Biographical Statements: Speakers
and Moderators
Dr. John M. Reilly
Associate Director for Research
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Reilly is the Associate Director for Research in the Joint Program
on the Science and Policy of Global Change at MIT. Much of his research
has focused on the economics of climate change, including modeling of
energy use and carbon emissions and on the economic impacts of climate
change on agriculture. He has published numerous articles, books, and
reports on the economics of climate change and on other issues related
to natural resources, technology, and energy use and supply. He was
a principal author for the IPCC Second Assessment Report and has served
on many Federal government and international committees. Prior to joining
MIT in 1998, he spent 12 years with the Economic Research Service of
USDA, most recently as the Acting Director and Deputy Director for Research
of the Resource Economics Division. He has been a scientist with Battelle's
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and with the Institute for Energy
Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities. He received his Ph.D. in
economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and holds a B.S.
in economics and political science from the University of Wisconsin.
