Solomon Hsiang

Solomon Hsiang, the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, studies the relationship between society and the environment. Using data and mathematical models, he examines whether policies can both encourage economic development and manage the global climate. Dr. Hsiang is also director of the Global Policy Laboratory at UC Berkeley, which focuses on issues central to managing planetary resources, such as how the United Nations can fight wildlife poaching and the treaties governing oceans.