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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A. Academic – current
Researcher
Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, University of California, Davis, 5/2021-present
Instiute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 5/2021-present
Research Affiliate
Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1/2016-present
Transportation Sustainability Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 5/2021-present
B. Academic – previous
Researcher
Transportation Sustainability Research Center, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 3/2015-5/2021
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 7/2006-3/2015
Research Affiliate
Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, University of California, Davis, 11/2019-5/2021
Instiute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 11/2019-5/2021
Associate Researcher
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 9/1993-6/2006
Post-Graduate Researcher
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 12/1991-8/1993
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University, 10/1990-11/1991
Research Assistant
University of California, Davis, 1985-88
University of California, Berkeley, 1979-81
C. Industry, government, other
Private consultant
World Bank, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Global Environmental Facility, International Energy Agency, U. S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, U. S. Department of Transportation, California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, and others; 1989-2006 (see “private consulting” elsewhere on this website)
EDUCATION
Ph. D., Ecology (emissions of greenhouse gases from transportation fuels and electricity; alternative fuels for transportation), University of California, Davis, 1990
M. Arch. (planning; energy use in buildings), University of California, Berkeley, 1982
B. A. (architecture), University of California, Berkeley, 1979
Physics and civil engineering major, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976-78
HONORS AND AWARDS
Cozzarelli Prize, National Academy of Sciences, 2015. For paper: M. Z. Jacobson, M. A. Delucchi, M. Cameron, and B. Frew “A Solution to the Grid Reliability Problem with 100% Penetration of Intermittent Wind, Water, and Solar for All Purposes,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1510028112 (2015)
“Citation of Excellence” from Emerald Publishing, given in 2017for “one of the most highly cited and influential papers published in 2014 relating to the areas of business management, finance, accounting, economics and marketing:” R. J. Plevin, M. A. Delucchi, and F. Creutzig, “Using Attributional Life Cycle Assessment to Estimate Climate-Change Mitigation Benefits Misleads Policymakers,” Journal of Industrial Ecology 18: 73-83 (2014).
Nomination for the Journal of Industrial Ecology Graedel Prize for best paper published in 2013: R. J. Plevin, M. A. Delucchi, and F. Creutzig, “Using Attributional Life Cycle Assessment to Estimate Climate-Change Mitigation Benefits Misleads Policymakers,” Journal of Industrial Ecology 18: 73-83 (2014).
University of California Transportation Center Post-graduate Fellowship, 1991-92
Transportation Student of the Year, Region IX University Transportation Center (California), 1991
Chevron Graduate Student Fellowship, 1990
UC Regents Fellowship, 1988-89
UC Regents Fellowship, 1987-88
UC Regents Fellowship, 1986-87
Twice nominated as outstanding teaching assistant
National Collegiate Natural Resource Management Award, 1987
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Fellowship Competition, 1986