2035 Initiative Postdoctoral Scholars
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Madalsa Singh, Postdoctoral Scholar
Madalsa is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative. She studies carbon-constrained energy systems with an emphasis on the transportation, residential, and electricity sectors. She investigates place-based, equitable, and affordable strategies to:
- Reduce air emissions from energy use
- Promote widespread adoption of clean energy technologies
- Integrate distributed energy resources into power grids
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Yohan Min, Postdoctoral Scholar
Yohan is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative dedicated to advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure planning and grid decarbonization. Leveraging over seven years of industry experience in oil drilling, renewable energy, and disaster recovery projects, as well as expertise in data science, software development, and statistical modeling, he strives to enhance social equity and community resilience through interdisciplinary research.
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Nathan Mariano, Postdoctoral Scholar
Nathan is a Postdoctoral Scholar with The 2035 Initiative, where he works on climate and energy policy with an emphasis on industrial decarbonization. Prior to joining 2035, Nathan completed a PhD in political science at UC San Diego, where his research explored how climate politics intersects with the private sector.
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Antoine Merlo, Postdoctoral Scholar
Antoine is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative. He studies decarbonized technologies in the industrial sector with the goal of constructing a database of those technologies as well as modeling the impact of their implementation in order to inform policy. Before joining the 2035 initiative, Antoine conducted a PhD in the University of Liege in Belgium on the economic and environmental assessment of novel manufacturing technologies.
2035 Initiative PhD Fellows
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Aidan O'Neil, PhD Fellow
Aidan is a PhD Student at the Bren School working with the 2035 Initiative. He studies industrial sector decarbonization using modelling techniques to better understand the impacts of both technology and policy. Prior to beginning his PhD, Aidan completed his bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.
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Devlin O'Keefe, PhD Fellow
Devlin is a 2035 Initiative Fellow who researches protective behaviors and the motivation that stems from reactions to threats and appraisals of efficacy. He applies these principles to climate activism and pro-environmental behaviors, investigating the relationship between threat and efficacy appraisals and intentions to adopt climate-protective behaviors.
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Jungbin Lim, PhD Fellow
Jungbin is a Research Fellow at The 2035 Initiative and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB. Jungbin's research will focus on developing interventions to promote open-mindedness and reduce self-defensive responses in the context of effective climate change communication.