Annelise Gill-Wiehl is currently an NSF Graduate Student Researcher and an MS/Ph.D. Candidate in the Energy & Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, co-advised by Dr. Dan Kammen and Dr. Isha Ray.
Annelise’s research investigates household energy access in low- and middle- income countries utilizing impact evaluation methods. Her dissertation work centers upon a step wedge randomized control trial investigating micro-savings’ effect on clean cooking fuel consumption in Tanzania. She also studies the impact of different clean cooking pathways (e.g., biomass pellets vs. LPG) and decentralized electrification solutions in East Africa. Finally, she evaluates her work’s implications for climate equity, focusing on women and low-income households.
In 2019, she graduated from the University of Notre Dame as her class salutatorian. While at Notre Dame, Annelise studied Environmental Engineering and International Development Studies. Through the Kellogg Institute, Gill-Wiehl conducted four summers of fieldwork in East Africa from 2016 to 2019 during which she implemented a pilot program that deployed Community Technology Workers to help families transition from firewood and charcoal to gas stoves in Shirati, Tanzania. Annelise enjoys long distance running, listening to political comedy, walking her Yorkshire terrier, and drinking coffee.
Publications:
- Now we are cooking with gas: How interdisciplinary solutions and local outreach can light a fire under clean stove adoption.
- What’s in a stove? A review of user preferences in improved stove designs
- Planning for Productive Uses: Remote Monitoring & Evaluation for Off-Grid Power Projects in Rwanda. IEEE Power Africa Conference.
- Community energy infrastructure: Point-of-service clean energy to serve the food/water/health nexus
Research Groups:
- RAEL (Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab – Kammen)
- Water Group (Ray)