Granger Morgan 
University Professor | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES
Biography
Granger Morgan's research addresses problems in science, technology and public policy, with a particular focus on energy, electric power, environmental systems, climate change, the adoption of new technologies and risk analysis. Much of his work has involved the development and demonstration of methods to characterize and treat uncertainty in quantitative policy analysis. At CMU, Morgan co-directs the NSF Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making and (with Jay Apt) the university's Electricity Industry Center. Morgan is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Areas of Expertise (1)
Energy
Education (3)
University of California at San Diego: Ph.D., Department of Applied Physics and Information Sciences
Cornell University: M.S., Astronomy and Space Science
Harvard College: B.A., Physics
Media Appearances (1)
Vulnerable U.S. electric grid facing threats from Russia and domestic terrorists
CBS News
Dr. Granger Morgan: Anybody who knows about power systems knows that the, the grid is physically spread all over the countryside. There are a lot of places that are vulnerable. Dr. Granger Morgan is a Carnegie Mellon University professor of engineering who chaired three National Academy of Sciences reports on the power grid for the U.S. government – the most recent in 2021. An earlier report on terrorism was classified for five years.
