Mel George
Energy & Climate Policy Researcher | Integrated Assessment & Energy Systems Modeling | Justice, Distributional Impacts & Climate Finance
- Role
- Faculty at Center For Global Sustainability
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mel George
Energy-climate policy researcher working at the intersection of systems modeling, justice, and political economy.I analyze how energy and climate policies shape distributional outcomes, transition pathways, and institutional choices. My work combines integrated assessment models, energy-systems analysis, and equity and finance metrics to make climate scenarios more realistic and actionable.I began my career as an engineer, moved into public service to translate plans into action, and now work in modeling to connect evidence with policy. Along the way I learned that technologies matter, but they are only means to an end; policy failures usually lie outside the technology itself. I enjoy interdisciplinary problems that operate across scales and institutions.At the University of Maryland, I serve as a modeling lead on the NGFS central-bank scenario program and contribute to IPCC, JUSTMIP, CMIP7, and EU Horizon projects. I publish in leading energy & climate policy journals, and guest-edit special issues in Applied Energy, Climate Policy, and the npj portfolio. I have completed 200+ reviews across major journals.My focus: energy transitions, technology change, justice and service adequacy, climate finance, and the political economy of decarbonization.I work to connect rigorous modeling with the institutions and communities that act on climate decisions.
Experience
Faculty
Center For Global Sustainability
May 2023 — Present · College Park, MD, US
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Distance Education Prog., Network Security
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Master of Technology - MTech, Energy Science & Engineering
University of Maryland
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Public Policy
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical Engineering
University of Cambridge
Development Reporting in Science Communication
Skills
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Management
- Power Electronics
- Power Systems
- Fuel Cells
- Matlab
- Energy
- Simulations
- Engineering
- Process Simulation
- Solar Energy
- Gas
- R&D
- Testing
- Electronics
- Project Management
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