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77
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his efforts to foster development with culturally appropriate renewable energy projects and to link local sustainable development with programs to mitigate global environmental degradation

Overview

Daniel M. Kammen is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on environmental science and engineering. The main fields of study in their work include Environmental Science, with 84 publications, and Engineering, with 74 publications.

The subfields of study in which Daniel M. Kammen is active include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research topics cover a range related to energy and environmental impacts such as Energy and Environment Impacts, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Daniel M. Kammen has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Author Correction: Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Exploring the trade-offs between electric heating policy and carbon mitigation in China (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Population ageing and deaths attributable to ambient PM2·5 pollution: a global analysis of economic cost (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • Global patterns of daily CO2 emissions reductions in the first year of COVID-19 (2022, Nature Geoscience)

Frequent co-authors in Daniel M. Kammen's work include Annelise Gill-Wiehl, Haiwang Zhong, Zhu Liu, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, and Samuel Miles.

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature Communications, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Energy, and Energy Research & Social Science.

Throughout their career, Daniel M. Kammen has been recognized with fellowships from several organizations. These awards include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1993. The APS fellowship citation notes efforts to foster development through culturally appropriate renewable energy projects and linking local sustainable development to programs mitigating global environmental degradation.

Best Publications

  • Ethanol Can Contribute to Energy and Environmental Goals

    Alexander E. Farrell;Richard J. Plevin;Brian T. Turner;Andrew D. Jones

  • Materials availability expands the opportunity for large-scale photovoltaics deployment.

    Cyrus Wadia;A. Paul Alivisatos;Daniel M. Kammen

  • From Linear Fuel Switching to Multiple Cooking Strategies: A Critique and Alternative to the Energy Ladder Model

    Omar R Masera;Barbara D Saatkamp;Daniel M Kammen

  • Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition

    Noah Kittner;Felix Lill;Felix Lill;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Putting renewables and energy efficiency to work: How many jobs can the clean energy industry generate in the US?

    Max Wei;Shana Patadia;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Zhu Liu;Philippe Ciais;Zhu Deng;Ruixue Lei

  • Indoor air pollution from biomass combustion and acute respiratory infections in Kenya: an exposure-response study

    Majid Ezzati;Daniel M Kammen

  • City-integrated renewable energy for urban sustainability

    Daniel M. Kammen;Deborah A. Sunter

  • Community-Based Electric Micro-Grids Can Contribute to Rural Development: Evidence from Kenya

    Charles Kirubi;Arne Jacobson;Daniel M. Kammen;Andrew Mills

  • Spatial Distribution of U.S. Household Carbon Footprints Reveals Suburbanization Undermines Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Urban Population Density

    Christopher Jones;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Decentralized energy systems for clean electricity access

    Peter Alstone;Dimitry Gershenson;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biomass and Petroleum Energy Futures in Africa

    Robert Bailis;Majid Ezzati;Majid Ezzati;Daniel M. Kammen;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Quantifying the effects of exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion on acute respiratory infections in developing countries.

    Majid Ezzati;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar

    Christopher T. M. Clack;Christopher T. M. Clack;Staffan A. Qvist;Jay Apt;Morgan Bazilian

  • U.S. energy research and development: Declining investment, increasing need, and the feasibility of expansion

    Gregory F. Nemet;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Energy access scenarios to 2030 for the power sector in sub-Saharan Africa

    Morgan Bazilian;Patrick Nussbaumer;Hans-Holger Rogner;Abeeku Brew-Hammond

  • Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability

    Rebecca R. Hernandez;Alona Armstrong;Jennifer Burney;Greer Ryan

  • RENEWABLE ENERGY: A VIABLE CHOICE

    Antonia V. Herzog;Timothy E. Lipman;Jennifer L. Edwards;Daniel M. Kammen

  • The Energy-Poverty-Climate Nexus

    Christian E. Casillas;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Underinvestment: the energy technology and R&D policy challenge

    Robert M. Margolis;Daniel M. Kammen

  • Supporting Online Material for: Ethanol Can Contribute To Energy and Environmental Goals

    Alexander E. Farrell;Richard J. Plevin;Brian T. Turner;Andrew D. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines
Jun Wu
Jun Wu Waseda University
Zhenyu Zhou
Zhenyu Zhou North China Electric Power University
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Duncan S. Callaway
Duncan S. Callaway University of California, Berkeley
Zhu Liu
Zhu Liu Tsinghua University
Haiwang Zhong
Haiwang Zhong Tsinghua University
Bo Zheng
Bo Zheng Tsinghua University
Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford

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