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Atif Ali

Ph.D. Candidate

Academic Background:

M.S. Sustainable Energy, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, 2022

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 2019

Experience:

Intern with the Sustainable FERC Project in the Natural Resources Defense Council. Evaluated the largest interconnection in the US (PJM) states’ ability to meet their renewable portfolio standards after PJM implemented a two years pause in accepting new generation interconnection (GI) requests. Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y.


Research interests:

Sustainable Energy Systems

Circular Economy

Solar Photovoltaics

Life Cycle Assessment

Industrial Ecology

Major professor

Dr. Jennifer Russell