Ishan Brownell Nath 404-790-0361 [email protected] ishannath.com
EDUCATION University of Chicago 2014 – Present PhD Candidate in Economics Dissertation Committee: Michael Greenstone (Chair, [email protected]), Chang-Tai Hsieh ([email protected]) Pete Klenow ([email protected])
Oxford University 2012 – 2014 MPhil in Economics
Stanford University 2008 – 2012 B.A. in Economics (with Honors & Distinction) B.S. in Earth Systems, Energy Science & Technology Track (with Distinction)
WORKING PAPERS “A Global View of Creative Destruction,” (with Chang-Tai Hsieh and Pete Klenow)
“Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits,” (with the Climate Impact Lab)
“Do Renewable Portfolio Standards Deliver?” (with Michael Greenstone)
WORK-IN-PROGRESS “The Food Problem and the Aggregate Productivity Consequences of Climate Change” (Job Market Paper)
“The Impossible Trinity of Agriculture: Causality, Adaptation, and the Welfare Consequences of Climate Change” (with Michael Greenstone and Arvid Viaene)
“Labor Supply in a Warmer World: The Impact of Climate Change on the Global Workforce,” (with the Climate Impact Lab)
“The Social Cost of Global Energy Consumption due to Climate Change,” (with the Climate Impact Lab)
“The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Grain Production” (with the Climate Impact Lab)
AWARDS Rhodes Scholarship 2012 John G. Sobieski Undergraduate Thesis Award for Creative Thinking in Economics 2012 Stanford School of Earth Sciences Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Academic Achievement 2012 Harry S. Truman Scholarship 2011 Morris K. Udall Scholarship 2011
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Researcher, Climate Impact Lab 2015 – Present Research Assistant, EPIC India, New Delhi 2016 Research Assistant to Professor Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago 2015 – 2016 Research Assistant to Professor Michael Greenstone, MIT 2012 – 2013 Research Assistant to Professor Melissa Dell, Harvard University 2012 – 2013 Research Assistant to Professor Lawrence Goulder, Stanford University 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant to Professor Michael Greenstone Winter 2017; Fall 2017 Graduate Public Finance II / Energy and Environmental Economics II
Teaching Assistant to Professors Owen Zidar, Eric Zwick, Seth Zimmerman, Spring 2017 and Neale Mahoney Graduate Public Finance III – “New Developments in Public Finance”
Teaching Assistant to Professors Michael Greenstone and John Deutch Fall 2017 Undergraduate “The Global Energy & Climate Challenge”
Teaching Assistant to Professors Steven Levitt and John List Spring 2017 Undergraduate “Economics for Everyone”
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Referee: Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review: Insights
PRESENTATIONS University of Chicago Development Lunch (2018), Applied Micro Lunch (2018), Energy/Environment Lunch & Learn (2016), Delhi University St. Stephen’s College (2016), Stanford University School of Earth Sciences (2013, 2014)
NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Intern – United States Department of the Treasury, Economic Policy Office 2012 Consultant – Environmental Defense Fund 2012 Intern – White House Office of the Vice President, Economic Policy Office 2011 Senior Consultant – National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2010 Intern – The Carter Center 2010 7th Grade Environmental Science Teacher – Breakthrough Collaborative 2009
NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS “Economic Perspectives on Liability & Insurance.” National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, March 2011.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Citizenship – USA