Education
  Ph.D. 1983, Cornell University, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  M.S. 1978, State University of New York, Syracuse
  B.S. 1976, South Dakota State University
  1972-1974, Prescott College

Research Areas
- Stochastic electric power planning models
- Multiobjective and risk analysis
- Mathematical programming models of imperfect energy markets
- Environmental and energy systems analysis and economics
- Ecosystem management

Professional Activities & Honors
  Editorial Boards: Competition & Regulation in Network Industries; Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy; The Electricity Journal; EnergyEnergy Economics; EURO Journal on Decision Processes; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems; J. Energy Markets; J. Energy Engineering (ASCE)
  Fellow: IEEE and INFORMS
  Committee: CAISO Market Surveillance Committee(Chair), Gas Technology Institute Public Interest Advisory Committee
  - Scientific Advisor, Policy Studies Division, Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederlands
  - Visiting Scholar, Florence School of Regulation, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, 2023
  - Guest Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 2013
  - Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge, 2009-10
  - Associate Researcher, University of Cambridge, Electricity Policy Research Group
Best Paper Awards: ASCE Water Resources Planning & Management Div. (1990); INFORMS Decision Analysis Society (2004,2016); INFORMS Energy, Natural Resources & Environnment Section (2004, 2007, 2014, 2022); IEEE Texas and Energy Conference (2022);

Dr. Hobbs has been in the Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering since 1995. He also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and directs the JHU Environment, Energy, Sustainability & Health Institute. Previously, he was at Brookhaven and Oak Ridge National Laboratories and a member of the Systems Engineering and Civil Engineering faculty at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Hobbs has held visiting appointments at the Helsinki University of Technology, University of Washington, the Netherlands Energy Research Center, and the Electricity Policy Research Group at Cambridge University. Previously, he has been a Professor of Systems Engineering & Civil Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Wigner Fellow at Oak Ridge National laboratory, and an Economics Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory.