Dr. Jens Birkholzer

Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dr. Jens Birkholzer is a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and serves as Senior Advisor to the Energy Geosciences Division in the Earth and Environmental Systems Area. Dr. Birkholzer is a world-renowned expert on evaluating the feasibility and environmental sustainability of a broad portfolio of geo-energy applications. He has over 400 scientific publications and serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, the Energies Journal (Geo-Energy Section), and is an Editorial Policy Advisor for the Journal of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. Dr. Birkholzer leads the international DECOVALEX Model Comparison Initiative as its Chair, is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology.