Alexis Pascaris is a social scientist and subject matter expert in agrivoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Her work aims to improve knowledge about the socio-political aspects of agrivoltaics by investigating issues around stakeholder adoption, community acceptance, policy effects, and implementation barriers. She engages farmers, solar developers, policy makers, Extension agents, and other key stakeholders to understand their interests and needs in agrivoltaics with the aim of facilitating cross-sector collaboration and supporting appropriate deployment. On the NREL InSPIRE team, Alexis provides thought leadership in social sciences, conducts novel analyses, develops resources to inform implementation, and coordinates national research efforts