Inès Pajot is an incoming first-year student with plans to major in physics. Read how she plans to use her time at Berkeley to find new energy sources for our warming planet. “I’m originally from Paris, and moved to London when I was 6. I remember learning about climate change in science class — simple things, like the greenhouse effect. So I knew it was a problem, but it wasn’t at the forefront of my mind. I became more interested in climate work in secondary school through learning about how energy is generated. I was really interested in fusion, a natural process that happens in stars — it’s how the sun turns matter into energy, which is where we get all the radiation we have on Earth. I started looking into the different ways to produce energy. I spent a year in the Bay Area when I was 16 when we moved here temporarily for my dad’s job. I attended a private school called The Nueva School in San Mateo. There was such a huge emphasis on sustainability, so I decided to hop on the t...