Paul McKinley is a Joint Hydrogen Advisor for the Arctic Energy Office and the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Alaska Center for Energy and Power. His primary focus is in conducting feasibility assessments to improve clean energy reliability and access in remote Alaskan communities by integrating hydrogen-based fuels and other long-duration storage technologies to microgrids. In addition to a background in physics and engineering, Paul has previous experience in science policy and polar research, working for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space & Technology through the AIP Mather Policy Program and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Polar Observations and Processes Group through the Hollings Scholar Program.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Pomona College and a master’s of philosophy degree in energy technology engineering from the University of Cambridge.
