Claudia Barrera: Honing Her Skills to Aid Her Home of Mexico, and Beyond

Growing up in Mexico, Claudia Barrera witnessed firsthand the growing relevance of energy policy to everyday life. “Energy moves everything and we, as human beings, face a challenge of having limited, scarce resources fueling our day-to-day activities,” said Barrera, now a Master’s student at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and a Bartlett Fellow at EPIC. Read more…

Cagatay Dursun worked for several years in Turkey’s private and public sectors, including for the Turkish Aerospace Industries Company. He’s now excited about combining this real-world experience with what he is learning in the classroom as a Master’s at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and, concurrently, a PhD candidate in Science and Technology Policy at the Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Read more…
Having lived in Beijing since 2003, the negative health consequences caused by pollution was a part of Maggie Fan’s everyday life. The premature birth of her daughter because of a persistent cough that Fan experienced weeks before her due date was among the most impactful of these challenges. Because of her personal experiences with pollution, Fan is now passionate about paving a way for cleaner sources of energy. “Many people suffer from the serious air pollution caused mainly by energy generation and consumption,” said Fan, who is currently pursuing her Master’s of Public Policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, and this summer is a Bartlett Fellow for EPIC. “Clean air is a basic need for all human beings, [who] should not be deprived of this.” Read more…
Back home in China, Miao Zhang examined problems in her country’s smart energy market and investigated China’s foreign direct investment in the energy and resource sectors. Now, she brings that experience with her as a first-year graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. This summer, Zhang is working with Professor Prabhat Barnwal as part of EPIC’s Bartlett fellowship program. Read more…