bargaining behind coal-fired and renewable power in China. His work in these areas combines insights from international and comparative political economy with an interdisciplinary approach.

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