In October 2013, Adam Pearson joined the Ecologic Institute as a Transatlantic Fellow. His working interests include renewable energy, climate change policy, transportation systems, the power sector, science communication, and educational outreach. Adam is a native English speaker, has functional German skills, and a basic knowledge of Spanish.

At Ecologic, Adam works in the Climate and Energy group and on European Commission Seventh Framework Programme projects related to low carbon energy futures and climate policy in the European Union (EU).

Before joining Ecologic Institute, Adam Pearson created the environmental and energy-themed radio program and podcast, Green Grid Radio, which has been recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative University. During the summer of 2012, Adam worked as a MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow at the National Audubon Society’s Policy office in Washington, DC, focusing on a national program for implementing wildlife-friendly wind development guidelines. He conducted wastewater heat transfer modeling research in the Thermal Systems and Buildings Division of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy in Freiburg, DE in the summer of 2011 as a Krupp Fellow. Adam has also conducted research at Stanford in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department, focusing on projects like the California High Speed Rail and residential solar thermal mass technologies.

Adam Pearson finished his MS in Environmental Engineering in the Atmosphere/Energy program at Stanford University. He earned his BS in the same Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford. During his undergraduate program, he studied and worked abroad in Germany under a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and Krupp Foundation Fellowship. His coursework included projects like an integrated resource plan for an American utility, a transit redesign project with a metropolitan planning organization, and creating a wind resource map to identify regions of conservation or other challenges. Adam collaborated with faculty as a teaching assistant for classes on climate change science and policy, air pollution, and greenhouse gas mitigation.