Overview
Dan Loughlin he has conducted energy system and integrated assessment modeling for more than twenty years. Dan was the lead developer of GLIMPSE (https://epa.gov/glimpse), software for supporting long-term air quality, climate, and energy planning. Dan is an author of the Energy Chapter of the 5th and 6th National Climate Assessments. He has a doctoral degree from NC State University and is an adjunct professor at Duke University where he has taught a course on Integrated Assessment Modeling since 2020.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Earth and Climate Sciences Division
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2026 - Present
Earth and Climate Sciences,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Recent Scholarly Works
Large-Scale Carbon Removal Will Create Public Health, Economic, and Climate Trade-Offs.
Journal article Environmental science & technology · June 2026 Economy-wide efforts to achieve net-zero emissions offer climate and air quality-related public health benefits from reducing fossil fuel combustion. However, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) may be necessary to meet emissions targets cost-effectively, and rel ... Full text CiteInteractions between Climate Policy and Technology-Influenced Travel Behavior: Mitigating Induced Demand from Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control
Journal article Transportation Research Record · January 1, 2026 Advances in vehicle and computing technologies have influenced the development of automated vehicle systems, and vehicles that do not require human intervention are already deployed on roadway networks. While these advances are proving to increase roadway ... Full text CiteModeling the Air Quality Impacts of Future Energy Scenarios.
Journal article ACS ES&T air · November 2025 Many greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction measures achieve simultaneous reductions in air pollutants. Human-Earth system models can estimate such emission changes in the energy system but using them in chemistry-transport models (CTMs) to study their ai ... Full text CiteEducation
North Carolina State University ·
1998
Ph.D.