Joe DeCarolis is a Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at NC State. He and his students focus on conducting rigorous, transparent, and impartial analysis to support the development sustainable energy systems.
From 2022 to 2025, he served as Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, one of the thirteen principal statistical agencies within the U.S. federal government. Under his leadership, EIA prioritized transparency and accessibility of its data and analytic products and embarked on a bold new effort to revamp its long-term modeling program.
Before joining the CCEE faculty, Dr. DeCarolis was an environmental scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Research and Development. He received his PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004.
