Patrick Murphy, PhD, is a senior scientist at PSE Healthy Energy, where he researches clean energy transitions with a focus on resilience and energy equity.
Dr. Murphy has 20 years of experience as an energy and systems engineer, operations research analyst, research program manager, and military intelligence officer. He has applied his training and experience to address energy access, emissions reduction and mitigation, and security technologies. He has helped researchers pursue funding from strategic partners and public sector agencies. He researched and implemented environmentally and economically sustainable energy solutions in the United States and Africa, with a focus on resilient energy systems and the economics of reliability. He managed resilient power systems research in the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) to prevent and mitigate outages caused by natural and man-made disasters. He consulted for various government and defense agencies to optimize research portfolios for future military systems. Prior to his civilian career, Dr. Murphy was an Army intelligence officer deployed in the former Yugoslavia.
Throughout his work, Dr. Murphy assembled, led, and contributed to collaborative teams of experts from non-governmental organizations, academia, government, and industry to work toward a secure and sustainable future.
Dr. Murphy received his PhD in Operations Research and Master’s in Science Policy from George Washington University, and Bachelor’s Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Political Theory from the University of Notre Dame.
