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Corinne Scown is the Deputy Director for Research of the Energy Analysis (EA) Division at LBNL, Vice President and founder of the Life-cycle, Economics, and Agronomy Division (LEAD) at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), and she is a PI in the Energy and Biosciences Institute (EBI). She holds a secondary appointment in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at LBNL. Scown’s expertise includes life-cycle assessment, technoeconomic analysis, biofuels and bioproducts, air quality impacts of new energy technologies, and co-management of energy and water. She has led projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, California Energy Commission, California Air Resources Board, Department of Defense, and Energy Biosciences Institute. She has led the development of online tools for TEA, LCA, and bio-based feedstock assessment, including BioC2G and the Biositing tool. Scown was awarded the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship in 2022 for her work on TEA and LCA of emerging technologies and served as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States. Scown earned a B.S. in civil engineering with a double-major in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and she received her Ph.D. and M.S. in civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley.

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts, Berkeley, United StatesApr 2024 - present
  • Staff Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts, Berkeley, United StatesJul 2017 - Apr 2024
  • Research Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeb 2014 - Jul 2017
  • Principal Scientific Engineering Associate
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts, Berkeley, United StatesFeb 2012 - Feb 2014

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Asst. Professional Researcher
    University of California, Berkeley, Energy & Biosciences Institute, Berkeley, United StatesMay 2017 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United StatesMay 2008 - Dec 2010
  • MS
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United StatesSep 2007 - May 2008
  • BS
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United StatesAug 2003 - Dec 2006

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoc
    University of California, Berkeley, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, United StatesJan 2011 - present
    Postdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Horvath

AREA

  • Energy Technologies

DIVISION

  • Energy Analysis

RESEARCH AREAS