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Shalini Vajjhala, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Policy in the Energy, Resources and Environment Program
Based in Washington, D.C.
Background and Education
International environmental expert with an interdisciplinary background in engineering, design, climate change, sustainable development and energy policy; most recently served as special representative in the Office of Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, leading the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS), a program charged with catalyzing transformational investment in green and smart infrastructure, technology, products and services for poor and underserved urban communities; previously was an architect and community organizer in Pittsburgh; Ph.D., engineering and public policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Author of articles on geographic information systems mapping, environmental issues and energy policy, including “Roads to Participatory Planning: Integrating Cognitive Mapping and GIS for Transport Prioritization in Rural Lesotho,” co-author, in the Journal of Maps: Special Issue on Cognitive Mapping and Participatory Research (2010); “Regulating the Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide,” co-author, in Environmental Science & Technology (2008); “Quantifying Siting Difficulty: A Case Study of U.S. Transmission Line Siting,” co-author, in Energy Policy (2007)
- Topics
- Energy Issues
- Energy and Security
- Energy Technologies
- Oil Politics
- U.S. Energy Policy
- Environmental Issues
- Climate Change
- Natural Resources
- Sustainable Development
- Foreign Languages
- Hindi
- Portuguese
- Telugu