Alyssa Gilbert is the Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute - Climate change and the Environment at Imperial College London where she connects relevant research across the university with policy-makers and businesses.

Prior to joining the university, she worked at a specialist consultancy on a range of topics including Emissions Trading policy and market-based mechanisms, broader carbon pricing developments, Forestry and REDD+, adaptation to climate change and climate finance. She has worked with government clients at the international level, in the UK and for other national governments. She is also a member of NERC’s Strategic Programme Advisory Committee (SPAG). Alyssa has previously worked for the Deputy Mayor of London and as a journalist on environmental policy in Brussels.  Alyssa has a degree in Natural Sciences.