EME Faculty
R. J. Briggs |
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Assistant Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics |
| office: | 123 Hosler Building | |
| phone: | 814-863-1640 | |
| email: | rjb46@psu.edu | |
| fax: | 814-865-3248 |
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Bio
Biographical Sketch
R.J. Briggs is an Assistant Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics with interests in the environmental impacts of resource use, design of environmental policy, and measurement of the health effects of pollution. A northern California native, Professor Briggs has pursued interdisciplinary interests throughout his career. He holds a dual Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of California, Davis. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked as a Research Programmer for the RAND Corporation. Professor Briggs earned his Ph. D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, with fields in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Public Economics. During his doctoral studies, he also studied Indoor Air Quality as an NSF-IGERT trainee in Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering. As part of this program, he interned with the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Professor Briggs is a former scholar in the American Economic Association's Minority Summer Training Program and a recipient of the Harrington Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin.
Professor Briggs enjoys a good game of chess-challenge him to a match sometime!
Educational Background
Ph.D. (Economics), University of Texas at Austin, August 2009
B.A.S. (Economics and Mathematics), University of California, Davis, March 2000
Recent Activities and Awards
Professional Services
- Member, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Member, International Association for Energy Economics
- Member, American Economic Association
- Member, International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate
- Member, American Society of Hispanic Economists
Awards and Recognitions
- Trainee, National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship in Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering, 2006-2008
- Donald D. Harrington Doctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2004
Research Interests
- Non-renewable resource management, environmental impacts, and policy
- Design and analysis of permit markets and environmental taxes
- Carbon sequestration and its implications for resource use and climate change
- Indoor and outdoor air quality and its effect on human health
- Normative analysis of environmental policy in dynamic settings