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Economic and Econometric Analysis

ID: 730341 California, USA

Expert is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department and the Environmental Science and Policy Department at a major university. Expert is also the President of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics Bay Area Chapter, the Fossil Fuels Tract Director of the Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways Program of the Institute of Transportation Studies and a Research Associate at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. She is one of the seven economists selected to serve on the California State Controller’s Council of Economic Advisors. Expert’s fields of interest are environmental and natural resource economics, energy economics, industrial organization, and applied microeconomics. Among her current areas of research are the petroleum industry, renewable energy, natural resources, environmental regulation, and air quality. She has done consulting work related to renewable energy and to sustainability. Expert has received numerous awards for her research, including the International Society for New Institutional Economics Award for the Best Ph.D. Dissertation and the Harvard University Stone Fellow Award for Best Paper Written by a Doctoral Student in Environmental and Resource Policy. She was selected as a Hellman Fellow for promising young faculty who exhibit potential for great distinction in their research. Expert received her bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College in 2000 and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2006.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2006	Degree: Ph.D.	Subject: Economics	Institution: Harvard University
Year: 2005	Degree: A.M.	Subject: Economics	Institution: Harvard University
Year: 2000	Degree: A.B.	Subject: Environmental Science and Public Policy	Institution: Harvard University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2006 to 2013	Employer: University of California at Davis	Title: Assistant Professor	Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Responsibilities: Expert conducts research on and teaches courses in dynamic optimization, applied econometrics, environmental and natural resource economics, and energy economics.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2013 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Associate Professor	Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
Responsibilities: Expert conducts research on and teaches courses in dynamic optimization, applied econometrics, environmental and natural resource economics, and energy economics.

Career Accomplishments

Awards / Recognition
Employer Hellman Fellow (2011) International Society for New Institutional Economics Award for the Best Ph.D. Dissertation (2006) Stone Fellow Award for Best Paper Written by a Doctoral Student in Environmental and Resource Policy (2006) Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Fellows Program Conference Travel Grant (2006) The Partnership University Fellow (2005-2006) Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University Pre-Doctoral Conference Travel Grant (2004) Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Fellows Program Conference Travel Grant (2004) 1st Lindau Meeting of the Winners of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, young economist participant, selected to give closing remarks on behalf of students (2004) Harvard University Department of Economics Research and Travel Award (2004) Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Fellows Program Research Travel Grant (2004) Harvard Committee on Undergraduate Education Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (Fall 2003) Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in energy policy (2003) Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship (2003) Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Award (2002) Harvard Committee on Undergraduate Education Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (Fall 2002) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2001) Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (2001, declined in favor of EPA fellowship) Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Graduate Fellowship (2000-2003) Rita Ricardo-Campbell Fellowship in Economics (2000) Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University Pre-Doctoral Fellow (2000-2006) Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for the top 64 Harvard senior theses (2000) Donald and Cathleen Pfister Prize for excellence in the natural sciences (2000) Junior-year Phi Beta Kappa (1999) Morris K. Udall Scholarship for excellence in environmental policy (1999) Harvard College Research Program research fellowship (1999) President Chao Nee Memorial Scholarship (1999) John Harvard Scholarship (1997, 1998, 1999, & 2000) Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship (1997, 1998 & 1999) Detur Book Prize (1997) First Place Grand Award at International Science and Engineering Fair (1996)

Awards / Recognition

Employer Hellman Fellow (2011)

International Society for New Institutional Economics Award for the Best Ph.D. Dissertation (2006)

Stone Fellow Award for Best Paper Written by a Doctoral Student in Environmental and Resource Policy (2006)

Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Fellows Program Conference Travel Grant (2006)

The Partnership University Fellow (2005-2006)

Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University Pre-Doctoral Conference Travel Grant (2004)

Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Fellows Program Conference Travel Grant (2004)

1st Lindau Meeting of the Winners of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, young economist participant, selected to give closing remarks on behalf of students (2004)

Harvard University Department of Economics Research and Travel Award (2004)

Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Fellows Program Research Travel Grant (2004)

Harvard Committee on Undergraduate Education Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (Fall 2003)

Repsol YPF–Harvard Kennedy School Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in energy policy (2003)

Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship (2003)

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Award (2002)

Harvard Committee on Undergraduate Education Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (Fall 2002)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2001)

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (2001, declined in favor of EPA fellowship)

Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Graduate Fellowship (2000-2003)

Rita Ricardo-Campbell Fellowship in Economics (2000)

Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University Pre-Doctoral Fellow (2000-2006)

Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for the top 64 Harvard senior theses (2000)

Donald and Cathleen Pfister Prize for excellence in the natural sciences (2000)

Junior-year Phi Beta Kappa (1999)

Morris K. Udall Scholarship for excellence in environmental policy (1999)

Harvard College Research Program research fellowship (1999)

President Chao Nee Memorial Scholarship (1999)

John Harvard Scholarship (1997, 1998, 1999, & 2000)

Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship (1997, 1998 & 1999)

Detur Book Prize (1997)

First Place Grand Award at International Science and Engineering Fair (1996)

Publications and Patents Summary
She has 43 publications.

Fields of Expertise