Shannon Cowlin

Shannon Cowlin is a member of the International and Environmental Studies Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center.

Project Leader
On staff since 2007
Phone number: 303-384-7522
Email: shannon_cowlin@nrel.gov

Analysis expertise

• Quantitative analysis of air quality and public health impact of energy use
• Cost-benefit and risk analyses
• Constructing bottom-up and top-down inventory analyses

Primary research interests

• Energy use, air pollution, and climate change
• Air quality and public health
• Renewable resource assessment
• Renewable and appropriate energy applications
• Outreach and capacity building

Education and background training

• M.S. in environmental health sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
• B.A. in environmental engineering science, University of California, Berkeley, 2000

Prior work experience

• Epidemiologist, Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center. (2006-2007)
• Graduate Student Researcher, University of California. (2004-2006)
• Consultant, World Bank. (2004-2005)
• Associate, ENVIRON (2001-2003)

Selected publications and Web sites

Cowlin, S.C., R.B. Kaufmann, R. Edwards, K.R. Smith, 2005. Impact of Improved Stoves on Indoor Air Quality in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank, Washington DC.

Smith, K.R., J. Rogers, S.C. Cowlin, 2005. Household Fuels and Ill-Health in Developing Countries: What improvements can be brought by LP Gas?, World LP Gas Association and Intermediate Technology Development Group (Practical Action), Paris. 59 pp.

Harley, R.A., S.C. Coulter-Burke, and T.S. Yeung, 2000. "Relating Liquid Fuel and Headspace Vapor Composition for California Reformulated Gasoline Samples Containing Ethanol." Environmental Science & Technology. 34. 4088-4094

Personal interests/hobbies

Outdoor activities (cycling, hiking, camping) and the arts.