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Greg Brinkman

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Greg Brinkman is a member of the Energy Forecasting and Modeling Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.

Energy Analysis Engineer
On staff since May 2009
Phone number: 303-384-7390
E-mail: gregory.brinkman@nrel.gov

Analysis expertise

  • Unit commitment and dispatch modeling of electric power systems
  • Emission estimation from electric power systems
  • Air quality modeling

Primary research interests

  • Integration of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and enabling technologies into the electric power system
  • Environmental impacts of renewable energy and energy efficiency

Education and background training

  • Ph.D in mechanical engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2009
  • M.P.P. in environmental policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2004
  • B.S. in electrical engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2002

Prior work experience

  • Research assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (2004-2009)
  • Research fellow, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD (2002-2004)

Selected publications

Brinkman, G., P. Denholm, M.P. Hannigan, J.B. Milford. (2010). "Effects of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Ozone Concentrations in Colorado." Environmental Science & Technology. 44, 6256-6262.

Brinkman, G. (2009). Air Pollutant Sources and Exposure: Organic Tracers for Source Identification of Exposure to Fine Particles and Effects of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Ozone Concentrations in Colorado. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Brinkman, G.L., J.B. Milford, J.J. Schauer, M.M. Shafer, M.P. Hannigan. (2009). "Source identification of personal exposure to fine particulate matter using organic tracers." Atmospheric Environment. 43, 1972-1981.

Brinkman, G., G. Vance, M.P. Hannigan, J.B. Milford. (2006). "Use of synthetic data to evaluate positive matrix factorization as a source apportionment tool for PM2.5 exposure data." Environmental Science & Technology. 40, 1892-1901.

Personal interests/hobbies

Fishing, hiking, and running with my family