Michaela is a researcher with the Distributed Systems and Storage Group in the Accelerated Deployment and Decision Support Center. Michaela has a background in software engineering with an emphasis on geoscientific data processing and visualization in the Python ecosystem. Her work at NREL supports the development and use of the Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model.

Research Interests

Energy forecasting and modeling

Energy policy

Socio-economic drivers of renewable energy adoption

Education

B.A. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

Professional Experience

Software Engineer, National Center for Atmospheric Research (2020-2022)

Undergraduate Intern, National Snow and Ice Data Center (2017-2020)