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, with a focus on methane gas. He leads much of CLEE’s work involving the energy, agriculture, and landfill sectors, building teams that make cutting emissions both achievable and profitable. He advises more than 20 governments through the Subnational Methane Action Coalition (SMAC) and is a co-author of the Federal Methane Abatement Handbook for the oil and gas sector.
Before joining CLEE, Gil worked on space and energy diplomacy as a graduate researcher for the Royal Society, Britain’s national academy of sciences. A Florida native, he has served his home state as a riverboat captain in the Wakulla Springs wildlife sanctuary and as a Gubernatorial Fellow for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 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. 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