Our People
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Christin studied Geography at the University of Bonn and Hamburg where she specialized in environmental topics such as climate change, water management and agriculture. Her research interests are... -
Giancarlo completed a Master of Science at the Pennsylvania State University in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and a degree in Environmental Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande... -
Philip is a Berlin born international trade and investment jurist. He obtained his Master’s degree (LL.M.) in “International and European Law: Trade and Investment Law” with distinction from... -
Xinyang is a joint PhD candidate between the University of Melbourne and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Xinyang achieved her bachelor degree in Ecology in the Ocean University of China and master... -
Zebedee is an expert in reduced complexity climate model development. Alongside A/Prof Malte Meinshausen, he leads the Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project (RCMIP), which performs... -
Clare originally trained as a hospital pharmacist specialising in oncology/pain and palliative care. Working in the lung clinics at Peter MacCallum cancer centre sparked an interest in the link... -
Marina Povitkina is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science and Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research is in comparative environmental... -
Declan completed a Master of Engineering (Environmental) at the University of Melbourne where he undertook a research project looking at the efficacy of using soil moisture data from the Bureau of... -
Poomphan is an energy analyst who is specialised in low-carbon technologies as well as energy modelling. He earned his Masters in Renewable Energy and Environmental Modelling from the University of... -
Ross completed his Bachelor of Science (2011) and Master of Engineering (2014) at The University of Melbourne. He worked in mineral processing research for SGS in Canada before returning to Australia... -
Raif is an Australian professional public servant, with over 15 years experience in policy and regulatory roles pertaining to energy systems, markets and resources. Raif graduated from the University... -
Chunying is a joint PhD candidate between the University of Melbourne and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Chunying achieved her bachelor degree in Geographical Information System in Nanjing Normal... -
Kennedy Mbeva is currently a PhD candidate in the department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Melbourne. His PhD project explores the co-evolution of the trade and... -
After completing a Bachelor of Sociology/Criminology at the University of Lund in Sweden Kajsa came to Melbourne where she completed a Master of Criminology at the University of Melbourne with a... -
Alister is a PhD candidate through the department of Geography at the University of Melbourne. Alister holds a Master of Environment (Distinction) from the University of Melbourne, as well as a BSc (... -
Kate is a PhD candidate through the Interaction Design Lab at the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. Kate holds a Master of Public Health (Global Health) from... -
Natasha Ballis is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, under the supervision of Dr Murray Peel, A/Prof Rory Nathan, Dr Ben Henley and Prof David Karoly. Natasha was awarded degrees in... -
Josh completed his bachelors in science (honours) at the University of Melbourne. There Josh specialised in climate and weather, completing his honours thesis under the joint supervision of Prof... -
Kieran completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) at the University of Queensland in 2010, before working as a professional engineer in project management and delivery roles throughout Australia... -
Oliver is a consultant and PhD candidate in the design of policy and market instruments that mitigate climate change. Specifically, he is interested in the scalability, environmental impacts, and... -
After finishing her Master of Environment at the University of Melbourne, Pia has spent the past ten years working as a climate specialist, mainly in the international development sector. From 2013... -
Stephanie is completing a PhD in political science under the supervision of Professor Lars Coenen and Professor Robyn Eckersley. She also coordinates the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute's... -
Taegan has a Masters in botany from Charles Darwin University and a science degree from James Cook University. She has worked with government, NGO’s and Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory... -
Cathy Alexander has eight years’ experience as a political journalist in Australia. For most of this time she covered environmental policy and politics, with a major focus on climate change. She... -
Nina Araneta-Alana is a PhD Candidate at the Melbourne Law School. Her research interests are in the fields of international law, banking & finance and environmental law. Her thesis examines the... -
Visiting Researcher Kai's PhD thesis is on extreme weather, specifically on 'Midlatitudinal rossby Waves and extreme weather'. His research interests are atmosphere dynamics, large scale circulation... -
Andrew completed a Master of Engineering (Environmental) at the University of Melbourne specialising in waterway engineering and hydrology, where his research looked at hydrologic resilience and... -
Madhu worked as a consultant in a multi-disciplinary environmental services firm for over a decade where he managed projects of varied environmental planning and design complexities in Australia,... -
Background: Ceren holds her undergraduate and Master’s degrees in sociology from the Middle East Technical University. Prior to joining the Climate & Energy College, she worked at the European...
Web tools and Projects we developed
Open-NEM
The live tracker of the Australian electricity market.
Paris Equity Check
This website is based on a Nature Climate Change study that compares Nationally Determined Contributions with equitable national emissions trajectories in line with the five categories of equity outlined by the IPCC.
liveMAGICC Climate Model
Run one of the most popular reduced-complexity climate carbon cycle models online. Used by IPCC, UNEP GAP reports and numerous scientific publications.
NDC & INDC Factsheets
Check out our analysis of all the post-2020 targets that countries announced under the Paris Agreement.