Judy Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.

Hello! My name is Judy. 👋 I am an interdisciplinary researcher working on a just transition towards climate neutrality through technology and policy.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ziegler Research Group at Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. My research focuses on Direct Air Capture (DAC), a technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. I am working on accelerating DAC deployment through understanding technology change, its integration with renewable energy, and the relevant equity impacts on communities and stakeholders.

I received a Ph.D. in Climate and Energy Policy from Imperial College London in the UK under the supervision of Prof. Joeri Rogelj and Dr. Iain Staffell, funded by the Imperial College President’s PhD Scholarship. Through my doctoral work, I interned at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria researching the socio-political feasibility of net zero transitions under the mentorship of Dr. Elina Brutschin in the Energy, Climate, and Environment Program.

Before that, I received a B.S. (highest honors) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. There, I first began research on heterogenous catalysis under the mentorship of Dr. Nathan Ellebracht and Prof. Chris Jones. I then worked on DAC adsorbent degredation as a Research Chemist at Global Thermostat, a DAC spin-off company, and biomass conversion at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.

You can find the links to my publications here and on Google Scholar. You can connect with me on LinkedIn.