Degrees & Credentials:
PhD, Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, 2010
MS, Financial Mathematics, Stanford University, 2008
Biography:
Professor Yongyang Cai is a computational and environmental economist. His research focuses on dynamic stochastic integrated modeling; integration of regional food, energy, water systems, and the economy; and computational methods in economics. He has published peer-reviewed papers in leading academic journals, including Journal of Political Economy, Journal of the European Economic Association, Quantitative Economics, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Nature Climate Change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Operations Research. He is a co-investigator on several research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and USDA-NIFA. Prior to joining OSU, Cai was a Senior Research Scientist at the Becker Friedman Institute and the Center for Robust Decision Making on Climate and Energy Policy of the University of Chicago, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. In 2021, he received the Erik Kempe Award in environmental and resource economics.
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