Ted Loch-Temzelides

Welcome to my research web page!

I am the George and Cynthia Mitchell Professor in Sustainable Development at the Department of Economics and a Center for Energy Studies Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. I am also a member of the Lancet-PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover. During Spring 2024 I am a Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) at Princeton University. 

I conduct interdisciplinary research using mathematical modeling to guide science-based policy. My current work concentrates on studying policies to enhance resilience and mitigate risks resulting from emerging infectious diseases and from climate change. I also study the role of incentives in sustainability and conservation, and applications of economics principles to ecology. Please click on the index link at the top of this page for more up to date information about me and my work.