Expert Details
Climate Change Mitigation, Renewable Energy, and Materials Science
ID: 733078
District of Columbia, USA
Expert is an expert in the nanosctructure of amorphous materials and Fluctuation Electron Microscopy (FEM). She was the first person, worldwide, to perform extensive FEM data acquisition and analysis using the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). As a graduate student, she developed a methodology for artifact identification and correction for Fluctuation Electron Microscopy (FEM) data. Expert also generated an extensive family of simulated data that provided the first quantitative mapping of the nanoscale order. As a postdoc, Expert adapted the X-ray Cross-Correlation Analysis (XCCA) technique for use in electron microscopy to characterize nanostructure in amorphous metals. Expert has a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Expert provides consultant services in the areas of climate change, renewable energy, sustainable development, monitoring and evaluation, technology transfer and innovation, data analysis, and program management. Primary client support to-date has included data management and analysis for monitoring and evaluation, and guidance on low emission development strategies programming for a performance evaluation.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2009 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Materials Science and Engineering | Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Year: 2003 | Degree: BS | Subject: Materials Science and Engineering | Institution: North Carolina State University |
| Year: 2003 | Degree: BS | Subject: Science, Technology, and Society | Institution: North Carolina State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2014 to 2016 | Employer: Self-Employed | Title: Independent Consultant, Global Climate Change Specialist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Independent consultant in the areas of climate change, renewable energy, sustainable development, monitoring and evaluation, technology transfer and innovation, data analysis, and program management. Primary responsibilities to-date have included data management and analysis for monitoring and evaluation and serving as a subject matter expert on low emission development strategies for a performance evaluation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2014 | Employer: U. S. Agency for International Development (through a AAAS Fellowship) | Title: Climate Change Science Advisor | Department: Global Climate Change Office |
Responsibilities:Provided both field-based and virtual technical support for Global Climate Change programming across the globe, with a focus on Asia. Technical areas of support have included renewable energy resource assessment, business compliance with carbon markets, renewable energy policy, low emission development strategies, and grid integration of variable renewable energy. Activities have included pilot project development, monitoring and evaluation support, scope of work development, policy analysis, country-level briefs, strategic planning, knowledge management, communications, and the development of training materials. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2012 | Employer: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems | Title: Postdoctoral Fellow | Department: |
Responsibilities:Characterized the nanostructural order of amorphous metals by using Fluctuation Electron Microscopy and applying the X-ray Cross-Correlation Analysis (XCCA) technique to electron microscopy data. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2009 | Employer: The National Academies | Title: Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow | Department: Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design |
Responsibilities:Prepared briefing materials for the NAS study on Engineering Aviation Security Environments; participated in study meetings and evaluation of airport security systems and technologies for checked baggage to assess available technology options. Authored a white paper on battery technologies for advanced transportation to identify possible threats to the supply chains of critical materials |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2009 | Employer: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Title: Illinois Distinguished Fellow, Graduate Research Assistant | Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
Responsibilities:Developed a methodology for artifact identification and correction for Fluctuation Electron Microscopy (FEM) data. Generated an extensive family of simulated data that provided the first quantitative mapping of the nanoscale order. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2012 to 2014 | Agency: U. S. Agency for International Development | Role: Climate Change Science Advisor, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow | Description: Provided both field-based and virtual technical support for Global Climate Change programming across the globe, with a focus on Asia. Technical areas of support have included renewable energy resource assessment, business compliance with carbon markets, renewable energy policy, low emission development strategies, and grid integration of variable renewable energy. Activities have included pilot project development, monitoring and evaluation support, scope of work development, policy analysis, country-level briefs, strategic planning, knowledge management, communications, and the development of training materials. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2014 to 2014 | Country / Region: India | Summary: Supported the USAID/India Mission in the development of project design documents for a new clean energy program |
| Years: 2014 to 2014 | Country / Region: Zambia | Summary: Piloted a new toolkit for visualizing the development impacts (e.g. impacts on health, jobs, the environment) of climate change mitigation options. |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Country / Region: Philippines | Summary: Completed a program review of the USAID/Philippines EC-LEDS program and attended the LEDS Global Partnership annual meeting |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Country / Region: Asia (Thailand and Kazakhstan) | Summary: Organized a regional training on geospatial assessment of renewable energy resources; Assisted the USAID/Kazakhstan mission in development of a scope of work for a new clean energy project. |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: Worked at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Country / Region: Guatemala | Summary: Led a site assessment for the development of a potable water system for a small village. This was a volunteer project with Engineers Without Borders. |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Country / Region: India | Summary: Led the implementation of a bio-fuel powered electricity grid for a rural village in India. This was a volunteer project with Engineers Without Borders. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Materials Research Society |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| USAID Group Appreciation Award, EC-LEDS APG Leadership Group American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Mirzayan Science and Technology Fellowship at the National Academies University of Illinois Distinguished Fellow Mondialogo Engineering Award Hamer Fellow, University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign University Scholar, North Carolina State University Benjamin Franklin Scholar, North Carolina State University |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert is the lead or contributing co‐author of 10 peer-reviewed journal publications and a book chapter in the field of materials science and engineering. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has delivered trainings on renewable energy resource assessment, development impacts assessment, low emission development strategies and other climate-change related topics. She has has also given invited or guest lectures on fluctuation electron microscopy and other materials science topics. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has severed as a project manger for two international engineering projects for Engineers Without Borders. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| Spanish | Limited working proficiency (2/R, 2/S) |
| Poruguese | Limited working proficiency (2/R, 2/S) |
| German | Basic proficiency |
Fields of Expertise
performance evaluation, international development, green energy, renewable energy system, energy policy, climate change, climate change mitigation, transmission electron microscopy, chalcogenide glass, amorphous silicon, metallic glass, amorphous semiconductor, disordered material, disordered-materials modeling, electron diffraction, analytical transmission electron microscopy, materials science