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Daniel Kammen
James and Katherine Lau Distinguished Professor of Sustainability
University of California, Berkeley
Education/Degree:
1 Physics Physics (Harvard University)
About
Daniel Kammen is the James and Katherine Lau Distinguished Professor of Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the Department of Nuclear Engineering. His work is focused on decarbonization, energy access, and climate justice. He has served as Senior Advisor for Energy and Innovation at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Kammen is a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC.
He is the Co-Chair of the UC Berkeley Roundtable on Climate and Environmental Justice (http://ceej.berkeley.edu)
Kammen served as Science Envoy for Secretary of State John Kerry (2016- 2017).
Kammen' has published over 450 articles and 12 books on energy systems, energy justice, and climate change. For a director: http://rael.berkeley.edu
Current Work
Kammen is directing a project to sustainably electrify with clean energy 25,000 health facilities in Africa by 2025, and ultimately all ~100,000 under-powered health centers in Africa.
Kammen is also engaged in developing analytic tools and applied solutions to increasing energy access.
His laboratory also works on developing energy systems as part of the Just Transition.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Energy access, Energy Justice, Energy systems modeling, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate and carbon footprint analysis