Jeremiah Johnson received his PhD in Environmental Engineering from Yale University in 2007.  He then spent five years working in the energy industry, advising utility executives and senior management on renewable energy strategy and conducting energy market analysis.  In the Fall of 2012, he joined SNRE and the Center for Sustainable Systems as an Assistant Research Scientist.

Dr. Johnson’s research employs systems approaches to assess the environmental impacts of variable renewable energy grid integration and large scale energy storage.  Other areas of investigation include developing methods for more informed generation resource planning and forecasting material use impacts stemming from changing generation portfolios.

Selected Publications

Johnson, J., Chertow, M., Climate Stabilization Wedges in Action: A Systems Approach to Energy Sustainability for Hawaii Island, Environmental Science & Technology, 43(7): 2234-2240, 2009.

Johnson, J., Graedel, T.E., The “Hidden” Trade of Metals in the United States, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 12 (5/6): 739-751, 2008.

Johnson, J., Reck, B., Wang, T., Graedel, T.E., The Energy Benefit of Stainless Steel Recycling, Energy Policy, 36 (1): 181-192, 2008.

Johnson, J., Harper, E.M., Lifset, R., Graedel, T.E., Dining at the Periodic Table: Metals Concentrations as They Relate to Recycling, Environmental Science & Technology, 41(5): 1759-1765, 2007.

Johnson, J., Schewel, L., Graedel, T.E., The Contemporary Anthropogenic Chromium Cycle, Environmental Science & Technology, 40 (22): 7060-7069, 2006.

Johnson, J., Jirikowic, J., Bertram, M., van Beers, D., Gordon, R.B., Henderson, K., Klee, R.J, Lanzano, T., Oetjen, L., Graedel, T.E., Contemporary Anthropogenic Silver Cycle: A Multilevel Analysis, Environmental Science & Technology, 39 (12): 4655-4665, 2005.