Joseph S. Shapiro
Joseph S. Shapiro is Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in Agricultural & Resource Economics and the Department of Economics. He also serves as Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Energy Institute at Haas. In addition, he has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Political Economy and Quarterly Journal of Economics and Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. His research studies two general questions: (1) How do globalization and the environment interact, including through trade, foreign investment, and international environmental and energy policy? (2) What have been the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of environmental and energy policies over the last half century? He studies climate change, air pollution, clean energy, renewable and exhaustible natural resources, and especially water pollution. His work has links to the economics of international trade, public finance, and health. Shapiro is inventor of a machine learning technology which has patent pending and is under license to help firms comply with Clean Water Act regulation. He has received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, Kiel Institute Excellence in Global Affairs Award, and Marshall Scholarship. Shapiro holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, Masters degrees from Oxford and LSE, and a BA from Stanford.
Eyal Frank
Dr. Frank is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, an NBER Faculty Research Fellow, an CERP Research Affiliate, and an affiliated faculty at the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) at the University of Chicago. His work studies questions as intersection of economics, ecology, and conservation policy, by drawing on natural experiments and using causal inference methods to advance our understanding regarding the social cost of biodiversity losses. Prior to the University of Chicago, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Public and International Affairs School at Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, and earned his M.A. in Economics and B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Christian Langpap
Dr. Christian Langpap is Professor of Applied Economics at Oregon State University and an environmental economist whose research examines how policies, institutions, and incentives shape environmental outcomes. His work covers a variety of topics, including endangered species conservation, water quality, environmental regulation and enforcement, wildfire risk, and the role of nonprofit organizations in environmental protection. Drawing on applied microeconomics and econometric methods, his research seeks to inform policy design related to conservation, environmental governance, and natural resource management. Dr. Langpap earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Oregon State University. He has published in leading field journals, including the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy and Nature Sustainability. His research has received support from various organizations, including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He currently serves as Editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Michelle Ranville
Michelle Ranville is a Senior Agricultural Economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Chief Economist, Office of Pest Management Policy. In this role, she analyzes the economic impacts of agricultural and environmental policy, with a particular focus on pesticide regulation, endangered species protection, precision agriculture, and stakeholder engagement. Michelle works across federal agencies, industry, and producer organizations to develop data-driven analyses that inform national policy decisions and balance environmental protection with the needs of agricultural producers. Prior to joining USDA, Michelle served as an economist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. She has more than twenty years of experience in federal policy analysis, regulatory economics, and bridging the understanding of complex issues between policymakers and stakeholders