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Avery Barnett is the founder of Grid Guard Consulting, whose peer-reviewed Cyclone Impact Model stress-tests energy infrastructure against storm risk. She holds a PhD in Public Affairs (STEP) from Princeton University and holds a BA in Physics from Grinnell College. Her research interests include modeling electricity trading among Caribbean island nations, the sociopolitics of the region's energy transition, and how natural hazard risk shapes future energy mixes. She has done energy fieldwork in Costa Rica, Nepal, and Barbados, and completed energy internships in the United States and Barbados. Avery was a New Jersey Offshore Wind Fellow and a Macro-Energy Systems Fellow (2023–2024), a 2023 IRENA Youth Delegate, and she sat on the IRENA Youth Council for the 2024–2026 term.
