Julia Szinai
Research Scientist at Berkeley Lab
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolJulia Szinai is a research scientist with a PhD in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley and nine years of interdisciplinary experience analyzing electricity and water systems under climate stress. Based at Berkeley Lab, she develops integrated models to quantify climate impacts, adaptation costs, and cross-sector dynamics, and has partnered directly with water managers to make her work decision-relevant. Her background spans utilities, consulting, nonprofits, and government—where she’s evaluated demand- and supply-side electricity issues, smart charging impacts, and the energy intensity of water supplies. Trained in both technical energy modeling and public policy, she blends quantitative rigor with stakeholder engagement to translate complex system interactions into practical adaptation strategies. An unexpected thread through her career is early experience as a reporter, which sharpened her ability to communicate technical findings to policy and regulatory audiences.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Energy and Resources, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Energy and Resources at University of California, BerkeleyCharles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
English, Spanish, Hungarian
Github Skills (2)
power-systems7
planning7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jszinai/WWSM-WEAP-SWITCH
Sep 2022 - Feb 2025
A model of water resources of the Western US designed to support climate-resilient electricity system planning
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 2 years 4 months
climateenergy-efficiencywater-resourcesresilientwestern
jszinai/SWITCH-Water-Climate
Feb 2024 - Feb 2024
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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