Faculty Profile
Jenny Frank
Assistant Professor
Department of Sustainable Resources Management
413A Bray Hall
Professional Experience
PhD, Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 2022
MS, Sustainable Energy, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 2018
BS, Sustainable Energy Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 2015
Professional Appointments
Assistant Professor of Energy Resources Economics, Department of Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 2024 - Present
Assistant Professor of Renewable Energy, Environmental and Renewable Resources Division, SUNY Morrisville, 2022 - 2024
Grants Funded
Co-PI: "Renewable Energy Training Center's Offshore Wind Technician Training," Offshore Wind Training Institute ($500,000), 2023
PI: "Individual Development Award," United University Professions ($1,261), 2023
Areas of Research
Energy systems analysis
Renewable energy policy
Techno-economic analysis
Recent Publications
Ha, H., Brown, T.R., Volk, T., Malmsheimer, R., Fortier, M.O., Bick, S., Frank, J.R. (2024) “A Stochastic Techno-Economic Analysis of Forest Biomass Feedstock Supply Chains: Clean and Dirty Chips for Bioenergy Applications.” BioEnergy Research. doi.org/10.1007/s12155-024-10764-1
Dill, A., Brown T.R., Malmsheimer, R. Ha, H., Frank, J.R., Kileti, P., Barkwill, B. (2024) "Quantifying the Financial and Climate Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Abatement Pathways in Residential Space Heating." Sustainability. 10.3390/su16052135
Frank, J.R., Brown T.R., Bhonagiri, R., Quinn, R., McGiver, K., Fortier, M.O.,Volk, T., Dapp, T. (2022) “Assessing Indian Point’s Electricity Generation through Renewable Energy Pathways: A Technical and Economic Analysis.” Energy and Environment. doi.org/10.1177/0958305X221074728
Frank, J.R., Therasme, O., Volk, T., Brown, T.R., Malmsheimer, R., Fortier, M.O., Eisenbies., Ha, H., and Heavey, J. (2022) “Integrated stochastic life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis for shrub willow production in the Northeastern United States.” Sustainability. doi.org/10.3390/su14159007
Frank, J.R., Brown T.R., Ha, H., Haverly, M., Slade, D., and Malmsheimer, R. (2022) “A comparative analysis of the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions and financial viability of residential heating systems located in New York State.” Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining. doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2442
Frank, J.R., Brown T.R., Haverly, M., Slade, D., and Malmsheimer, R. (2021) “Quantifying the comparative value of carbon abatement scenarios over different investment timing scenarios.” Fuel Communications. doi.org/10.1016/j.jfueco.2021.100017.
Ha, H., Brown, T.R, Quinn, R., Volk, T., Malmsheimer, R., Fortier, M.O., and Frank, J.R. (2021) “Economic feasibility of a forest biomass feedstock supply chain in the Northeast United States.” Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. doi: 10.1002/bbb.2316
Pascoli, D., Aui, A., Frank, J.R., Therasme, O., Dixon, K., Kelly, B., Volk, T., and Wright, M. (2021) “The United States bioeconomy at the intersection of technology, policy, and education.” Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. doi: 10.1002/bbb.2302
Frank, J.R., Brown T.R., Malmsheimer, R., Volk, T., Ha, H. (2020) “The financial trade-off between the production of biochar and biofuel via pyrolysis under uncertainty.” Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining 14(3): 594-604. (2020)
Frank, J.R., Brown, T., Volk, T., Heavey, J., and Malmsheimer, R. (2018) “A Stochastic economic analysis of shrub willow production using EcoWillow 3.0S.” Published in Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. doi: 10.1002/bbb.1897
Book Chapters
Brown, T.R., Frank J.R., Biochar for Environmental Management Science, Technology and Implementation. Routledge. (2024)
Volk, T.A., Spinelli, R., Eisenbies, M., Clark, R., Emerson, R., Frank J.R., Hallen, K., Therasme, O., and Webb, E. Handbook of Biorefinery Research and Technology, New York: Springer Nature. (2023)
Courses Taught
Current Courses
SRE 422/622 Energy Markets and Regulation