Professor Dr. Renee Obringer

Biography

Renee Obringer is an assistant professor in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, specializing in leveraging data science methods to understand the impact of weather and climate on critical infrastructure systems. She has a particular interest in studying the climate change impacts on interdependent infrastructure systems, such as the water-energy nexus. Obringer holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Ecological Engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Ohio State University. Before joining Penn State, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) at the University of Maryland.

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