Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Eocnomics
Aaron grew up in Oregon, where he also received his undergraduate degree in physics and masters degree in Applied Economics. His research focuses on using ancillary datasets to estimate uncertainty and incorporating that information into economic analyses of pollution regulation. In his spare time, Aaron likes to hike, play board games, and work on home improvement projects.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Abdou is a 3rd year PhD student in Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. He is interested in development economics with a focus on agriculture and energy in Sub-Saharan Africa. He completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University with a major in Economics and a minor in Mathematics. He is a native of Senegal.
Ph.D., Economics
Alice is a PhD student in the Economics department at UC Berkeley. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environment and economic geography. She is particularly interested in using spatial equilibrium models to understand changes in land use. Before starting at Berkeley, Alice worked as a research assistant at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
Ph.D., Energy and Resources Group
Cristina is a PhD student in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, studying urban energy transitions, electrification policies, and technology uptake in the backdrop of an increasingly disrupted grid. She is a Fulbright scholar and a Research Affiliate in the Electricity Markets and Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she works on modeling hybrid energy plants and battery degradation. She holds a Dual Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering in Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) and École Centrale Paris (France).
Ph.D., Economics
Daniela is a Ph.D. student in Economics at UC Berkeley. Her research interests are broad and include a variety of topics related to applied microeconomics. She’s passionate about food economics and how private and non-private-led initiatives can address certain food waste inefficiencies.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Elena is a PhD student in the Agricultural and Resource Economics department. Her research focuses on the intersection between climate change and development. She is particularly interested in climate change adaptation and mitigation as it relates to natural disasters, extreme weather events, and temperature changes.
Ph.D., Economics
Elena is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Economics with a focus on macroeconomics and economic history. Her research interests can be broadly divided into three categories: understanding the macroeconomic consequences of changing U.S. demographics, exploring the role of monetary policy pass-through in shaping female and minoritized community outcomes in the United States, and investigating the effects of lifetime experiences of climate disasters on home ownership and wealth accumulation.
Ph.D., Economics
Emily Martell is a second year economics PhD student with interests at the intersection of macroeconomics and environmental/energy economics. Previously, she worked as a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and obtained her bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Jesse Buchsbaum is a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. He studies energy and environmental economics, with a focus on energy bill affordability, consumer decision-making, energy poverty, and equity.
Ph.D., Energy and Resources Group
Jesse Strecker completed his MPP at the Goldman School for Public Policy, and is currently a PhD student at the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) where he studies the political economy of sustainability transitions with a focus on the role of unions and social movements in the politics of climate change, energy, and decarbonization. He has worked in climate and labor advocacy for nearly fifteen years, serving as the Executive Director of Rhode Island Jobs with Justice, a Legislative Fellow in the office of Senator Ed Markey, and a Senior Fellow at Data For Progress. Jesse is the great-grandson of coal miners and a proud, resilient river rat, having grown up by the Russian River in Sonoma County, near the site of some of the most destructive wildfires in California's history.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Kaleb is a PhD student in the Agricultural and Resource Economics department, a Filipino American, and a first generation college student. His research explores how firm and consumer behavior is adapting to climate change.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Kendra is a PhD student in Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. Her research interests focus on the intersection of environmental economics and political economy. Kendra is particularly interested in understanding how political institutions affect the advancement of environmental policy.
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics
Max Snyder is a PhD student at UC Berkeley ARE interested in energy and environmental economics, climate adaptation, and inequality. His research explores how public policy can reduce climate risk and promote a clean energy transition.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Sheah is a PhD student in the Agricultural and Resource Economics department at UC Berkeley. Her primary interests are in political economy and development, with a focus on how institutions shape the long-run outcomes of vulnerable populations.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Shreya is a graduate student at Berkeley's ARE program, studying development, labor and public economics. Her research interests center around how policies, institutions and social norms affect access to economic opportunity in developing countries.
Ph.D., Agriculture and Resource Economics
Simon is a PhD student in Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. Simon's research interests lie at the intersection of development and environmental economics. He is particularly interested in questions relating environmental change and migration. Before entering graduate school, Simon worked at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, where he was a research assistant in the Climate Impact Lab. He received bachelor's degrees in economics and Arabic from UC Berkeley.
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics
Suvy is a PhD student in the Agricultural & Resource Economics department at UC Berkeley. Her research interests are at the intersection of environmental, public finance, and urban economics. Her current research focuses on adaptation to flood risk and environmental inequality.
