Jessica Lovering

{{short description|American astrophysicist}}

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Jessica Lovering is an American astrophysicist, researcher and Director of Energy at the Breakthrough Institute. She supports the innovative development of new nuclear power plants in response to climate change.{{Cite web|url=https://thebreakthrough.org/people/profile/Jessica-Lovering|title=Jessica Lovering --|website=thebreakthrough.org|language=en|access-date=2017-05-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2016/07/12/28665/|title=A Conversation with Jessica Lovering {{!}} ANS Nuclear Cafe|last=ansnuclearcafe|access-date=2017-05-28}} She also sits on the Advisory Committee of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuclearinnovationalliance.org/advisory-committee|title=Nuclear Innovation Alliance|website=Nuclear Innovation Alliance|access-date=2017-05-28}} and was a speaker at Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://nuclearbootcamp.berkeley.edu/2016-2/2016-speakers/|title=2016 Speakers – Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp|website=nuclearbootcamp.berkeley.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-28}} Her biography at ClimateOne states that Lovering "works to change how people think about energy and the environment".{{Cite news|url=https://climateone.org/people/jessica-lovering|title=Jessica Lovering|last=Cohan|first=Ellen|date=2016-02-25|work=Climate One|access-date=2017-05-28|language=en}} Her written work has featured in various publications, including journals Issues in Science and Technology, Science and Public Policy, Foreign Affairs and Energy policy.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G26rp4YAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|title=Jessica Lovering - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2017-05-28}} Websites featuring her work include various nuclear energy blogs and EnergyPost.eu.{{Cite web|url=http://energypost.eu/author/jessica-lovering/|title=Jessica Lovering, Author at EnergyPost.eu|website=EnergyPost.eu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-28}} She has worked as a researcher on the documentary film Pandora's Promise and appeared in the TV series Abandoned.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7626679/|title=Jessica Lovering|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-05-28}}