Current Projects: Performing cross-cutting economic studies to determine the cost effectiveness of energy efficiency standards; assisting the California Energy Commission to assess future impacts of climate change on the energy infrastructure of the state; studying agricultural water and energy use in the California Central Valley.

Education: Ph.D.  Resource Economics (University of Hawaii), B.A., M.S., Economics (University of California, Davis).

Expertise: Environmental economist with 25 years of experience with water resource, energy and environmental projects; 5 years of involvement with the economics of climate change;  Leader of an effort to estimate the economic impact of climate change on water resource use, agriculture, energy, and the environment.