Charles Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests are in environmental economics with a focus on climate change, agriculture, land use, and ecosystem services. He often uses satellite data and remote sensing to help answer policy questions. Prior to academia, he held positions at The Earth Partners LP, a sustainable land investment company, McKinsey & Company, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is the co-founder of Drylands Natural Resource Centre. He received a PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University in 2022 and was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley.