Marissa is a senior associate with RMI’s Climate Intelligence Program, working on the Oil and Gas Solutions Initiative. She models and analyzes methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain to identify market and policy levers that can drive emissions reductions.

Background

Prior to joining RMI, Marissa worked as a research air quality engineer at RTI International. She provided technical and regulatory development support to the EPA for the petroleum refining and petroleum and natural gas systems subparts of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program and for the volatile organic liquid storage vessel and gasoline distribution industry’s Clean Air Act regulations. At UNC Chapel Hill, Marissa developed fine resolution global surface ozone estimates through a data fusion of observations and models to quantify the human health burden of ozone.

Education

BSE, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
MSEE, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina