About me

I’m passionate about scaling climate solutions that are both financially viable and socially just. I’ve spent over a decade working across government, industry, and academia to turn climate models and policies into investment decisions, project pipelines, and measurable outcomes.

Methodologically, I work at the intersection of applied econometrics, techno-economic analysis, and behavioral economics. I build financial and emissions models, due-diligence frameworks, and decision dashboards using tools like Python, STATA, and large-scale administrative and sensor data (smart meters, health records, vehicle data, etc.).
I currently lead large-scale industrial decarbonization projects at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), including work on heavy industry, consumer packaged goods, and industrial hubs in North America. Before RMI, I was a Senior Economist at the ifo Institute in Munich and a Visiting Researcher at UC Berkeley, where I analyzed distributional impacts of climate change and energy transition, including links between environmental change and mental health. 

Across these roles, a constant theme is helping executives, policymakers, and investors understand complex climate technologies and allocate capital effectively - whether that’s portfolio design for industrial decarbonization, metrics for first-of-a-kind projects, or climate action programs for households and utilities.

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What I work on:

• Climate & Carbon Removal Finance – Designing diligence frameworks and financial models for first-of-a-kind decarbonization and carbon removal projects; assessing cost curves, risk, and bankability for emerging technologies and project portfolios.

• Industrial, Data Center & Corporate Decarbonization – Building techno-economic and value-curve models for industrial hubs, data centers, and CPG manufacturers; informing portfolio strategy, capex decisions, and long-term transition pathways across heat, power, and process emissions.

• Energy Efficiency, Demand Response & Grid-Interactive Loads – Designing and evaluating energy efficiency and demand response programs for utilities and large customers; analyzing flexible loads and dynamic pricing to reduce system costs, integrate renewables, and improve reliability.

• Policy, Behavior & Just Transition – Evaluating how climate policies and energy transitions affect households, workers, and communities, including mental health and distributional impacts; advising on equitable, evidence-based climate strategies.