Alumni-Pre-Doctoral Fellows

Elizabeth Mettetal

Ph.D. Public Policy 2015
Associate Director, E3 - Energy and Environmental Economics

Elizabeth Mettetal received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2015, where she was a fellow in the Harvard Environmental Economics Program and served as the Head Teaching Fellow for Harvard's Fundamentals of Environmental Economics and Policy course.... Read more about Elizabeth Mettetal

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Richard Newell

Ph.D. Public Policy 1997
President and CEO of Resources for the Future

Dr. Richard G. Newell is the President and CEO of Resources for the Future (RFF), an independent, nonprofit research organization that improves...

Janhavi Nilekani

PhD Public Policy 2018
Founder of Aastar

Janhavi is a development economist by training, with a 2018 PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, where she focused on environmental economics and development economics.... Read more about Janhavi Nilekani

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Pascal Noel

Ph.D. Economics 2017
Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Pascal’s research interests include optimal energy taxation, the design and impact of energy investment incentives, and pricing in transportation markets...

Sheila Olmstead

Ph.D. Public Policy 2002
Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Sheila Olmstead’s research focuses on natural resource management and pollution control, with a particular emphasis on water resource economics, including... Read more about Sheila Olmstead

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R. Jisung Park

Ph.D. Economics 2017
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of the Environment (Fall 2022)
Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Starting January 2023)

R. Jisung Park is an environmental and labor economist interested broadly in how environmental factors shape economic opportunity. He is particularly...

Frank Pinter

Ph.D in Business Economics 2022
Antitrust Economist, Bureau of Economics, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Frank Pinter is an economist specializing in industrial organization. His research ...

William Pizer

Harvard University Center for the Environment Visiting Scholar (April 2008)
Susan B. King Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Billy Pizer is the Susan B. King Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at the Sanford School of Public Policy and Faculty Fellow at...

Matthew Ranson

Ph.D. Public Policy 2012
Director of Data Science, agilon health

Matthew Ranson is Director of Data Science at agilon health, a value-based healthcare company. ...

Olga Rostapshova

Ph.D. Public Policy 2013
Executive Director, Energy and Environment Lab, University of Chicago

Olga's research interests include climate change, environmental policy in transition economies and firm decision-making under uncertainty. She had...

Kevin Rowe

HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow Alumni

Kevin is interested in environmental and energy regulation, particularly in developing countries. Prior to beginning his Ph.D., Kevin was a Research...

Todd Schatzki

Ph.D. Public Policy 1998
Principal at the Analysis Group

Dr. Schatzki has a broad range of expertise in energy, environment, finance, and competition matters, with deep experience in electricity, natural gas, petroleum, and renewable energy.... Read more about Todd Schatzki

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Trisha Shrum

Ph.D. Public Policy 2016
Assistant Professor at University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Trisha is a behavioral and environmental economist who uses modeling and experimental methods to better understand human behavior related to...

Katharine R.E. Sims

HEEP Visiting Scholar (2011-2012)
Professor of Economics and of Environmental Studies, Amherst College
Ph.D. Political Economy and Government

Katharine Sims is a Professor in the Economics and Environmental Studies Departments at Amherst College. She studies how...

E. Somanathan

Ph.D. Economics 1995
Professor in the Planning Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

E."Som" Somanathan received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard in 1995 and taught at Emory University and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor before joining the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, where he is Professor in the Planning Unit.... Read more about E. Somanathan

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