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Research Scientist & Assistant Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Carey W King is a Research Scientist and the Assistant Director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas Austin.

He performs interdisciplinary research related to how energy systems interact within the economy and environment as well as how our policy and social systems can make decisions and tradeoffs among these often competing factors. The past performance of our energy systems is no guarantee of future returns, yet we must understand the development of past energy systems. Carey’s research goals center on rigorous interpretations of the past to determine the most probable future energy pathways.

He is the author of the book The Economic Superorganism: Beyond the Competing Narratives on Energy, Growth, and Policy.

He has both a B.S. with high honors and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has published technical articles in the academic journals Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Geoscience, Energy Policy, Sustainability, and Ecology and Society. He has also written commentary for Earth magazine discussing energy, water, and economic interactions. Dr. King has several patents as former Director for Scientific Research of Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc.

Experience

  • –present
    Research Associate of Energy and Environment, University of Texas at Austin