Dr. Nicholas Muller

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Biography

Nicholas Muller is the Lester Judith Lave Professor of Economics, Engineering, and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. His interdisciplinary research engages with environmental policy economics, focusing on the application of distributional weights in benefit-cost analysis, assessing air pollution damage from wildfires, and calculating the economic impacts of deploying carbon capture and storage systems in the United States. He also examines the implications of environmental policies on the municipal bond market. Professor Muller teaches courses on microeconomics, sustainable business, energy policy economics, and environmental natural resource economics. His research has been published in prestigious journals including the American Economic Review, Science, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.

Research Interests

Environmental Policy Economics Benefit-Cost Analysis Air Pollution Carbon Capture and Storage Economic Impact of Environmental Policies

Experience

Lester Judith Lave Professor

2017-07-01 — Present

Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business • Pittsburgh, United States

Professor of Economics, Engineering, and Public Policy.

Associate Professor

2014-07-01 — 2017-06-30

Middlebury College • Middlebury (village), United States

Associate Professor with tenure in Economics.

Visiting Associate Professor

2015-07-01 — 2016-01-30

Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business • Pittsburgh, United States

Visiting Associate Professor of Economics.

Assistant Professor

2007-07-01 — 2014-07-31

Department of Economics and the Environmental Studies Program, Middlebury College • Middlebury (village), United States

Assistant Professor in Economics and Environmental Studies.

Science Advisory Board Member

2015-01-01 — Present

Environmental Protection Agency • Washington D.C., United States

Advisory role focusing on environmental science.

Research Associate

2014-09-01 — Present

National Bureau of Economic Research, Environment Energy Working Group • Cambridge, United States

Conducting research on environmental and energy economics.

Faculty Research Fellow

2012-04-01 — 2014-09-30

National Bureau of Economic Research, Environment Energy Working Group • Cambridge, United States

Research fellow in the field of environmental and energy economics.

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.