Decarbonization

Lee C. Bollinger became Columbia University’s nineteenth president in 2002. Under his leadership, Columbia stands again at the very top rank of great research universities, distinguished...

Morten Bæk joined the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building at its creation in November 2007, serving as head of the Minister’s Private Office, the Department of National Energy...

Scott Banta is a Professor and the Vice Chair of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. His research focuses on biochemical engineering and synthetic biology for applications in...

Jason Bordoff is a professor of professional practice at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and serves as founding Director of Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy.

Mark Brownstein is Senior Vice President of Energy at Environmental Defense Fund, and a member of EDF’s executive team. The goal of the EDF Energy Program is to bend the curve on greenhouse...

Cristóbal de la Maza is the Head of Division of Environmental and Climate Change of the Ministry of Energy of the Government of Chile. Currently he leads the design and implementation...

Brian Deese, Managing Director, is Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock. The Sustainable Investing team is focused on identifying drivers of long-term return associated with...

Daniel Esposito received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware and studied as a postdoctoral research associate at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Julio Friedmann is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. He recently served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of...

Michael B. Gerrard is Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses on environmental and energy law and directs the Sabin Center for...

David Goldberg is a Lamont Research Professor and his interests focus on the integration of different technologies and cross-disciplinary approaches to develop achievable climate solutions.

Avril Haines was the Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects from 2017-2020. She now serves as director of national intelligence in the Biden administration.

Dr. Alex Halliday is the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He joined the Earth Institute in April 2018, after spending more than a decade at the University of Oxford...

Geoffrey Heal is noted for contributions to economic theory and resource and environmental economics. He holds bachelors and doctoral degrees from Cambridge University and an Honorary...

Marie Johansson is the Director of Product Sustainability for Colgate-Palmolive Company, a consumer products company based in New York City. She is responsible for the leadership of Colgate’s...

Noah Kaufman joined the Center on Global Energy Policy as research scholar in January 2018. He is an economist who has worked on energy and climate change policy in both the public and private sectors.

Richard Kauffman is Chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). He also serves as Chair of Generate Capital, a leading financier of clean energy projects.

Nicholas Lemann was the director of Columbia World Projects from 2017 through February 2021. He directs Columbia Global Reports, a book publishing venture that commissions reporting...

John Lochner founded Headland Advisors, which advises on and structures investments in sustainability-focused opportunities. As an investor in and advisor to businesses in water, energy...

Christoph Meinrenken is an Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University's Earth Institute, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering...

Vijay Modi is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University and a member of the Earth Institute faculty. His areas of expertise are energy resources/access...

Bruce Nilles is a Managing Director at Rocky Mountain Institute where he is leading its work on electrifying everything with clean electricity, starting with the building sector.

Alissa Park is the Lenfest Chair in Applied Climate Science of Earth and Environmental Engineering & Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. She is also the Director of the Lenfest...

John Podesta served as Chair of Hillary for America. Prior to joining Hillary Clinton's campaign, he served as Counselor to President Barack Obama. In 2008, he served as co-chair of President...

Kenneth Prewitt is the Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs at Columbia University. He taught Political Science at the University of Chicago from 1965–1982, and for shorter stints was...

Karen Reif was elected vice president - renewables and energy solutions, effective July 2018. In this role she oversees PSE&G’s clean energy strategy. She is responsible for the...

Andrew Revkin is the Director of the Initiative on Communication Innovation & Impact at the Earth Institute.  He is has worked as a senior reporter for climate and related...

David Sandalow is the Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and co-Director of the Energy and Environment Concentration at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Abe recently joined the BPU after working in the energy space for 20 years, including working at FERC, private practice, and for the last decade, NRG Energy, Inc.

Nik is the Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects. He previously served as the Counselor and Chief Speechwriter for Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Daniel Steingart is the Stanley Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering and the co-director of the Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center.

Satya S. Tripathi is the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Before that, Mr. Tripathi served as Senior...

Venkat Venkataraman brings to Bloom Energy more than 35 years of experience in process design and optimization. He leads the development of highly efficient and low cost Bloom Energy Servers.

Alan West received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California and his BS from Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-director of the Columbia Electrochemical...