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Lauren Schmeisser, PhD

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Manager & Data Scientist at RMI.

About

Lauren is a manager and data scientist in RMI’s Climate Intelligence Program on the Oil and Gas Solutions Initiative. She works with her team to model greenhouse gas emissions from 100% of the world's oil and gas assets, with a special focus on methane. She has a particular passion for incorporating satellite observations into emissions estimates to drive transparency and accountability in emissions reductions. She dissects complex emission patterns in the data to provide valuable decarbonization insights for policymakers, industry stakeholders, and environmental organizations

Before joining RMI, Lauren was a postdoc at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Global Monitoring Laboratory. She has a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington, a MSc in Earth Sciences from the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and a BS/MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.


On the agenda

  1. Tracking Methane for Climate Action

    Nov. 18 '24, 11:45
    Session
    Haddad

    Methane is a major contributor to climate change, with significant effects on ecosystems and human health. In recent years, ambitious efforts have been launched to improve our ability to understand and track emissions. In this session, panelists will discuss the current state of methane monitoring and explore the opportunities and challenges of turning this data into meaningful action.

    Moderators

    1. Ana Oliveira, PhD

    Speakers

    1. Inês Baeta Neves
    2. Ioannis Binietoglou, PhD
    3. Judy Lai-Norling
    4. Lauren Schmeisser, PhD
    5. Maria-Olivia Torcea

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