Welcome new board member Parth Vaishnav

“I am an Assistant Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. My work aims to understand how

 technology can help solve social problems. Much of my research addresses the environmental and human health consequences of energy production and use. I employ quantitative decision analysis, buttressed by qualitative insight, to understand how economic, political, and operational realities constrain technology deployment. In particular, this research focuses on finding strategies to decarbonize the economy, and to adapt to the warming that has and will occur even if we cut greenhouse gas emissions very rapidly. I am keenly interested in finding ways to make both mitigation and adaptation equitable.”