Dr. Son H. Kim is a Senior Research Scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He has been associated with PNNL since 1993, and has focused on the development of energy/economic models at PNNL and the utilization of such models to understand the global impact of technologies and policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. He is currently leading an effort to develop the next generation of energy/economic models using modern software approaches to create a flexible modeling framework that can address emerging questions related to technology and policy. He has conducted studies for the US Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency and cooperates with domestic and international organizations to conduct global and regional analyses of climate change policies. Dr. Kim received his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.