Natal­ie is an Ener­gy Engi­neer­ing (https://engineeringscience.berke​ley​.edu/​e​n​e​r​gy-engineering/​) major at UC Berke­ley. Her stud­ies focus on inte­grat­ing pow­er sys­tem analy­sis with data sci­ence, opti­miz­ing resource use and study­ing the out­look of renew­able tech­nol­o­gy adop­tion in var­i­ous parts of the world.

In RAEL, Natal­ie is cur­rent­ly engaged in the SWITCH Chi­na project. She works on mod­el­ing grid expan­sion for Chi­na, look­ing at how decar­boniza­tion path­ways and elec­tric vehi­cle grid inte­gra­tion will affect the future ener­gy mix. Her top­ics of inter­est include long-term pow­er sys­tem plan­ning, appli­ca­tions of inter­na­tion­al ener­gy pol­i­cy, pro­ject­ing ener­gy demand, and stor­age tech­nol­o­gy adoption.