Interests

Global Climate Change; Economics of Energy and Environment; Cost Benefit analysis; Energy Policy Analysis; Environmental Valuation; GIS. (Faculty Advisor: Dr. Fred Hitzhusen)

Biographical Info

Shruti plans to utilize her interdisciplinary academic training and research expertise in policy analyses and programs on energy and environment sector. Her dissertation research is on estimation of social costs of coal based electricity generation in Ohio using environmental valuation techniques, Geographic information science (GIS), and Ohio Market Allocation (OH-MARKAL) model. She worked for the government of Nepal in formulation and implementation of fertilizer trade deregulation policy and for the Public Utility Commission of Ohio on carbon foot print reduction of public buildings and renewable portfolio standards. This provided her opportunities to learn, among many other aspects, policy formulation processes in both developed and developing countries’ settings. Regarding teaching experience, she developed a curriculum on energy and environment, and served as teaching assistant to several courses including Benefit-Cost Analysis. She plans to work for government or non-profit organizations focusing on energy and environmental issues in the US and abroad, beginning October of 2009. She is also open to research and/or extension position in university.