Crys Moosman is a development associate at PERC. Born and raised in the foothills of the Teton Mountain range, her passion for wildlife and nature runs deep. Prior to her time here, she undertook a year-long Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, during which she volunteered with wildlife conservation organizations across 6 different countries. Her time abroad openedContinue reading “Crys Moosman”
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Eric C. Atkinson
Eric Atkinson is an associate professor and Biology Department coordinator at Northwest College.
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson is a Gina Guy Center research fellow and a third-year law student at the University of Wyoming.
Manuela Caldas
Manuela Caldas was PERC’s summer 2025 marketing and communications intern and a digital storyteller driven by a passion for conservation and meaningful communication. She earned a B.S. in Digital Communications and Media alongside a B.A. in Sustainability and the Environment from Florida International University, where she also minored in German. Combining her expertise in mediaContinue reading “Manuela Caldas”
Sharon Zou
Dr. Sharon Zou is an assistant professor in the Department of Recreation, Sport, and Tourism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research broadly focuses on the power of marketing to improve financial sustainability in the context of leisure and tourism.
Matt Anderson
Matt Anderson is the Utah Coordinator at PERC, where he draws on his deep roots in the state to move PERC’s Utah priorities forward. Matt graduated with a B.S. and M.S. in political science from Utah State University. His passion for natural resources, public lands, energy, and agriculture policy has guided his career at policyContinue reading “Matt Anderson”
Paige Weber
Paige Weber is a 2025 PERC Lone Mountain fellow, as well as an assistant professor in the Energy and Resources Group at U.C. Berkeley and a faculty affiliate at the Energy Institute at Haas. Her research centers on environmental economics, including energy markets, climate policy, and environmental justice. She holds a Ph.D., M.E.Sc., and M.Phil.Continue reading “Paige Weber”
Douglas Almond
Douglas Almond is a 2025 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and a professor of economics and international and public affairs at Columbia University, where he co-directs the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy. His research focuses on health and environmental economics, particularly the long-term effects of early-life exposures on health and economic outcomes. Almond served asContinue reading “Douglas Almond”
Lusi Xie
Lusi Xie is a PERC Lone Mountain fellow as well as an assistant professor at the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on providing a better understanding of human behavior involving the natural environment and designing incentives for water and land conservation. She collects data using economicContinue reading “Lusi Xie”
Daniel Kaffine
Daniel Kaffine is a 2025 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and professor in the Department of Economics and an institute fellow in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. Recent and ongoing research projects examine the impacts of the rapidly increasing role of renewable energy in the electricity sector, the intersectionContinue reading “Daniel Kaffine”