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Jay Fuhrman is an Earth scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL’s) Joint Global Change Research Institute. His research focuses on carbon management technology assessment including geologic carbon storage and carbon dioxide removal and utilization. He uses coupled energy-climate models to understand pathways to achieving net-zero emissions and their implications for global and regional land, water, and energy use. His work has been published in journals including Nature Climate Change and has been reported on by media outlets such as the BBC.

Prior to PNNL, Fuhrman was a consultant at Navigant where he was responsible for engineering and policy analysis for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards program, focusing on refrigeration and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) technologies. He also co-authored a report on the Future of Air Conditioning for clients at the White House, U.S. Department of State, and DOE to support international negotiations for a hydrofluorocarbon phase-down amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

• Carbon management
• Carbon dioxide removal
• Carbon storage
• Decarbonization
• Net-zero emissions

• PhD in civil and environmental engineering, University of Virginia
• BS in mechanical engineering, University of Virginia

• Member, Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium
• Member, American Geophysical Union
• Member, Tau Beta Pi

•  Early Career Researcher, Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium, 2023

2023 

• Fauvel C., Jay Fuhrman, et al. “Regional Implications of Carbon Dioxide Removal in Meeting Net Zero Targets for the United States.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 18, pp. 094019, Sep. 01, 2023. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aced18.
• Fuhrman J.G., Candelaria Bergero, et al. “Diverse Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches Could Reduce Impacts on the Energy–water–land System.” Nature Climate Change, vol. 13, pp. 341-350, Apr. 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01604-9.
• O’Rourke P., Bryan K. Mignone, et al. “Supply and Demand Drivers of Global Hydrogen Deployment in the Transition toward a Decarbonized Energy System.” Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 57, pp. 19508-19518, Nov. 07, 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03751.

2022

• Iyer G.C., Y. Ou, J.A. Edmonds, A.A. Fawcett, N. Hultman, J. McFarland, and J.G. Fuhrman, et al. 2022. " Ratcheting of Climate Pledges Needed to Limit Peak Global Warming." Nature Climate Change 12, no. 12:1129 - 1135. PNNL-SA-172425. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01508-0.
• Iyer G.C., Y. Ou, J.A. Edmonds, A.A. Fawcett, N. Hultman, J. McFarland, and J.G. Fuhrman, et al. 2022. " The Path to 1.5 °C Requires Ratcheting of Climate Pledges." Nature Climate Change 12, no. 12:1092-1093. PNNL-SA-177898. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01517-z.

2021

• Fuhrman J.G., A.F. Clarens, H.C. McJeon, P.L. Patel, Y. Ou, S. Doney, and W. Shobe, et al. 2021. " The Role of Negative Emissions in Meeting China’s 2060 Carbon Neutrality Goal." Oxford Open Climate Change 1, no. 1:kgab004. PNNL-ACT-SA-10518. doi:10.1093/oxfclm/kgab004.