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RFF Directory of Experts for Policymakers and the Media 2014 2014 RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE DIRECTORY OF EXPERTS FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE MEDIA www.rff.org/researchers RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE Resources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonpartisan organization that, through its social science research, enables policymakers and stakeholders to make better, more informed decisions about energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. Located in Washington, DC, its research scope comprises programs in nations around the world. Resources for the Future 1616 P St. NW Washington, DC 20036 202.328.5000 www.rff.org © 2013, Resources for the Future RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE 2014 RFF DIRECTORY OF EXPERTS FOR POLICYMAKERS AND THE MEDIA About the Directory..............................................................II Expertise and Index..............................................................III RFF Experts............................................................................1 RFF University Fellows.........................................................52 About RFF............................................................................63 Board of Directors........................................................64 RFF Leadership.............................................................65 RFF Centers of Excellence............................................65 Connect with RFF.........................................................66 DIRECTORY OF EXPERTS I ABOUT THE DIRECTORY This directory highlights the work of experts at Resources for the Future (RFF) on energy, environmental, and natural resource issues for policymakers and the media. The Areas of Expertise and Index section details key areas of current research at RFF and lists experts who can address those issues. TheRFF Experts section includes profiles and contact information for each expert, in alphabetical order. All of the experts’ profiles, in addition to their current work, video interviews, curriculum vitae, and other information, are available online at www.rff.org/researchers. The titles senior fellow, fellow, and resident scholar refer to full-time staff research positions at RFF. Visiting scholars are experts who are in residence for a limited time to collaborate on RFF research. Nonresident fellows are established experts affiliated with other institutions with relevant expertise in particular disciplines. Center fellows are experts who are closely affiliated with a particular RFF center and who work exclusively on its research. University fellows are outstanding scholars at universities around the world who are appointed to establish closer working relationships between RFF and the wider academic community. As an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit institution, RFF shares the results of its research and analysis with all interested parties. Most RFF publications are available for download at www.rff.org. RFF takes no institutional positions on policy matters. Views expressed by the staff and experts are their own and should not be attributed to RFF, its Board of Directors, or its officers. Media inquiries should be directed to Peter Nelson, Director of Communications, at [email protected] or 202.328.5191. Requests from Congress, agencies, or public officials should be directed to Shannon Wulf, Deputy Director for Government and Public Affairs, at [email protected] or 202.328.5019. II RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE AREAS OF EXPERTISE Air Quality Ecosystem Management Air Pollution Ecosystem Services Clean Air Act Endangered Species Act Climate Fisheries and Fishing Cap and Trade Forest Conservation Carbon Pricing Green Infrastructure Carbon Sequestration Invasive Species Clean Air Act Oceans Climate Adaptation Wetlands Climate Change Wildlife Climate Mitigation Electricity Forest Carbon Electricity Markets and Regulation Global Trade Energy Efficiency Greenhouse Gases Renewable and Clean Energy Satellites Energy State and US Regional Policies Biomass and Plant Biofuels Development and Environment CAFE Standards Coffee Coal Deforestation Energy Efficiency Global Trade Energy Security Sustainable Development Natural Gas Ecosystems Nuclear Energy Biodiversity Oil Clean Water Act R&D Technology Coastal Resources Renewable and Clean Energy Deforestation Shale Gas DIRECTORY OF EXPERTS III Food and Agriculture Public Lands Agricultural Land Use Urban Sprawl Coffee Policy and Analysis Food Safety Benefit–Cost Analysis Forests Cap and Trade Biomass and Plant Biofuels Discounting Deforestation Emissions Pricing Forest Carbon Environmental Accounting Forest Conservation Fees and Rebates Global Forest Monitoring Green GDP Timber and Forest Product Markets Incentives Tree Biotechnology Information Disclosure Wildfire Management Markets International Regulation Africa State and US Regional Policies Asia Subsidies Central America Taxes China Valuation Europe Value of Statistical Life India Voluntary Programs Mexico Risk Management South America Disasters Land Use Extreme Events Agricultural Land Use Liability Green Infrastructure Risk Analysis Mining Risk Regulation Outdoor Recreation Uncertainty Parks, Refuges, and Wildernesses IV RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE Space Global Forest Monitoring Satellites Space Debris Transportation Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Auto Insurance CAFE Standards Fuel Taxes Gasoline Heavy–Duty Vehicles Public Transit Traffic Congestion Vehicle Pollution Waste Management Solid Waste and Recycling Waste Liability Waste Regulation Water Clean Water Clean Water Act Drinking Water Flooding Fresh Water Groundwater Oceans Water Quality Wetlands DIRECTORY OF EXPERTS V INDEX AGRICULTURAL LAND USE Mun Ho 18 Allen Blackman 2 Raymond J. Kopp 19 Yusuke Kuwayama 22 Alan J. Krupnick 21 Ariel Ortiz-Bobea 33 Randall Lutter 25 Leonard A. Shabman 41 Jan W. Mares 27 Sheila M. Olmstead 32 AIR POLLUTION Daniel Shawhan 43 Joseph E. Aldy 1 Jhih-Shyang Shih 44 Maureen Cropper 8 Margaret A. Walls 48 Arthur G. Fraas 14 Roberton C. Williams III 50 Winston Harrington 17 Alan J. Krupnick 21 BIODIVERSITY Randall Lutter 25 Allen Blackman 2 Virginia McConnell 28 James W. Boyd 3 Richard D. Morgenstern 29 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Anthony Paul 35 Juha Siikamäki 46 Daniel Shawhan 43 BIOMASS AND PLANT Jhih-Shyang Shih 44 BIOFUELS Juha Siikamäki 46 Roger A. Sedjo 40 ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND VEHICLES CAFE STANDARDS Alan J. Krupnick 21 Carolyn Fischer 12 Joshua Linn 23 Winston Harrington 17 Jan W. Mares 27 Joshua Linn 23 Virginia McConnell 28 Virginia McConnell 28 Richard D. Morgenstern 29 Kenneth A. Small 47 ASIA CAP AND TRADE Sheila M. Olmstead 32 Joseph E. Aldy 1 Roger A. Sedjo 40 Dallas Burtraw 6 Brian Flannery 13 BENEFIT–COST ANALYSIS Marc Hafstead 16 Timothy J. Brennan 4 Raymond J. Kopp 19 Dallas Burtraw 6 Richard D. Morgenstern 29 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Daniel F. Morris 30 Arthur G. Fraas 14 Karen L. Palmer 34 Marc Hafstead 16 Nigel Purvis 36 VI RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE Stephen W. Salant 39 CLEAN AIR ACT Phil Sharp 42 Dallas Burtraw 6 Daniel Shawhan 43 Arthur G. Fraas 14 Roberton C. Williams III 50 Alan J. Krupnick 21 Michael Wolosin 51 Randall Lutter 25 Daniel F. Morris 30 CARBON PRICING Karen L. Palmer 34 Joseph E. Aldy 1 Anothony Paul 35 Dallas Burtraw 6 Nathan Richardson 37 Joel Darmstadter 9 Phil Sharp 42 Carolyn Fischer 12 Marc Hafstead 16 CLEAN WATER ACT Raymond J. Kopp 19 Sheila M. Olmstead 32 Antung Anthony Liu 24 Leonard A. Shabman 41 Molly K. Macauley 26 CLIMATE ADAPTATION Jan W. Mares 27 Richard D. Morgenstern 29 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Daniel F. Morris 30 Brian Flannery 13 Karen L. Palmer 34 Raymond J. Kopp 19 Anthony Paul 35 Carolyn Kousky 20 Nigel Purvis 36 Molly K. Macauley 26 Phil Sharp 42 Jan Mares 27 Daniel Shawhan 43 Daniel F. Morris 30 Roberton C. Williams III 50 Sheila M. Olmstead 32 Nigel Purvis 36 CARBON SEQUESTRATION Jhih-Shyang Shih 44 Brian Flannery 13 Margaret A. Walls 48 Jan W. Mares 27 CLIMATE CHANGE Roger A. Sedjo 40 Juha Siikamäki 46 Joseph E. Aldy 1 Timothy J. Brennan 4 CENTRAL AMERICA Roger M. Cooke 7 Allen Blackman 2 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Carolyn Fischer 12 CHINA Brian Flannery 13 Maureen Cropper 8 Robert Fri 15 Mun Ho 18 Mun Ho 18 Alan J. Krupnick 21 Antung Anthony Liu 24 Antung Anthony Liu 24 Molly K. Macauley 26 Richard D. Morgenstern 29 Richard D. Morgenstern 29 Zhongmin Wang 49 Daniel F. Morris 30 DIRECTORY OF EXPERTS VII Sheila M. Olmstead 32 DEFORESTATION Karen L. Palmer 34 Allen Blackman 2 Anthony Paul 35 Daniel F. Morris 30 Nathan Richardson 37 Nigel Purvis 36 Margaret A. Walls 48 Roger A. Sedjo 40 Michael Wolosin 51 Michael Wolosin 51 CLIMATE MITIGATION DISASTERS Joseph E. Aldy 1 Roger M. Cooke 7 Dallas Burtraw 6 Carolyn Kousky 20 Joel Darmstadter 9 Jan W. Mares 27 Carolyn Fischer 12 Leonard A. Shabman 41 Brian Flannery 13 Daniel Shawhan 43 Marc Hafstead 16 DISCOUNTING Raymond J. Kopp 19 Antung Anthony Liu 24 Timothy J. Brennan 4 Molly K. Macauley 26 Roberton C. Williams III 50 Jan W. Mares 27 DRINKING WATER Sheila M. Olmstead 32 Sheila M. Olmstead 32 Karen L. Palmer 34 Jhih-Shyang Shih 44 Anthony Paul 35 Nigel Purvis 36 ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT Nathan Richardson 37 James W. Boyd 3 Roger A. Sedjo 40 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Phil Sharp 42 Carolyn Kousky 20 Daniel Shawhan 43 Yusuke Kuwayama 22 Juha Siikamäki 46 Molly K. Macauley 26 Roberton C. Williams III 50 Roger A. Sedjo 40 Leonard A. Shabman 41 COAL Juha Siikamäki 46 Stephen P.A. Brown 5 Margaret A. Walls 48 Maureen Cropper 8 Joshua Linn 23 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES Allen Blackman 2 COASTAL RESOURCES James W. Boyd 3 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Rebecca Epanchin-Niell 11 Daniel F. Morris 30 Carolyn Kousky 20 Juha Siikamäki 46 Alan J. Krupnick
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