Madalsa is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative. She studies carbon-constrained energy systems with an emphasis on the transportation, residential, and electricity sectors. She investigates place-based, equitable, and affordable strategies to:
- Reduce air emissions from energy use
- Promote widespread adoption of clean energy technologies
- Integrate distributed energy resources into power grids
- Facilitate the phaseout of fossil stock

https://madalsa.org/

Yohan is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative dedicated to advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure planning and grid decarbonization. Leveraging over seven years of industry experience in oil drilling, renewable energy, and disaster recovery projects, as well as expertise in data science, software development, and statistical modeling, he strives to enhance social equity and community resilience through interdisciplinary research.

Nathan is a Postdoctoral Scholar with The 2035 Initiative, where he works on climate and energy policy with an emphasis on industrial decarbonization. Prior to joining 2035, Nathan completed a PhD in political science at UC San Diego, where his research explored how climate politics intersects with the private sector.

Antoine is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative. He studies decarbonized technologies in the industrial sector with the goal of constructing a database of those technologies as well as modeling the impact of their implementation in order to inform policy. Before joining the 2035 initiative, Antoine conducted a PhD in the University of Liege in Belgium on the economic and environmental assessment of novel manufacturing technologies.

Olivia is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative. She works to develop and advance policy solutions to industrial decarbonization in the U.S. and to identify other near-term climate policymaking opportunities around the world. Before joining The 2035 Initiative, Olivia completed a PhD in political science at UC Santa Barbara. Her research examined the drivers of citizen and group engagement in federal policymaking efforts, with a focus on recent climate and energy policy change.

Ann is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The 2035 Initiative, where she focuses on advancing climate adaptation and resilience for vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. Her work centers on building a data infrastructure to capture spatially detailed, real-time, longitudinal insights from communities most affected by extreme climate events. Prior to joining The 2035 Initiative, she earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois Chicago, where her research explored the health impacts of industrial pollution and evaluated how regulatory interventions can mitigate those harms and promote health-improving behaviors.

Aidan is a PhD Student at the Bren School working with the 2035 Initiative. He studies industrial sector decarbonization using modelling techniques to better understand the impacts of both technology and policy. Prior to beginning his PhD, Aidan completed his bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Devlin is a 2035 Initiative Fellow who researches protective behaviors and the motivation that stems from reactions to threats and appraisals of efficacy. He applies these principles to climate activism and pro-environmental behaviors, investigating the relationship between threat and efficacy appraisals and intentions to adopt climate-protective behaviors.

Jungbin is a Research Fellow at The 2035 Initiative and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB. Jungbin's research will focus on developing interventions to promote open-mindedness and reduce self-defensive responses in the context of effective climate change communication.

Zhai Gen Tan is a PhD Student at the Department of Political Science at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), with research interest in climate politics and public opinion on climate change, focused on energy transition and the political economy of commodities in Southeast Asia. He previously led in establishing research centers at the Asia Schools of Business (ASB) and was a public policy researcher with the sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia. He obtained his Masters in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from the University of Oxford.

Wen-Tien Wang is a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management with the 2035 Initiative. His work applies energy- and industry-system modeling to assess decarbonization strategies and quantify their air-quality and public-health impacts. He holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development from Uppsala University and a bachelor’s degree in Public Health.

Denis is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara. His research focuses on the political economy of innovation, examining how corporate actors, public investment, and state institutions shape the development and deployment of clean technologies. He is particularly interested in how carbon dioxide removal technologies become part of broader climate solutions. Prior to his PhD, Denis studied at the University of Manchester and the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences. He also worked at KPMG on corporate risk and sustainability.

Sophia is a 2035 Initiative Fellow and a PhD student in the Department of Political Science. Her research focus is on climate migration and the interplay between environmental and migration politics in the Global North. Before coming to UCSB, she worked at the Hertie School in Berlin and the ZOE Institute for Future-fit Economies in Cologne. She has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics (PPLE) from the University of Amsterdam.