Professor Dr. Solomon Hsiang

Biography

Solomon Hsiang is a Professor of Global Environmental Policy at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and directs the Global Policy Laboratory at Stanford University. He integrates social science, natural science, and data science to effectively manage global resources. Hsiang is a co-founder and co-director of the Climate Impact Lab and was a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is known for his work in economic implications of climate change and has co-edited the Handbook on Economics of Climate Change. Hsiang served as a lead author for the economics chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment published in 2023. His prior roles include being a post-doctoral fellow in applied econometrics at NBER and in science, technology, and environmental policy at Princeton University. Hsiang has also been a faculty member at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science and a Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University.

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