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Xiaochen Sun was a 2023 PERC graduate fellow and a Ph.D. student in Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests lie in the field of applied microeconomics, primarily in environmental and energy economics. Her work includes the discussion of building energy efficiency, air pollution policy, and electricity markets. Her current research is focusedContinue reading “Xiaochen Sun”

Anna Papp was a 2023 PERC graduate fellow and a 4th-year Ph.D. student in the Sustainable Development program at Columbia University. She conducts applied micro and interdisciplinary research with a focus on the environment. Anna also uses remote sensing and non-traditional data in many of her projects. She is particularly interested in plastic pollution asContinue reading “Anna Papp”

Justine Lang was a 2023 PERC graduate fellow. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2022 with a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and a minor in Spanish. Growing up unconventionally, her love for the natural world stems from the six years she traveled the globe by sailboat with herContinue reading “Justine Lang”

Edson Severnini was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an associate professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University (Heinz College), a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a research affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). His research interests lie at the intersection of energyContinue reading “Edson Severnini”

Renato Molina was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow as well as an engineer and economist specializing in environmental and resource economics. His work focuses on topics at the intersection between game theory, sustainability, and institutional settings. He currently holds a position as an assistant professor in Environmental and Resource Economics at the Rosenstiel SchoolContinue reading “Renato Molina”

Daniel Kaffine was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and a professor in the Department of Economics and an Institute Fellow in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2007, and received hisContinue reading “Daniel Kaffine”

Yukiko Hashida was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. Yukiko’s research focuses on climate change adaptation and natural resource use. One main research interest is policy design which incorporates the interaction between human adaptation and natural systems. AnotherContinue reading “Yukiko Hashida”

Amy Hardberger was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and the McCleskey professor of law and the director of the Center for Water Law and Policy at Texas Tech School of Law. Her work focuses on the intersection of water with other disciplines. Her academic writings focus on shared water governance, international water law, energy/waterContinue reading “Amy Hardberger”

David Finnoff was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow. He is interested in the interplay between humans and nature, how risk affects this interplay, and in working on projects that help inform policies aimed at this interface. In some of the work he has done with collaborators and graduate students, we have (1) developed modelsContinue reading “David Finnoff”

Tony Cookson was a 2023 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and an associate professor of Finance, co-director of the Center for Consumer Financial Decision Making, and faculty director for the MS in Finance program at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder. Tony is a Montana native. After earning his bachelor’s degree in economicsContinue reading “Tony Cookson”