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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

2025

• Bistline J., M.T. Binsted, G. Blanford, G. Boyd, M. Browning, Y. Cai, and J.A. Edmonds, et al. 2025. "Policy Implications of Net-Zero Emissions: A Multi-Model Analysis of United States Emissions and Energy System Impacts." Energy and Climate Change 6:Art. No. 100191. PNNL-SA-207064. doi:10.1016/j.egycc.2025.100191
• Fritzeen W.E., J. Ferreira, W. Shobe, P.R. O'Rourke, J.G. Fuhrman, S. Doney, and A.F. Clarens. 2025. "How Demand for and Trade of Construction Materials Affects Greenhouse Gas Emissions." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 223:108513. PNNL-ACT-SA-10898. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108513
• Motlaghzadeh K., N. Craik, J. Moreno-Cruz, V. Schweizer, J.G. Fuhrman, and K. Hipel. 2025. "Applying equity principles leads to higher carbon removal obligations in Canada." Communications Earth & Environment 6:Art. No. 88. PNNL-ACT-SA-10894. doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02080-z

2024

• Ampah J., C. Jin, H. Liu, M. Yao, S. Afrane, H. Adun, and J.G. Fuhrman, et al. 2024. "Deployment expectations of multi-gigatonnes scale carbon removal could have adverse impacts on Asia’s energy-water-land nexus." Nature Communications 15, no. _:Art No. 6342. PNNL-SA-202462. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50594-5
• Binsted M.T., E.N. Lochner, J.A. Edmonds, J. Benitez, J. Bistline, M. Browning, and F. de la Chesnaye, et al. 2024. "Carbon Management Technology Pathways for Reaching a U.S. Economy-Wide Net-Zero Emissions Goal." Energy and Climate Change 5, no. _:Art. No. 100154. PNNL-SA-190160. doi:10.1016/j.egycc.2024.100154
• Edwards M.R., Z.H. Thomas, G. Nemet, S. Rathod, J. Greene, K. Surana, and K. Kennedy, et al. 2024. "Modeling direct air carbon capture and storage in a 1.5°C climate future using historical analogues." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 121, no. 20:Art. No. e2215679121. PNNL-SA-185117. doi:10.1073/pnas.2215679121
• Fuhrman J.G., S.A. Speizer, P.R. O'Rourke, G. Peters, H.C. Mcjeon, S. Monteith, and L. Aldrete, et al. 2024. "Ambitious Efforts on Residual Emissions can Reduce CO2 Removal and Lower Peak Temperatures in a Net-Zero Future." Environmental Research Letters 19, no. 6:Art. No. 064012. PNNL-ACT-SA-10841. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad456d
• Javadi P., P. O'Rourke, J.G. Fuhrman, H.C. Mcjeon, S. Doney, W. Shobe, and A.F. Clarens. 2024. "The impact of regional resources and technology availability on carbon dioxide removal potential in the United States." Environmental Research: Energy 1, no. 4:045007. PNNL-ACT-SA-10893. doi:10.1088/2753-3751/ad81fb
• Kim H., Y. Qiu, H.C. Mcjeon, A.F. Clarens, P. Javadi, C. Wang, and R. Wang, et al. 2024. "Provincial-Scale Assessment of Direct Air Capture to Meet China’s Climate Neutrality Goal Under Limited Bioenergy Supply." Environmental Research Letters 19, no. 11:Art. No. 114021. PNNL-ACT-SA-10877. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad77e7
• Speizer S.A., J.G. Fuhrman, L. Aldrete, P. Kyle, S. Monteith, and H.C. McJeon. 2024. "Integrated assessment modeling of a zero-emissions global transportation sector." Nature Communications 15. PNNL-ACT-SA-10757. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48424-9
• Wolfram P., P. Kyle, J.G. Fuhrman, P.R. O'Rourke, and H.C. Mcjeon. 2024. "The hydrogen economy can reduce costs of climate change mitigation by up to 22%." One Earth 7, no. 5:885-895. PNNL-SA-197242. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2024.04.012

2023

• O'Rourke P.R., B. Mignone, P. Kyle, B.R. Chapman, J.G. Fuhrman, P. Wolfram, and H.C. McJeon. 2023. "Supply and demand drivers of global hydrogen deployment in the transition towards a decarbonized energy system." Environmental Science & Technology 57, no. 48:19508-19518. PNNL-ACT-SA-10752. 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