Aranya Venkatesh (E 2012)
(she/her)
About
Aranya Venkatesh is a Research Scientist in the Engineering and Public Policy department at Carnegie Mellon University. She is the Executive Director of the Open Energy Outlook initiative that examines decarbonization pathways for the U.S. energy system using open-source models and data. She is a contributing author to the IPCC WGIII 6th Climate Assessment Report. She earned a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2012. Her research interests are focused on modeling and evaluating energy infrastructure development, and the environmental and policy implications of energy utilization decisions. She has a background in systems modeling, optimization, and data analysis for energy technology and environmental assessment, with over ten years of research experience in industry, government, and academia. In addition to research, she currently teaches the ‘Sustainable Energy for the Developing World’ course at CMU.
Publications during PhD
Jiang, M., Griffin, W.M., Hendrickson, C., Jaramillo, P., VanBriesen, J., & Venkatesh, A. (2011). Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of Marcellus Shale Gas. Environmental Research Letters, 6(3), 034014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034014
Mullins, K.A., Venkatesh, A., Nagengast, A. L., & Kocoloski, M. (2014). Regional allocation of biomass to U.S. Energy demands under a portfolio of policy scenarios. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(5), 2561–2568. https://doi.org/10.1021/es405222w
Venkatesh, A., Jaramillo, P., Griffin, W.M., & Matthews, H.S. (2011). Uncertainty Analysis of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Petroleum-Based Fuels and Impacts on Low Carbon Fuel Policies. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(1), 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1021/es102498a
Venkatesh, A., Jaramillo, P., Griffin, W.M., & Matthews, H.S. (2011). Uncertainty in Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from United States Natural Gas End-Uses and its Effects on Policy. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(19), 8182-8189. https://doi.org/10.1021/es200930h
Venkatesh, A., Jaramillo, P., Griffin, W.M., & Matthews, H.S. (2012). Implications of changing natural gas prices in the United States electricity sector for SO2, NOX and life cycle GHG emissions. Environmental Research Letters, 7(3), 034018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034018
Venkatesh, A., Jaramillo, P., Griffin, W.M., & Matthews, H.S. (2012). Implications of Near-Term Coal Power Plant Retirement for SO2 and NOX and Life Cycle GHG Emissions. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(18), 9838-9845. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3023539
Venkatesh, A., Jaramillo, P., Griffin, W.M., & Matthews, H.S. (2012). Uncertainty in Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from United States Coal. Energy & Fuels, 26(8), 4917-4923. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef300693x