Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale joined Clemson University in 2014 as an assistant professor in the Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences Department. Before joining Clemson, He was an energy systems analyst with Stanford’s Environmental Assessment & Optimization Lab and with the Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP). His research focuses on the long-term, large-scale evolution and dynamics of the energy-economy system, especially how the development of energy resources affects social development and the effects of a future transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Prior to this, Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale undertook his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with the Advanced Energy and Material Systems (AEMS) Laboratory at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.