Jae Edmonds Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6749
Fax: (301) 314-6760
jae@pnl.gov
Jae Edmonds is a senior staff scientist and technical leader of economic programs at the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Dr. Edmonds heads an international global change research program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with active collaborations in more than a dozen institutions and countries around the world. He is the principal investigator for the Global Energy Technology Strategy Program.
Dr. Edmonds is well known for his contributions to the integrated assessment of climate change and the examination of interactions among energy, technology, policy, and the environment. He has published extensively on global change topics through his books, papers, and presentations. He has served as a lead author for all three major assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and numerous interim assessment reports. He has frequently testified before Congress and briefed the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, including the Vice President of the United States and the Cabinet of the President of the United States In addition, he has prepared and conducted numerous briefings and lectures to a wide range of audiences. Dr. Edmonds serves on editorial boards, review panels, and advisory committees.
Charlette A. Geffen, Ph.D.
Manager, Global Energy Technology Strategy Program
Manager, Atmospheric Science and Climate Policy Product Line
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (509) 375-3646
Fax: (509) 372-6153
ca.geffen@pnl.gov
Charlette Geffen manages the Global Energy Technology Strategy program. She has more than 20 years of experience in strategic technology planning and assessment, energy and environmental management, and regulatory policy and risk assessment in a variety of industry applications. Dr. Geffen also has a primary responsibility for program management and business development for the Atmospheric Science and Climate Policy research programs at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Her recent research has focused on technology management and innovation in the automotive industry, with particular attention to the challenges of developing and implementing innovative environmental technologies across organizational boundaries. She also conducted research in technology pathway evaluation and road-mapping, R&D portfolio management, and methods for accelerating the process for moving ideas from research to deployment.
Dr. Geffen has participated since 2000 in the Government-University-Industry-Research Roundtable, with a particular focus on research commercialization and partnerships among key players in the national innovation system. Dr. Geffen is recognized for her strengths in building and managing teams to achieve results and has had significant program and line management responsibilities at PNNL, including leadership of a research group in Washington, D.C., focused on energy and environmental policy. She is active in a number of professional organizations, including the Society of Automotive Engineers and the International Association for the Management of Technology. Dr. Geffen holds a B.S. in civil/environmental engineering from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in technology management and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also is a faculty member at Washington State University-Tri Cities, where she teaches graduate courses in technology strategy and management of R&D and emerging technologies.
Gerald M. Stokes, Ph.D.
Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6704
Fax: (301) 314-6760
stokes@pnl.gov
Gerald Stokes directs the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Previously he was an associate laboratory director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, responsible for the Environmental and Health Sciences Division, the Laboratory's basic research division. In addition, he has held a variety other scientific and management positions during his 28-year tenure at PNNL. He was the founder of the PNNL Global Studies program and the chief scientist of the U.S. Department of Energy major climate research effort, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program, from 1990 through 1998. He served on the National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment. He also has served as the president of the board of the Columbia River Exposition of History Science and Technology and on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Science through Astronomy.
His primary research interests include climate and the design of large-scale field research facilities. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 journal articles, book chapters, and reports on topics including comets, the interstellar medium, atmospheric spectroscopy, and energy utilization. He holds a B.A. in Physics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and both Ph.D. and Masters in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Stokes is an adjunct professor in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland and is a member of Sigma Xi, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
John F. Clarke, D.Sc.
Account Manager
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6746
Fax: (301) 314-6760
J.F.Clarke@pnl.gov
John Clarke manages the fusion energy strategic technology analysis project and works on the macroeconomic characterization and analysis of nuclear energy and environmental technologies using within the Joint Global Change Research Institute integrated assessment models. His personal research interests focus on the application of conditional choice theory in macroeconomic models. He also consults regularly with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Instituto Mexicano del Petrolio on the development, analysis, and management of strategic technology portfolios based on technology road map development, integrated macroeconomic modeling, and real-option analysis of strategic technology opportunities. He previously served as director of the Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and later as DOE associate director of energy research and executive director of DOE climate activities.
On an international level, Dr. Clarke was DOE representative to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, organized the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, and was first chairman of the ITER Council. Dr. Clarke received a B.S. in physics and philosophy at Fordham University. He earned an M.S. in plasma physics and a D.Sc. in nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published over 100 papers and reports on plasma physics, fusion technology, and systems engineering as well as on international collaboration and macroeconomic modeling of technology development and deployment. He is a member of the Cosmos Club and a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society. He has received a number of awards from the U.S. Departments of Energy and State for his contributions to technical program management and the establishment of effective international collaboration.
Leon E. Clarke, Ph.D.
Senior Research Economist II
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6738
Fax: (301) 314-6760
leon.clarke@pnl.gov
Leon Clarke is a Senior Research Economist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, which he joined in 2003. Dr. Clarke's main research areas are the economics of technological change, environmental economics, and R&D strategy. Dr. Clarke also has a professional background in technology assessment and the evaluation of utility energy efficiency programs. Prior to joining PNNL, Dr. Clarke worked for RCG/Hagler, Bailly, Inc. (1990-1992), Pacific Gas & Electric Company (1992-1996), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2002-2003). Dr. Clarke holds a B.S. (1988) and M.S. (1990) in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2002) in Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University. He worked as a research assistant for Stanford's Energy Modeling Forum during his doctoral studies.
James J. Dooley
Staff Scientist
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6766
Fax: (301) 314-6760
jj.dooley@pnl.gov
Jim Dooley leads the Joint Global Change Research Institute and the Global Energy Technology Strategy Program's research related to carbon capture and disposal and the role of this class of technologies in addressing climate change. He is also a senior member of the Joint Global Change Research Institute's Integrated Assessment modeling team and in this capacity has principally been focused on the interplay between R&D investments, climate change related technology development and economics. Dooley serves an invited Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's forthcoming Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage and has also served on the advisory boards for the Energy Futures Coalition and the Keystone Center. He is also in charge of developing Battelle's private sector businesses relating to carbon management.
With a background in engineering, science/technology policy, and economics, Dooley has conducted seminal research showing global and individual country trends in energy R&D and described the set of market and policy forces, such as energy sector deregulation, that has brought about profound changes in what energy R&D is supported by firms and governments. This research laid the foundation for examinations of strategic investments in R&D that would lead to effective climate change mitigation technologies. Concrete results include an economic assessment of the value of carbon capture and disposal technologies, technical and market analysis for a multinational client who has developed a unique CO2 emission control technology. Dooley and his colleagues have developed a state-of-the-art geographic information-based model for examining the large-scale deployment of carbon management technologies in the United States. This model has allowed for pioneering work in the construction of the first-ever supply curves for the use of geologic sequestration in the United States.
R. Cesar Izaurralde
Laboratory Fellow
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6751
Fax: (301) 314-6760
cesar.izaurralde@pnl.gov
Cesar Izaurralde is a Laboratory Fellow with the Joint Global Change Research Institute. His current research focuses on modeling 1) the impacts of climate change and variability on terrestrial ecosystems and water resources and 2) carbon sequestration in, and greenhouse gas emissions from, agricultural soils.
Before joining Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 1997, Dr. Izaurralde served as Chair of Resource Conservation in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta, Canada. There he taught courses in soil conservation and conducted research in soil conservation and nutrient cycling in agroecosystems and environmental-economic modeling. In his native Argentina, he studied at and later joined the Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias at Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Dr. Izaurralde received a Fulbright Fellowship (1980-1981). He was Invited Professor at Universidad Nacional de Cordoba in (1996, 1999) and at Universidad Catolica de Cordoba (1977-1980). He is a member of the Soil Science Society of America, the American Society of Agronomy, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Izaurralde received his M.S. and Ph.D. in soils from Kansas State University and a B.S. in agronomy from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba.
Son H. Kim, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6763
Fax: (301) 314-6760
skim@pnl.gov
Son Kim is a senior research scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Since 1993, he has focused on the development of energy/economic models and their use to understand the global impact of technologies and policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. He is currently leading an effort to develop the next generation of energy/economic models using modern software approaches to create a flexible modeling framework that can address emerging questions related to technology and policy. He has conducted studies for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency and cooperates with domestic and international organizations to conduct global and regional analyses of climate change policies. Dr. Kim has a B.S. in nuclear engineering from the University of California-Berkeley and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
F. Blaine Metting, Jr., Ph.D.
Manager, Biological & Environmental Sciences Product Line
Manager, Health & Human Services Sector
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (509) 375-2607
Fax: (509) 375-4343
blaine.metting@pnl.gov
At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Blaine Metting shares responsibility for program development in biology and biotechnology. Since 1990, Dr. Metting has coordinated discretionary R&D programs in microbial biotechnology, molecular biology, and environmental health. He is executive secretary for the Bio-Based Products Initiative and supports the advocacy team for locating a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility at PNNL for high-throughput global proteomics. Dr. Metting also serves on the Biomolecular Sciences Advisory Committee. He has assisted DOE in building national research programs in bioremediation, carbon management,and post-genome biology and currently serves as co-director of the DOE Center for Research in Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Prior to joining PNNL, Dr. Metting was co-founder and research and development director for an agricultural biotechnology company that received support from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy. He is active in the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization and currently represents PNNL on the boards of the Spokane Area Biotechnology Council and the Oregon Biotechnology Association. An environmental microbiologist, Dr. Metting received his Ph.D. in botany in 1979 from Washington State University.
Norman J. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Laboratory Fellow Emeritus
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6753
Fax: (301) 314-6760
NJ.Rosenberg@pnl.gov
At the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Norm Rosenberg advises on research on the impacts of climatic variability and potential change on water resources, agriculture, and unmanaged ecosystems. Under the Institute's Global Technology Strategy Program, Dr. Rosenberg also participates in efforts to develop an understanding of the potential role of biotechnology and genetic engineering in mitigation of global climatic change. Beginning in 1992, Dr. Rosenberg coordinated research that provides information to the JGCRI Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM), an integrated assessment tool for understanding the causes and potential effects of environmental change, mitigation means, and adaptation to unavoidable change. As one means of mitigation, Dr. Rosenberg has conducted research on sequestration of carbon in agricultural soils. He was principal organizer of efforts that led to creation of the DOE Center for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems (CSiTE). In 2004 Dr. Rosenberg organized a seminal workshop to explore opportunities to apply biotechnology in mitigation of greenhouse warming. Proceedings of this workshop were published in early 2004.
Prior to joining PNNL, Dr. Rosenberg was director of the Climate Resources Program at Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C. Before joining RFF in 1987, he was George Holmes Professor of Agricultural Meteorology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which he joined as assistant professor in 1961. Dr. Rosenberg is a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, the American Meteorological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also is associate editor of the journals Climatic Change and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. An agricultural meteorologist, Dr. Rosenberg has degrees in soil science and meteorology from Michigan State, Oklahoma State, and Rutgers universities.
Steven J. Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist II
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6745
Fax: (301) 314-6760
ssmith@pnl.gov
Steven Smith's research focuses on long-term socioeconomic scenarios and the interface between socioeconomic systems and the climate system. Research areas include aerosols, non-CO2 greenhouse gases, the carbon cycle, biomass energy, energy technologies, and land-use changes. Recent research concerns the role of non-CO2 forcing agents in policy scenarios, including sulfate aerosols, black carbon, and non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Model development efforts include implementing in the MiniCAM framework emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases and aerosols (sulfur-dioxide and carbonaceous aerosols). At the Joint Global Change Research Institute, Smith is part of the team that has developed ObjECTS, our new object-oriented modeling framework. Prior to joining PNNL in 1999, Dr. Smith worked with Dr. T.M.L. Wigley as a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Smith was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. He also has served on the Panel on Public Affairs of the American Physical Society as well as on the Executive Committee of the APS Forum on Physics and Society. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California-Los Angeles.
Allison M. Thomson
Research Scientist II
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6750
Fax: (301) 314-6760
Allison.Thomson@pnl.gov
Allison Thomson is a research scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI). Her work focuses on modeling of the impacts of global change on agricultural and water resources. A major recent research project is the development of a global agricultural modeling dataset that can be used in the EPIC model to simulate agricultural crop production and soil carbon dynamics in many regions of the world. Other current modeling projects include simulating the dynamics of the rangelands of southeastern Arizona and the agricultural practices of the North China Plain to assess potentials for soil carbon sequestration. In addition, she has extensive experience in using geographic information systems (GIS) in support of ecosystem modeling projects. Ms. Thomson holds an M.S. in environmental management from Duke University and a B.A. from Carleton College. Ms. Thomson spent one year working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service developing GIS capabilities and support for coastal and estuarine forecast models. She has worked in the Impacts Group at JGCRI for 4 years.
Marshall Wise
Senior Research Engineer
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Phone: (301) 314-6770
Fax: (301) 314-6760
Marshall.Wise@pnl.gov
Marshall Wise is a senior research engineer at the Joint Global Change Research Institute. His expertise is in the economic modeling and analysis of energy systems, with experience in both broad-scale energy policy analysis and detailed financial analysis of private-sector electric power generation assets. In the early to mid 1990s, Mr. Wise was a key team member on the development and implementation of two leading economic and integrated assessment models, the Second Generation Model (SGM) and the MiniCAM, for which he was lead developer until 1998.
Mr. Wise currently serves on the development team of the ObjECTS modeling framework, which is Battelle's a major new modeling and analysis framework for performing integrated assessments of global change. This new framework builds on the foundations and success of our SGM and MiniCAM models with a further focus on explicit technological and sectoral detail. It will form the quantitative backbone of our analysis for the Global Technology Strategy Program as well as much of our other policy, technology, and market analysis. Mr. Wise is also on Battelle's technical team supporting the FutureGen Presidential Initiative to build a near-zero emissions coal-fueled electric power generation and hydrogen production plant. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Wise was a manager in ICF Consulting's private-sector electric power consulting practice, where he modeled and analyzed future electric power market conditions for several leading private energy companies, international banks, and Wall Street credit rating agencies. Prior to ICF, he was with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from 1990 to 1998 in Washington, D.C. Mr. Wise holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in industrial and systems engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).