Lead Research Fellow, Methane, the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment
Email: gil.damon@berkeley.edu
Gil Damon designs strategies to tackle climate super pollutants, especially methane gas. He leads much of CLEE’s work involving the oil and gas, agriculture, and landfill sectors, building teams that make methane cuts both achievable and profitable. Gil also advises more than 20 governments through the Subnational Methane Action Coalition (SMAC) and is co-author of the oil and gas sector Methane Abatement Handbook for the US State and Commerce Departments.
Before joining CLEE, Gil worked on space and energy diplomacy as a graduate researcher for the UK’s national academy of sciences, the Royal Society. A Florida native, he has served his home state as a Florida Gubernatorial Fellow and as a riverboat captain in the Wakulla Springs wildlife sanctuary. In college, he interned for NASA, the White House, and Florida lawmakers.
Gil holds an MPP from Cambridge, where he researched aerospace, defense, and energy policy as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and a B.S. from Florida State University in Psychology and Political Science. He is a trail runner, private pilot, and advocate for Florida waterways.
MPP, Cambridge University, UK, Gates Cambridge Scholar
B.S., Psychology & Political Science, Florida State University