Create & Impact.

I am Andrew Zhai, currently a Ph.D. student in Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. I aspire to emerge as a next-generation scholar in environmental economics. I strive to address critical environmental governance challenges, such as deforestation, in both the United States and the Global South by integrating microeconomic theory, advanced econometric techniques, and innovative datasets. My research focuses on 

• Conservation Policy and Protected Areas

• Forestry Policy and Economics

• Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)

• Nature-based Solutions (NbS)