Jason Mark

Clean Vehicles Program Director,

Union of Concerned Scientists

Jason Mark, is the Clean Vehicles Program Director for the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). He researches advanced vehicle technologies and alternative fuels for UCS. He has authored several studies in the transportation and energy field, including two recent UCS reports, Greener SUVs: A Blueprint for Cleaner, More Efficient Light Trucks and Zeroing Out Pollution: The Promise of Fuel Cell Vehicles.

Before joining UCS in 1995, Jason worked as a consultant on transportation policy analysis and mobile source modeling. His experience also includes work at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where he focused on various renewable energy and transportation technologies, and the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton University.

A native of Vermont, Jason developed an appreciation for the great outdoors early on. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton University and a master's in energy and resources from the University of California at Berkeley. A recognized expert on advanced vehicle technologies, Jason regularly appears on network news programs such as the CBS Evening News and in newspapers such as the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.

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