Junjie Zhang
junjiezhang@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-5733
Fax: (858) 534-3939
9500 Gilman Dr., 0519
La Jolla, CA 92093
Office: #1303
Personal Website
Education
Ph.D., Duke University, 2008
(environmental and resource economics)
M.S., Tsinghua University, China, 2003
(environmental engineering)
B.S., Tsinghua University, China, 2001 (minor)
(environmental engineering)
B.A., Renmin University of China, 2001 (major)
(environmental economics and management)
Programs and Centers
International Environmental Policy Career TrackUC San Diego Center for Environmental Economics
21st Century China Program
Biography
Professor Zhang's research centers on empirical issues in environmental and resource economics. His research topics cover climate change, water resources, and fisheries. He is particularly interested in an interdisciplinary approach that involves both social sciences and natural sciences to deal with environmental problems with policy relevance. Professor Zhang was the 2011 recipient of the John V. Krutilla Research Award and the 2007 recipient of the Joseph L. Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Award. He was also awarded the Dr. S-Y Hong Award for Outstanding Article by Marine Resource Economics in 2008.
At present, Professor Zhang is working on a project about renewable energy in China. Specifically, he uses the structural econometric method to investigate the impact of the project-based carbon market (the Clean Development Mechanism) on renewable energy investment. In another project about the impact of climate change on fisheries in the Southern California Bight, he develops econometric models to examine how climate change affects fisheries production. He also empirically models fishers' behavioral adaptation to climate variability and its implication for policy making.
