Benjamin Heilbronn

Rising Senior @ Harvard | Environmental Science & Public Policy | Economics | Data Science

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I’m a rising senior at Harvard studying Environmental Science & Public Policy and Economics, with broad interests in economic opportunity, urban mobility, and infrastructure. I will be joining PwC as a Sustainability Strategy Intern this summer, where I’m excited to work at the intersection of corporate strategy and climate action. My experiences span government, consulting, and research, but the through-line has always been systems thinking: understanding how institutions, data, and people interact to shape policy and impact. I’ve worked across diverse contexts – from supporting public finance and regional policy in Chile, to leading a consulting project for a recycling organization in South Africa, to analyzing EV infrastructure as a research assistant at Harvard’s Salata Institute. This year, I’m continuing to build a global perspective through a multi-country study abroad program (Ecuador, Morocco, Nepal), after attending COP30 in Brazil in November. I’m always happy to connect – feel free to reach out!

Experience

  • Sustainability Strategy Intern (Summer) at PwC
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

  • Research Assistant at Harvard Kennedy School
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    -Supporting Professors Nair and Zeckhauser (Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government), coordinating with a team of research assistants, managing timelines and collaboration across projects for both professors -Conduct quantitative analysis on congressional lobbying data to identify funding patterns around food assistance and public benefit programs; create LLM pipeline to pass preliminary results through to strengthen analysis -Support literature reviews, data sourcing, and preliminary modeling to inform working papers and policy briefs

  • Harvard University (2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Unit Review Tutor/Course Assistant: Principles of Economics (Ec10)
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

      -Tutor students in Ec10: Principles of Economics via grading and providing feedback on review tests -Host problem set collaborative sessions with 50+ students to strengthen students' understanding of foundational economics concepts and get help with their weekly assignments

    • Peer Advising Fellow (PAF)
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

      -Advise 8 first year students via 1:1 meetings, hosting weekly study breaks, discussing academic resources, extracurricular opportunities, and social life to ensure personal and academic goals are defined and met -Cultivate a strong sense of community for an entryway of 16 students, working with Co-PAF and Proctor

    • Course Assistant: Data Analysis & Politics (Gov51)
      Dec 2024 - May 2025 · 6 mos

  • Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group (2 yrs 5 mos)
    • Director of Finance
      Dec 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Industry Project Associate
      Feb 2024 - Dec 2024 · 11 mos

      -Managed team of analysts with Team Lead to conduct research and make recommendations to a company specializing in carbon removal via direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) tech -Reviewed analysts’ deliverables and present findings to client to get feedback and adapt

    • Industry Project Analyst
      Sep 2023 - Feb 2024 · 6 mos

      -Consulted for a hydrogen renewable energy start-up alongside a team of analysts and a case team lead -Developed market analysis to gain insight on product pricing and effects on buyers as well as availability of resources and further applications of hydrogen as a green fuel

  • COP30 Delegate - Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) at COP30 Brazil
    Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 · 2 mos