Shefali Khanna completed her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2021. Prior to beginning her Ph.D., Shefali was a Research Assistant at Resources for the Future (RFF), where she conducted evaluations of residential energy efficiency and vehicle fuel economy standards in the US. In addition, she assisted the World Bank in updating its protocol for estimating global health damages from ambient air pollution. She graduated with a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.