Jasmine McAdams

Jasmine McAdams

Jasmine is a PhD student in the Energy & Resources Group (ERG) at U.C. Berkeley with a passion for supporting robust decision-making in climate and energy. Her research interests lie at the intersection of electric power system resilience, energy justice, utility regulation, and climate policy. Jasmine hopes to develop a better understanding of how climate impacts the grid. Prior to graduate school, Jasmine worked with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, providing technical assistance to utility commissions across the country on topics such as stakeholder engagement and transportation electrification. This has inspired Jasmine to work at the nexus of engineering and decision-making to support a more resilient, people-centered, and carbon-free electric system. Additionally, as a native of Florida, Jasmine's personal experiences with grid vulnerability during extreme weather have led her to focus her research on the impacts of climate-induced power outages in the most at-risk and underinvested communities. Jasmine recently graduated with a master's degree from ERG and holds a B.S. in Geology from Brown University.