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David Peterson

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Project Leader
On staff since January 2007
Phone number: 303-275-3615
E-mail: david.peterson@nrel.gov

Areas of expertise

  • State and local programs and policies
  • State and local strategic energy/sustainability planning
  • EERE applications for rural development
  • Ground-source heat pump applications
  • Bio-heat/bio-power applications

Primary research interests

  • EERE policy and deployment
  • State and local sustainability and climate action plans

Education and background training

  • B.A. in history/economics, San Francisco State University
  • B.S. in microbiology, Ohio State University

Prior work experience

  • University of Texas, Austin, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • J. David Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • Portola Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, CA