Nini Gu

Prior to joining EDF, Nini held a joint position as Research Fellow at the University of Chicago Energy and Environment Lab and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, where she investigated how decision-making processes can be leveraged to reduce oil and gas methane emissions. Much of her work focused on applying advancements in monitoring technology to close current emissions information gaps, while also assisting the agency in its most recent GHG Intensity rule-making.  

In graduate school, Nini worked at Argonne National Lab researching strategies employed by utility providers to influence residential water use, in addition to participating in a policy fellowship in Brazil that evaluated land management approaches to reduce the deforestation rates and carbon footprint from livestock ranching in Amazonia. Nini was co-chair of the Behavioral Economics and Public Policy group at University of Chicago and wrote on science and technology policy for The Chicago Policy Review. 

Education

Nini has a Master of Science in Environmental Science & Policy, with honors, from the University of Chicago. She holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.