Mentor: Robert Rosner
Chris Dunlap is a second-year joint MBA/MPP student at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Harris School of Public Policy. As a Bartlett Fellow, he is working with Professor Robert Rosner to evaluate the economic and regulatory feasibility of advanced nuclear microgrids and their potential role in enhancing energy security and grid resilience. Prior to graduate school, Chris served for nearly a decade as a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Weapons Systems Officer, leading operational missions in the Middle East and Europe. He recently worked in clean energy project development and finance with Bechtel Enterprises and in municipal credit research with T. Rowe Price. His broader interests lie at the intersection of energy finance, infrastructure development, and public policy.