Jeremiah Johnson

Dr. Jeremiah Johnson is an Associate Professor at NC State’s Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department. He joined NC State in 2017, as a part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire in Sustainable Energy Systems and Policy and currently serves as the Senior Faculty Fellow for the KIETS Climate Leaders Program. Dr. Johnson is also a faculty advisor for the NC State Sustainability Fund and a member of the university’s Sustainability Council.

His research evaluates the environmental impacts of emerging technologies and changes to infrastructure systems, using system modeling and experimental approaches in collaborative and interdisciplinary teams. Example projects include conducting life cycle assessment of sedimentary basin CO₂-enabled geothermal power, integrating human health considerations into power system operations, and developing open-source energy system models to analyze decarbonization pathway. His research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Department of Energy, among other sources. Dr. Johnson teaches courses on sustainable infrastructure systems, renewable energy generation, and life cycle assessment and, in 2023, he received NC State’s university-wide Outstanding Teaching Award and was inducted into the university’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers.

Dr. Johnson earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University in 2001 and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Yale University in 2007. Upon completion of his graduate studies, he spent several years working in the energy industry, advising utility executives on renewable energy strategy. He then returned to academia as a Research Scientist and Assistant Professor at University of Michigan’s School for Environment & Sustainability. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and spending time with his family.