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Michael Davidson

Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Michael Davidson is an assistant professor joint with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, where he leads the Power Transformation Lab. Dr. Davidson’s teaching and research focus on the engineering implications and institutional conflicts inherent in deploying low-carbon energy at scale to mitigate environmental harms. Michael holds a Ph.D. in engineering systems and an S.M. in technology and policy from MIT, and a B.S. in mathematics and physics and a B.A. in Japanese studies from Case Western Reserve University. He has held fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School and Tsinghua University, and worked on U.S.-China climate policy for the Natural Resources Defense Council.