Frances Moore

Frances Moore

Position Title
Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Policy

Bio
Frances C. Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, working at the intersection of environmental economics and climate science. Her research seeks to improve our understanding of the economic and social impacts of climate change and to better understand our ability to adapt to those impacts. To do this she combine econometric analysis, experimental approaches, climate model output, and economic modeling. Her work contributes to estimates of the aggregate costs of climate change, including the social cost of carbon. Her work has been published in Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Climate Change and the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She holds a BA, summa cum laude, in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University, a Masters in Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment, a Masters in Economics from Stanford University and a Ph.D in Environment and Resources from Stanford University.
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Climate Policy
  • Social Cost of Carbon