Eric consults as a senior fellow with Energy Innovation. He is a main contributor to the firm’s America’s Power Plan project and is an adviser for non-profits and foundations interested in energy (namely electricity) and climate issues. Eric holds a B.S. and M.S. from Stanford University in mathematics and physics, and a Ph.D. in physics from UC Santa Barbara. He has a 15-year active career researching quantum gravity and high energy physics. Eric’s work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley, and an AAAS fellowship with the Department of Energy inspired his transition to climate and energy policy.