Noura MANSOURI

Bio

Dr. Noura Mansouri accumulates 18 years of research and professional experience in energy, environment, and sustainability. She is currently a Research Fellow at KAPSARC, a Research Affiliate at MIT, and an Expert at the World Energy Council. She is also the Co-chair of Task Force 2 on Climate Change, Sustainable Energy and Environment in T20 Italy 2021. She was the Lead Co-chair of Task Force 2 on Climate Change and Environment at T20 Saudi Arabia 2020. Previously, Dr. Mansouri has worked at AREVA to establish the Saudi nuclear sector. Noura earned her MBA and PhD degrees in sustainability and energy transitions from University of London. She is the author of ‘Greening the Black Gold: Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Clean Energy’. Dr. Mansouri completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at MIT, and she is a recipient of the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship from the Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy at MIT and KFUPM. Dr. Mansouri was selected as a young scientist to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate 2017 Meeting in Economic Sciences, she was also selected as a member of the Zayed Sustainability Prize Review Committee for 2018 and the Selection Committee for 2019-2022, and received the 2015 Women Excellence Leadership Award under the category "Rising Stars," she is also a Founder and Board Member at the Saudi Association for Energy Economics, and Board Member at the Women in Clean Energy under the Clean Energy Business Council for MENA.