Alix de Monts was a master’s student in MIT’s Technology and Policy Program and earned a bachelor’s degree from the Institute in mechanical engineering. She is passionate about addressing the pressing geopolitical and technical challenges of the energy sector, and has had a wide range of international leadership experiences. She has raced the MIT solar car across Australia, been part of the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, and interned with ExxonMobil in Houston and ENGIE in Paris, and was a Schwarzman Scholar. Her research, developing techno-economic models of the electricity grid to advise governments on policy decisions and market design, brought her to Saudi Arabia and China.