Bio
I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Yale School of the Environment, studying with the Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Group (ENRE). I use applied economic theory and empirics to answer questions spanning climate and environmental economics. 

My current research investigates whether US subsidies for utility-scale renewable electricity increase deployment of renewables, and what that means for electricity-sector emissions. 

Education
Ph.D.  Yale School of the Environment (expected 2027)
Advisors: Matthew Kotchen (chair), Kenneth Gillingham, Arik Levinson
B.S. Environmental Economics, UC Berkeley, 2017

Previous  Employment
US Treasury Office of Economic Policy, 2023 - 2024
Resources for the Future, 2018 - 2021

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