Scholar
Solomon Hsiang
Google Scholar ID: 1QlLPcEAAAAJ
Stanford University
Citations & Impact
Citations
19,271
H-index
41
i10-index
55
Publications
20
Co-authors
87
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Lead Author of the Economics chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment (2023)
- Published influential research on economic consequences of climate change in top journals including Nature
- Delivered keynotes at OECD, World Bank, IMF, UNDP, and other international institutions
- Provided scientific updates to the U.S. EPA on greenhouse gas endangerment findings
- Testified before the U.S. Congress on the economics of climate change
- Advanced policy research on extreme event attribution and integration of natural capital into federal policy
Research Experience
- Faculty at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley (2013–2024)
- First Chief Environmental Economist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2023–2024), overseeing the inaugural year of the U.S. natural capital accounting program
- Leads interdisciplinary research on climate impacts on economy, agriculture, health, conflict, mortality, and adaptation
- Develops methods combining satellite imagery and machine learning (e.g., MOSAIKS)
- Leads data infrastructure initiatives such as the 100 Maps Project and the Aerial History Project
Education
- BS in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- BS in Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- PhD in Sustainable Development, Columbia University
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Applied Econometrics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, Princeton University
Background
- Professor of Global Environmental Policy at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
- Directs the Global Policy Laboratory, integrating social science, natural science, and data science to study global resource management
- Co-founder and Co-Director of the Climate Impact Lab
- Co-founder of mosaiks.org
- Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
- Co-editing the Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change
- National Geographic Explorer
- Co-leads the Aerial History Project
