Jeremy Richardson
Kendall Science Fellow in Clean Energy Innovation
Jeremy Richardson joined UCS in early January 2012 and will be working from our DC office through September 2013. Steve Clemmer, director of energy research, is his supervisor and he is supported by both economists and scientists in the Climate and Energy Program.
As a Kendall science fellow, Dr. Richardson will explore the fundamental cultural and economic drivers of coal production in West Virginia and identify ways of creating diverse economic opportunities. He will seek to understand the deep connection people have with coal, to quantify the changing economic importance of coal to local populations, and to develop actionable paths to build local support for a more economically and environmentally sustainable future. He seeks to bridge the gap between the national and regional/state-level policy discussions about our energy future.
In addition to coming from a coal mining family in West Virginia, Dr. Richardson is a physicist who is passionate about the urgent need to address climate change. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has a B.S. in physics from West Virginia University. Most recently, he worked as a senior analyst with New West Technologies, a DOE-contractor, analyzing the impacts of investing in energy efficiency measures in residential and commercial buildings. Before working with New West, he was a senior fellow for science policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. He was also a AAAS fellow, where he analyzed the potential for energy efficiency and renewable energy in the United States and advised Al Gore’s Repower America Campaign, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
