Technology Planning & Deployment Staff
Mark R. Weimar
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
P.O. Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
Phone: (509) 372-4906
Fax: (509) 372-4370
Email: mark.weimar@pnl.gov
Expertise:
- Econometric Modeling
- Financial Modeling
- Market Assessment
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Return on Investment
- Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-proliferation
- Signature Development and Visualization
Experience:
Mark Weimar has been at PNNL since 1993. His professional career includes a broad range of experience from agricultural policy to energy policy using the modeling of systems. While Dr. Weimar worked for the USDA, he was its poultry forecaster, cross-commodity forecaster, and Dairy Research Section Leader.
His background in finance, marketing, economics, risk analysis, and visualization provides him with a key set of tools to analyze market incentives, assess market penetration capability, and develop excise tax revenue forecasting models. Key work while at PNNL includes developing pricing and incentives for the TWRS performance-based contracting; analyzing the survivability of the Russian Grid; analyzing motor fuel tax evasion; and using visualization tools such as Starlight, Inspire, and OmniViz. He is currently working on a project to analyze the threat of biological WMD.
Education:
B.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University
Ph.D., Iowa State University, Department of Economics