Melissa Lott is a senior research scholar and director of research at Columbia University’s SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy, where she leads its Power Sector Research Initiative. She specializes in technology and policy research that increases understanding of the impacts of energy systems on air pollution and public health, and applies this to help decision-makers find solutions supporting the low-carbon transition. An engineer at YarCom, Lott was previously assistant vice president of the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre and held roles at the International Energy Agency and US Department of Energy. She has been featured as a Solar 100 Thought Leader, an IEEE Women in Power, and a Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy.
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