Jennifer Wilcox

Jennifer Wilcox
Born (1976-07-05) 5 July 1976 (age 48)
Litchfield, Maine, US
EducationUniversity of Arizona MA in Physical Chemistry, PhD in Chemical Engineering 2004
Alma materWellesley College AB in Mathematics 1998
Scientific career
FieldsChemical Engineering
InstitutionsWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Colorado School of Mines
Stanford University
Websitececlab.seas.upenn.edu

Jennifer Wilcox is an American chemical engineer and an expert carbon capture and storage and removal of CO2 from the atmosphere.[1] She is the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy at University of Pennsylvania and a former James H. Manning Chaired Professor of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[2] Wilcox conducts research focused on minimizing the environmental and climate impacts of our dependence on fossil fuels.[3] In January 2021, she became acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management[4] and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Greenhouse gases must be scrubbed from the air, Greenhouse gases must be scrubbed from the air". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. ^ "jlwilcox". WPI. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  3. ^ "Internationally Renowned Expert on Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide and Other Fossil Fuel Pollutants Is Named WPI's New Manning Professor". WPI. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  4. ^ "Assistant Secretaries for Fossil Energy". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  5. ^ "Dr. Jennifer Wilcox". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  6. ^ "RELEASE: WRI Experts Join Biden-Harris Administration at U.S. Department of Energy". World Resources Institute. 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-03-06.