Ema Nakayama received a BA (with honors) in Mathematics and Economics, as well as an MA in Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. She is working with Professor Michael Greenstone; currently, she is supporting him on a proposal for climate compensation that is based on calculating local climate damages and encouraging emission reductions. For another project, Nakayama is working on analysis for an RCT (randomized control trial) that implemented the first particulate-matter emissions market trading scheme covering industrial plants in Surat, India. Her own research interests lie broadly in the fields of public economics, public policy, and microeconomic theory. In her free time, Nakayama enjoys running, reading, and Chicago’s many great bakeries.
“I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn and work at EPIC. My PI, Professor Michael Greenstone’s research on the Global Energy Challenge is incredibly interesting and meaningful, and I am eager to contribute to his pressing work addressing the need to balance access to energy and reducing the damages of climate change. EPIC has also given me a supportive and inspiring environment in which I hope to grow as a researcher.”