Neeloo Bhatti-McAndrew

Dr. Neeloo Bhatti-McAndrew is Associate Director of the University of Delaware Energy Institute. She has played a major role in its establishment and helping set its direction.

Dr. Bhatti-McAndrew received her BS degree in Biochemistry from McGill University, and M.E.S., MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Science all from Yale University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory before joining the staff there as an Environmental Scientist. She has extensive experience in issues relating to climate change, air quality, energy science, and environmental impact analysis. She served as Technical Coordinator for the U.S. Country Studies Program which was part of the U.S. commitment to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change that was signed at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit Conference and participated in a number of high-level international missions to Eastern Europe, China, and Asia to provide technical assistance in the areas of climate change, air quality, and human health impacts.

Dr. Bhatti-McAndrew was also a part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change team that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Her research includes a pioneering work that assessed the vulnerability of the Asian region to the potential threat of acid rain. She has also worked as an environmental effects specialist for the World Bank and served as an environmental advisor for the Village of Homer Glen in Illinois.

She has written numerous scientific and journal articles and book chapters.