Samuel F. Baldwin
Chief Technology Officer and Member, Board of Directors
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Sam Baldwin is a PhD. Physicist and currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Board of Directors for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Previously, he served in the following roles:
- Agency Representative to the National Science and Technology Council and Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President (1997 to 2000) where he was the Executive Study Director of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) reports, "Federal Energy Research & Development for the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century" and "Powerful Partnerships: The Federal Role in International Cooperation on Energy Innovation"
- Technical Director for international programs at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (1995-1997)
- Senior Analyst and Project Director at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (1988-1995)
- Hewlett Fellow on the research faculty at Princeton University's Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (1985-1988) and Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School
- Professional Staff to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs for Senator John Glenn (1984)
- Technical Director of an 8-country energy program in West Africa (1982-1983)
- American Physical Society Congressional Scientist Fellow on the Staff of Senator Paul Tsongas (1981).
He is the author or coauthor of 9 books and monographs, and more than 30 papers and technical reports on physics, energy technology and policy, and other issues.
