Hannah Druckenmiller
Assistant Professor of Economics; William H. Hurt Scholar
B.S., Stanford University, 2014; M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2018; Ph.D., 2021. Caltech, Visiting Associate, 2023; Assistant Professor, 2023-; Hurt Scholar, 2023-.
Profile
Hannah Druckenmiller is an environmental economist. Her research aims to provide empirically based estimates for the environmental benefits and economic costs associated with natural resource protection. For example, she has work quantifying the flood mitigation value of natural lands, developing new approaches for accounting for ecosystem services in climate policy, and identifying cost-effective climate adaptation solutions.
Research Summary
Environmental and natural resource economics and policy, ecosystem valuation, climate impacts and adaptation, applied econometrics, machine learning/remote sensing
External Affiliations
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Faculty Research Fellow
- Resources for the Future, University Fellow
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