PNNL Job Posting - Senior Energy-Environment-Economy Scientist

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The Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) at PNNL seeks a Senior Energy-Environment-Economy Scientist to conduct research in one or more of the following areas: clean energy policies with a major focus on energy system transitions and climate change resilience, net-zero strategies and their implementation, and analysis of specific energy technology and policy areas. The primary assignment location is at JGCRI in College Park, Maryland. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will lead or contribute to multiple projects including technical analysis, research using JGCRI’s flagship Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM), collaborations with the University of Maryland’s Center for Global Sustainability, and proposal development.

The anticipated tasks may include:

Contributing to high-impact clean energy policy research, modeling and analysis including publications, presentations at scientific and technical conferences, and presentations to internal and external stakeholders.

Topics may include:

• Climate ambition assessments in major economies
• Long-term climate and development strategies
• Technology and policy analysis related to clean energy, for example, building efficiency policies
• Financing the energy and climate transition toward net zero
• Just and equitable energy and economic transitions
• Strategies for fossil fuel phaseout
• Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, including methane

Current closing date: 12/18/2024

For further details: PNNL jobs site