Pooja has experience in the areas of modern energy access, energy transitions, climate change and sustainability. Her research focuses on finding innovative solutions to global energy and environmental challenges. Before Princeton, Pooja worked on these challenges at premier think tanks. Most recently, she worked in Delhi as a senior policy analyst at the University of Chicago. Her work has resulted in her being invited to international and national conferences and published in peer reviewed journals and articles in leading newspapers. Pooja received her double master’s degree in sustainable energy from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, via the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Innoenergy Scholarship granted by the European Commission. Her current research interests involve understanding how developing countries make energy and climate decisions.