Jill Engel-Cox
Jill was a senior Research Advisor at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). She is also the former Director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA).
Over her 30-year career, she has been an engineer, researcher, program manager and strategic planner for a diverse suite of renewable energy, clean technology and environmental programs in the United States, Asia and Middle East. Her first job was climbing smokestacks in Los Angeles, followed by leading industrial pollution prevention programs for small and medium sized businesses and R&D laboratories in the United States and internationally. She has led international research programs, strategic planning and technology assessments for renewable energy and environmental sustainability research programs, including working extensively in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
She also teaches a course in energy issues for the University of Colorado Denver Global Energy Management program and industrial processes and environmental communications courses at Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals Program.
She has Ph.D. in environmental science from University of Maryland, Baltimore County; master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University; and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and Plan II from the University of Texas at Austin.
