Dr. Eli Fenichel is the Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Yale University. Prof. Fenichel conducts quantitative research that connects economics, natural science, epidemiology, and sustainable development, with a focus on intertemporal allocation and tradeoffs. Specific areas of research focus include natural capital valuation and accounting, particularly in connection to national accounts and sustainable development metrics; nature finance; human behavioral change in response to epidemic risk and how that shapes risk itself; and bioeconomic modeling. Dr. Fenichel teaches graduate level courses in applied math, mathematical modeling, natural resource economics, and the economics of sustainable development. From June 2021 through January 2023, he served in the Biden-Harris Administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Assistant Director for Natural Resource Economics and Accounting.
