Alice Tianbo Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Economics and an affiliate faculty of Environmental Studies at Washington and Lee University. As an environmental and energy economist, she combines economics, climate science, and data science to tackle energy and climate policy issues. Her current research focuses on two areas 1) distributional impacts of energy infrastructure and energy access; 2) climate change impact, mitigation, and adaptation. More broadly, she is interested in harnessing economics for social and environmental equity. Prior to joining W&L, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University. She obtained a PhD from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics, Statistics, and a minor in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. You can read more about her work at https://www.alicetianbozhang.com/ and follow her on
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