Summary
Alex Yang is an Advisory Analyst at Aurora Energy Research with 12 years of experience bridging sustainability, data science, and clean energy project development. He combines power market analysis across CAISO, PJM and NYISO with hands-on work in commercial-scale renewables, energy efficiency upgrades, and regulatory policy assessment. Proficient in Python, R, PowerBI, Tableau, ArcGIS and AWS, he builds data pipelines, LLM-powered tools, and full-stack dashboards to turn messy operational data into actionable insights. Alex has practical project delivery experience from siting and due diligence to completing commercial solar projects and developing electrification roadmaps for institutions. Notably, he built an LLM chatbot to automate visualization and metrics generation for building efficiency workflows—demonstrating a blend of applied ML and domain-focused engineering. Based in Charlottesville, he pairs technical rigor with stakeholder-facing program design rooted in his dual training in Environment & Sustainability and Data Science.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Walsingham Academy
Master of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at University of Virginia