Conferences
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Oral & Poster presenter
Dates: December 9-13, 2024
Location: Washington D.C.
Details: Conference website.
Oral Presenter, Poster Prester
INFORMS, Session chair, Oral presenter
Dates: October 20-23, 2024
Location: Seattle, WA
Details: Conference website.
Session Co-Chair, Oral Presenter
Open Energy Modeling Workshop
INFORMS, Session chair, Oral presenter
Dates: October 15-18, 2023
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Details: Conference website.
Impact of Variability and Extremes of Weather in Energy Systems+; Multi-Objective Decision Making Under Uncertainty+; The Hydrogen Economy: Challenges and Opportunities+; Representation of Hydrogen in Capacity Expansion Modeling*
+Session Co-Chair, *Oral Presenter
Next Generation Energy Climate Modeling 2022, Plenary speaker
Talk Title: Energy system flexibility: considering daily, seasonal, and interannual weather variability
Date: Sept 15, 2022
Details: The NextGenEC initiative has drawn together researchers from across the energy- and climate- sciences with the aim of highlighting the state-of-the-art, identifying scientific opportunities, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange.
Gordon Electrochemistry Conference, Poster presenter
Poster Title: Long-term activity and stability of earth-abundant MnSbOx electrocatalysts for water oxidation in acidic media
Dates: Sept 11-16, 2022
Details: Fundamental to Applied Electrochemistry: New Frontiers in Charge Transfer Theory, Electrocatalysis, Materials for Energy Conversion/Storage, Sensing and Separations
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Session convener and poster presenter
Session Convener: Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems: Geophysical Opportunities, Constraints, and Consequences
Poster Title: Hydrogen Energy Storage, Despite Low Efficiency, Can Reduce the Cost of Deeply Decarbonized Electricity Systems. iPoster link
Date and Time: Dec 13, 2021
Details: Hosted two oral sessions and one poster session. Poster presenter.
California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC), Keynote Speaker
Topic: Student Voices on Campus Sustainability; An Opening Keynote
Date and Time: Monday July 6, 2020 8:45-9:45 AM PST
Details: Link. Goal of session: highlight the work of student sustainability activists and host a discussion with a group of students who have led sustainability projects on campuses.
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Oral presenter
Topic: Role of long-duration energy storage in variable renewable electricity systems
Date and Time: Friday, 11 December 2020; 20:30 - 21:30 PST
Session: GC080: Near-Zero Emissions Energy Systems: Geophysical Opportunities, Constraints, and Consequences I
United States Association for Energy Economics, Oral presenter
Session: Energy Storage and the Grid
Talk: Complementary roles of Power-to-Gas-to-Power and Batteries in a 100% Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity System
Dates: Nov 3-6, 2019
Location: Denver, CO
Details: 37th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference. Conference program. Invited for a 15 minute talk.
Open Energy Modeling Workshop, Oral presenter
Talk: Generation of multi-decadal, hourly-based wind and solar availability data sets
Dates: 18-19 September 2019
Location: National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO
Details: Conference website.
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Poster presenter
Topic: Complementary roles of Power-to-Gas-to-Power and Batteries in a 100% Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity System
Date: December 2019
Session: Near-Zero Emissions Energy Systems: Geophysical Opportunities, Constraints, and Consequences.
Invited Talks
Caltech Class, Guest lecturer
Talk Title: Macro Energy Systems
Date: Feb 6, 2024
Details: ChE/ESE/ME/MS: Sustainable Engineering.
Next Generation Energy Climate Modeling 2022, Plenary speaker
Talk Title: Energy system flexibility: considering daily, seasonal, and interannual weather variability
Date: Sept 15, 2022
Details: The NextGenEC initiative has drawn together researchers from across the energy- and climate- sciences with the aim of highlighting the state-of-the-art, identifying scientific opportunities, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange.
Brooke Owens Fellowship Summit, Subject-matter expert
Topic: Keeping the Lights On: Power Generation Grand Challenge Exercise
Date: July 16, 2022
Location: Washington D. C., virtual
Details: The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program provides paid internships and executive mentorship for exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities in aerospace.
U. S. Climate Alliance, Guest speaker
Talk topic: Overview of research and insight on energy storage, electrolytic hydrogen production, development of new reliability laws and potential for zero-emission sources to supply state facilities / central plants.
Date: June 2, 2022
Details: The United States Climate Alliance is a bipartisan coalition of governors committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Global Council for Science and the Environment, speaker
Panel: The Future of Carbon Neutral Energy Storage Technologies
Talk topic: Efforts to determine the amount of storage needed to ensure a reliable and resilient 100% carbon-neutral electricity grid.
Date: June 11, 2022
Details: Session organized by the California Council on Science and Technology. Conference hosted by the Global Council for Science and the Environment.
Renewable Gas 360, Webinar speaker
Topic: Harnessing Renewable Hydrogen for Long Term Energy Storage
Date and Time: May 12, 2021 at 9am PT
Details: Webinar Description.
Webinar full video recording.
787 registrants and 422 live attendees including members of the California Energy Commission and the California Air Resources Board.
Caltech Environmental Science & Engineering, Invited seminar speaker
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Invited seminar speaker
Caltech Environmental Science & Engineering, Invited seminar speaker
Topic: Role of long-duration energy storage in variable renewable electricity systems
Date: December 2, 2020
Seminar Series: Calendar. Seminar presentation to the ESE department.
California Hydrogen Business Council, Webinar speaker
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Invited seminar speaker
Caltech Environmental Science & Engineering, Invited seminar speaker
Topic: Long-Duration Energy Storage: Key to Achieving SB 100
Date and Time: Tuesday, Oct 20, 2020 11:00 AM PST
Details: Webinar Description. Video. 390 live attendees from 636 registrants.
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Invited seminar speaker
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Invited seminar speaker
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Invited seminar speaker
Topic: Role of long-duration energy storage in variable renewable electricity systems
Date and Time: Tuesday Sept 29, 2020 12:00PM PST
Details: Seminar presentation to the DGE department.
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), Chapter summary
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), Chapter summary
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Invited seminar speaker
Meeting with SoCalGas Executives & Directors
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), Chapter summary
Meeting with SoCalGas Executives & Directors
Topic: Power-to-gas-to-power can reduce the cost of wind-solar-battery electricity systems
Date and Time: Thu Aug 13, 2020 1–2:30pm (PDT)
Details: Presentation of our research to the executives and directors of SoCalGas including Maryam Brown.
Fall 2019 Energy Conferences
1. American Geophysical Union (AGU). Session convener and poster presenter.
2. United Association of Energy Economics (USAEE). Oral presenter.
3. Open Energy Modeling Initiative (Openmod). Oral presenter.