Oscar Serpell

Staff

Deputy Director

Oscar Serpell oversees all student programming, alumni engagement, faculty and student grants, and visiting scholars. He is also a researcher, writer, and policy analyst working on research initiatives with students and Center partners. Serpell has written as a guest contributor for numerous publications and teaches graduate courses in the Energy Management and Policy program. Serpell’s research focuses on the resource constraints of the energy transition, specifically on how supply chains, embodied energy, and waste management influence policy.

Previously, Serpell was Associate Director of Academic Programming and Student Engagement. In this role, he dramatically expanded the Kleinman Center’s student programming to include new courses, undergraduate fellows programming, and student writing opportunities.

Serpell has a master’s degree in environmental studies and a B.A. in environmental management, both from the University of Pennsylvania.