Jacqueline A. Dowling (Jackie), PhD, models energy systems to guide the global transition to clean energy. She joined the University of Iowa as a tenure-track assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering in January 2026, after serving as a Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research program analyzes natural resource constraints, guides technology innovation, and targets decarbonization solutions. Dowling uses weather data in macro-energy system models to guide reliable energy infrastructure plans and technology innovation. Recent focus areas include long-duration energy storage and clean heat. Her dissertation combined techno-economic analysis and materials chemistry to assess the value of different energy storage and conversion technologies in wind- and solar-based electricity systems. She earned a PhD in chemistry with a minor in environmental science and engineering from Caltech. Dowling’s research on the role of long-duration energy storage has been cited by major utilities and in international, national, and state-level decarbonization plans.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: 

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE)

Special Fields of Knowledge:

• Macro-energy system modeling
• Techno-economic analysis
• Capacity expansion planning