Dr. Magdalena Klemun

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Magdalena Klemun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Systems Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on energy technologies, systems change, and the relationships between technology design and performance evolution. Klemun aims to enable targeted climate innovation efforts and improve the availability of explanatory information on technology trends. Her current work at the Deployment Lab emphasizes advancing data-driven frameworks for studying the evolution of energy policies and technologies, as well as developing technology-level metrics to support sustainable development. Klemun's research has been published in prestigious journals such as Nature Energy, Nature Communications, and Joule. She joined Johns Hopkins after serving as an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and she has also worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Klemun holds a PhD from MIT, along with master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Columbia University and the Vienna University of Technology, respectively.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

Teaching and conducting research in energy technologies and systems.

Assistant Professor

— Present

Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology • Hong Kong

Conducted research and taught courses related to energy technologies.

Postdoctoral Associate

— Present

MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • Cambridge, MA

Engaged in research on data-driven frameworks for energy policies.

Requirements for Johns Hopkins University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Inorganic Chemistry with Lab Organic Chemistry with Lab General Biology with Lab
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • CV
  • Personal statement
  • Three letters of recommendation
Specialization Notes

Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.