Dr. Aubrey Paris is the Senior Policy Advisor on Gender, Climate Change, & Innovation in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) at the U.S. Department of State, where she leads policy and public diplomacy efforts related to the nexus of gender and climate change. As part of her portfolio, she launched the Innovation Station initiative to amplify the impact of woman and girl innovators developing translatable solutions to climate-related challenges, while simultaneously drawing subnational connections between domestic and international communities. The initiative includes development of an international network, virtual event series, quarterly newsletter, and weekly podcast.In her spare time, Dr. Paris serves as creator of National Treasure Hunt LLC, the podcast, book, and tour providing an interdisciplinary exploration of the National Treasure film and television franchise. Since 2020, the podcast has examined niche intersections with academic disciplines (e.g., science, history, literature, ethics) while interviewing historical experts and the production team, including on the red carpet. In 2021, National Treasure Hunt LLC expanded to include an informal Washington, DC, walking tour that has since become a semi-annual activity bringing together National Treasure enthusiasts from across the country. The project’s first book accompaniment, “National Treasure Hunt: One Step Short of Crazy,” was published by Tucker DS Press in February 2023.Prior to her current roles, Dr. Paris was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and Energy and Climate Scholar at Princeton University, where she designed catalysts capable of transforming carbon dioxide into useful and marketable products, such as fuels and chemical feedstocks. During her graduate studies, Dr. Paris also contributed to research projects on water security implications of Chinese-financed, coal-fired power plants and the future of U.S. nuclear energy in the face of climate change.Dr. Paris received her Ph.D. in Chemistry and Materials Science from Princeton University (2019), M.A. in Chemistry from Princeton University (2017), and B.S. in Chemistry and Biology, with a minor in French, from Ursinus College (2015).
