Isa Fer­rall is a MS/Ph.D. stu­dent in the Ener­gy and Resources Group and Renew­able and Appro­pri­ate Ener­gy Lab at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley. She is inter­est­ed in the impact of renew­able ener­gy on rur­al elec­tri­fi­ca­tion, glob­al devel­op­ment, and the domes­tic ener­gy sec­tor. Pre­vi­ous­ly, Isa gained expe­ri­ence on both the tech­ni­cal and applied sides of renew­able ener­gy. She researched inno­v­a­tive ener­gy mate­ri­als at Duke Uni­ver­si­ty as a Nation­al Acad­e­my of Engi­neer­ing Grand Chal­lenge Schol­ar and at the Nation­al Renew­able Ener­gy Lab­o­ra­to­ry as a Depart­ment of Ener­gy Intern. She also has ana­lyzed sys­tem data for Off-Grid Elec­tric, a solar home sys­tem com­pa­ny oper­at­ing in east Africa. Isa grad­u­at­ed Magna Cum Laude from Duke Uni­ver­si­ty in 2015 with dis­tinc­tion in Mechan­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and a Cer­tifi­cate in Ener­gy and the Environment.