Megan Jones is a PhD student in Michael Craig’s ASSET lab at University of Michigan working on climate change mitigation and adaptation research in the energy systems space. She grew up in Santa Rosa, California and did undergrad at UCLA, where she majored in mechanical engineering and physics. She’s worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on climate impacts on infrastructure asset lifetimes and databasing, charging optimization, and phase-in optimization for the transition of the federal vehicle fleet to zero emissions vehicles. Inspired by her parents and the fires in her home state, Megan has been passionate about climate change from a young age, leading her to pursue a PhD in Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical Engineering. She’s passionate about effective research communication and bridging the gap between the research community and the general public; her career aspirations center around teaching, ideally as a professor. Her main research interests are in assessing climate impacts on the bulk power system and the effects of these impacts on long-term planning decisions, as well as opportunities for mitigation using existing technologies.