Jesse Jenkins
About Jesse Jenkins
Jesse D. Jenkins is an assistant professor and macro-scale energy systems engineer at Princeton University with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment. He leads the Princeton ZERO Lab (Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory), which focuses on improving and applying optimization-based macro-energy systems models to evaluate and optimize low-carbon energy technologies, guide investment and research in innovative energy technologies, and generate insights to improve energy and climate policy and planning decisions. Dr. Jenkins earned a PhD and SM from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, worked previously as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and spent six years as an energy and climate policy analyst prior to embarking on his academic career. Dr. Jenkins recently served on the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine expert committee on Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System, was a principal investigator and lead author of Princeton's landmark Net-Zero America study, and leads the REPEAT Project (repeatproject.org), which provides regular, timely, and independent environmental and economic evaluation of federal energy and climate policies as they’re proposed and enacted. Dr. Jenkins has delivered invited testimony to multiple Congressional committees and his research is regularly featured in major media outlets. He provides technical analysis and policy advice for non-profit organizations, policy makers, investors, and early-stage technology ventures working to accelerate the deployment of clean energy. He is currently an advisor to Rondo Energy, Eavor Technologies, MUUS Climate Partners, Energy Impact Partners, and Clean Air Task Force and is a partner with DeSolve, LLC, which provides decision support, analytics, and policy advisory services. Follow Jesse on Twitter @JesseJenkins and view his publications at http://bit.ly/ScholarJenkins "The Professor Helping Guide Billions in Climate Spending" - Wall Street Journal profile https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-professor-helping-guide-billions-in-climate-spending-96d3d17c "The Single Best Guide to Decarbonization I've Heard" - The Ezra Klein Show appearance https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jesse-jenkins.html "The Grid We Need to Electrify Everything" - VERGE Electrify keynote https://www.greenbiz.com/video/grid-we-need-electrify-everything-jesse-jenkins Send a LinkedIn message for public speaking inquiries