Benjamin L Schmitt
Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania
Dr Benjamin L Schmitt is a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds a joint academic appointment with the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. He also serves as Director of Penn’s Perry World House Graduate Program. Dr Schmitt is an Affiliate of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and is an Associate of the Harvard-Ukrainian Research Institute. Dr Schmitt is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an Associate Member of Chatham House, a member of the Royal Over-Seas League, and serves on the Board of Directors of Decoda Music. He is also the co-founder of the Duke University Space Diplomacy Lab. In Washington, Dr Schmitt is a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Dr Schmitt served as European Energy Security Advisor at the US Department of State for multiple Administrations. He received a PhD in experimental physics from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Updated: April 22, 2026
