Sophia Ptacek

Sophia Ptacek is a first-year joint MEM/MPH student at the Yale School of the Environment and Yale School of Public Health, specializing in Energy & the Environment and Climate Change & Health. She is interested in understanding the ways in which climate solutions—namely, clean energy and deep decarbonization—can result in myriad health co-benefits for all. Prior to Yale, Sophia worked as a Program Assistant at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). As a member of NRDC’s policy analysis group in the Climate & Clean Energy program, she collaborated with a team of analysts to leverage policy modeling and geospatial analysis in support of climate and clean energy advocacy. Sophia has also worked as an environmental health and safety intern at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection and as a healthy energy sciences associate with the Center for Environmental Health, where she researched the community health and climate effects of fossil fuel extraction. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies and Science in Society from Wesleyan University.