Pritha Ghosh is a Program Director at Cascade Climate, a philanthropically-backed nonprofit organization working across industry, government and science to accelerate progress in natural system climate interventions. Previously, she served on the research staff of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federally funded research and development center that supports the US Department of Defense. There she assessed emerging technologies, informed decision-making on logistics investments, and worked closely with US partner nations to build institutional capacity. Pritha holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University where she focused on computational simulations of gases in novel porous materials under humid conditions, and a Bachelors in Chemistry from Princeton University.