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C.-Y. Cynthia Lin
C.-Y. Cynthia Lin
Cynthia Lin is an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department and the Environmental Science and Policy Department at the University of California at Davis. Professor Lin is also the president of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics Bay Area Chapter and one of the seven economists selected to serve on the California State Controller's Council of Economic Advisors. She was formerly the Fossil Fuels Tract Director of the Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways Program of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.
Professor Lin’s fields of interest are environmental and natural resource economics, energy economics, industrial organization, and applied microeconomics. Among her current areas of research are the petroleum industry, renewable energy, natural resources, environmental regulation, and air quality. She has done consulting work related to renewable energy and to sustainability.
Professor Lin has received numerous awards for her research, including the International Society for New Institutional Economics Award for the Best Ph.D. Dissertation and the Harvard University Stone Fellow Award for Best Paper Written by a Doctoral Student in Environmental and Resource Policy. Her research has also been featured in the New York Times. In 2011, she was selected as a UC Davis Hellman Fellow for promising young faculty who exhibit potential for great distinction in their research.
Professor Lin received her bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College in 2000 and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2006.