Annie is an urban mobility researcher with MIT’s Urban Mobility Lab and MIT’s AgeLab. Her research focuses on preparing cities for next-generation transportation technologies. She has worked as a consultant and researcher on a number of transportation projects for organizations ranging from the IADB to the Parisian government.  Prior to her time at MIT, she worked as an energy policy analyst and researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, honing an expertise on energy transitions in Europe as well as ‘frontier’ energy innovations. She has also worked in communications for a wide variety of urban mobility clients, ranging from car-sharing company Zipcar to bike-sharing company Zagster. She received dual masters degrees from MIT in Urban Planning and Transportation Science and her bachelors in World Politics and German Literature from Hamilton College.