Michael Greenstone

Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College, and the Harris School at the University of Chicago. He currently serves as director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), director of the Becker Friedman Institute, and is co-chair of the Energy and Environment sector at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). Under the first Obama administration, he served on the Council of Economic Advisors as chief economist. His research interests focus on development economics and environmental economics.