sumera.patel@aeclinic.org
Sumera Patel
Assistant Researcher (She/Her)
Sumera Patel is an Assistant Researcher at the Applied Economics Clinic. Prior to joining AEC, she was a Climate and Energy Researcher at the Global Energy Monitor, where she researched global renewable energy development and clean energy transitions. Before that, she served as a Science Writer for an immigration law firm in Philadelphia.
Ms. Patel received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology and History from Swarthmore College in 2019, where she integrated her interests in the natural sciences and political economy. For her senior thesis, she examined the efficacy of a World Bank intervention targeting unbridled industrial pollution at an industrial estate in Gujarat, India. Through research internships and her coursework, she developed data analysis and modeling skills in R. Ms. Patel’s interests lie at the intersection of energy, environmental justice, and political economy.