She received her PhD in Public Policy and masters in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her research examines expansion and retrenchment in renewable energy policies across North America, using qualitative and quantitative methods. To date, her research on renewable portfolio standards (RPS), feed-in tariffs (FIT), and net-metering (NEM) policies has been published is Energy Policy, Environmental Science & Technology, and The American Journal of Political Science. She also researches international environmental negotiations, particularly the Minamata Convention on mercury and the climate change negotiations. As part of the Selin Group, she conducted research on mercury negotiations and wrote The Mercury Game. Tammy Thompson, Postdoctoral Associate (2010-2013)