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Department

Severin Borenstein

Haas School of Business

energy markets, electricity deregulation, industrial organization, environmental economics, applied microeconomics, airline competition, market pricing & competition

Meredith Fowlie

Meredith Fowlie

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

energy markets, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air pollution

Paige Weber

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

environmental economics, energy markets, energy policy, environmental justice

Power Conference

Lucas Davis

Haas School of Business

energy markets, environmental economics, applied microeconomics, public finance, industrial organization

James M. Sallee

Haas School of Business

energy, climate, electricity markets, environmental regulation

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

climate policy, energy policy, industrial policy, business and environment, political economy

Haas School of Business

environmental economics, development economics, field experiments

Maximilian Auffhammer

Maximilian Auffhammer

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

climate change, social cost of carbon, econometrics, air pollution, environmental economics, energy economics, species conservation

Dmitry Taubinsky

Dmitry Taubinsky

Dept of Economics

behavioral economics, tax policy, soda taxes, payday loans, household consumption and portfolio choice, energy policy, health, gambling, state-run lotteries, inflation expectations, nudges

Reed Walker with arms crossed and natural background setting

Reed Walker

Dept of Economics

Haas School of Business

environmental economics, public economics, labor economics

Aaron Smith

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

agriculture, energy policy, environment

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

Goldman School of Public Policy

public policy, nuclear engineering, energy, resources, risk analysis as applied to global warming, methodological studies of forecasting, hazard assessment, renewable energy technologies, environmental resource management

Duncan Callaway in outdoor setting

Duncan Callaway

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

energy systems analysis, grid decarbonization, modeling and control and optimization for electric power systems

Dept of Energy & Resources Group

environmental economics, climate policy, integrated assessment models

Working with cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire

David Zilberman

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

marketing, biotechnology, water, risk management, biofuels, natural resources, agricultural and environmental policy, the economics of innovation, the bioeconomy

John Coates in lab with equipment in background

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

precision fermentation, Bioprocess scale-up, environmental microbiology, Industrial bioprocesses, sustainability, carbon sequestration, Bioremediation, alternative energy production, biogeochemistry

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

environmental and resource economics, remote sensing, climate change, water resources, health effects of air pollution

Ajay Pillarisetti setting at desk with computer monitor and microphone in background

Ajay Pillarisetti

School of Public Health

energy use, health effects of air pollution, climate change, exposure assessment, global health, health impacts of energy use, heat and health, air pollution measurement, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research / scholarship, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

Eric Biber

environmental law, natural resources law, energy law, land-use law, federal Indian law, administrative law, property

man with light colored hair dressed in suit jacket

Dept of Demography

Haas School of Business

School of Public Health

health economics, public health, health care financing, economic development, industrial organizaition

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

life cycle assessment, LCA, sustainability, green design, buildings, transportation, water, construction, biofuels, energy, environmental management, infrastructure systems

Matthew Shutzer in outdoor setting

Matthew Shutzer

Dept of History

environmental history, modern South Asia, energy history, Science and Technology studies, histories of development and decolonization, empire, political economy, social theory

Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

economics, algorithms, financial engineering, risk management, planning, optimization, operation of electric power systems, market based coordination of network systems, trading instruments

Haas School of Business

housing price indices, real estate price dynamics, mortgage valuation models: prepayment and default, mortgage contract design, mortgage backed security trading and valuation, executive stock option valuation, energy efficient mortgage underwriting, climate risk

Joseph S. Shapiro

Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics

Dept of Economics

trade and the environment, water pollution, Clean Water Act, air pollution, climate change