Jesse Jenkins
Department
Position
Title
Principal Investigator. Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
Research Interests
Energy systems engineering with a focus on the electricity sector, including: transition to zero-carbon resources; proliferation of distributed energy resources; role of electricity in economy-wide decarbonization. Research improves and applies optimization-based energy systems models to evaluate low-carbon energy technologies, policy options, and robust decisions under deep uncertainty.