Erin Baker

Professor

Director, Wind Energy IGERT

Marston 120C

120C Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

edbaker@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0670

(413) 545-1027

Wind Energy IGERT

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Education

B.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1986
M.S. Stanford University, 1998
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002

Research

Combining operations research methods and economics to decision making under uncertainty applied to the field of energy and the environment, with a focus on publicly-funded energy technology Research and Development portfolios in the face of climate change. Other topics include evaluating the sustainability of the electricity grid in New England as well as in developing countries, and evaluating the environmental costs and benefits of offshore wind energy.

Program Area:

Industrial Engineering

Research Area:

Renewable Energy

Publications

Erin Baker, Olaitan Olaleye, Lara Aleluia da Silva Reis, Decision Frameworks and the investment in R&D, Energy Policy, volume 80 (2015): 275–285
Erin Baker,Valentina Bosetti, Laura Diaz Anadon, Max Henrion, Lara Aleluia Reis, Future Costs of Key Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: Harmonization and Aggregation of Energy Technology Expert Elicitation Data, Energy Policy, Volume 80 (2015): 219–232
Baker, E. and Solak, S., Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D, Production and Operations Management, Volume 23, Issue 3, pages 348–365, (March 2014) (Online Supplement)
Baker, E. and Olaleye, O., Combining Experts: Decomposition and Aggregation Order, Risk Analysis, 33 (6), 1116-1127 (2013)
Greg Nemet, Erin Baker, Karen Jenni, Modeling the future costs of carbon capture using experts' elicited probabilities under policy scenarios, Energy, Volume 56, 1 Pages 218-228 (2013)
Erin Baker, Meredith Fowlie, Derek Lemoine, and Stanley S. Reynolds, The Economics of Solar Electricity, Annual Review of Resource Economics, 5:387-426 (2013)
Jenni, K., Baker, E., and Nemet, G, Expert Elicitations of Energy Penalties for Carbon Capture Technologies, International Journal of GHG Control, 12:136-145 (2013)
Baker E., Option Value and the Diffusion of Fuel Efficient Vehicles, The Energy Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, p 49-59 (2012)
Baker, E. and Solak, S., Climate Change and Optimal Energy Technology R&D Policy, European Journal of Operations Research, 213: 442 – 454 (2011)
Shrimali, G. and Baker, E. Optimal Feed in Tariff Schedule, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 59, No. 2, p 310 – 322 (2012)
Baker, E. and Peng, Y., The value of better information on technology R&D projects in response to climate change, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 17 (1): 107-121 (2012)
Baker, E. and Keisler, J. Cellulosic Biofuels: Expert Views on Prospects for Advancement, Energy, 36(1) Pages 595-605 (2011). Supplementary Material
Baker, E., Chon H. and Keisler, J. Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid vehicles: Expert views about prospects for advancement, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 77: 1139-1146 (2010)
Shittu, E., and Baker, E. Optimal Energy R&D Portfolio Investments in Response to a Carbon Tax. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 57(4) 547 – 559 (2010)
Baker, E., Chon, H. and Keisler, J. Carbon Capture and Storage: Combining Expert Elicitations to Inform Climate Policy. Climatic Change 96 (3) Page 379 (2009)
Baker, E., Optimal Policy under Uncertainty and Learning in Climate Change: A Stochastic Dominance Approach, Journal of Public Economic Theory 11 (5): 721 - 747, (2009)
Ewing, B., and Baker, E. Development of a Green Building Decision Support Tool: A Collaborative Process. Decision Analysis 6 (3): 172 – (2009)
Kalowekamo, J. and Baker, E. Estimating the Cost of Manufacturing for Purely Organic Solar Cells. Solar Energy 83 (8), p.1224-1231, (Aug 2009)
Nemet G., and Baker, E. Demand subsidies versus R&D: Comparing the uncertain impacts of policy on a pre-commercial low-carbon energy technology. The Energy Journal 30(4): 49 - 80 (2009)
Baker, E., Chon, H. and Keisler, J. Advanced Solar R&D: Applying Expert Elicitations to Inform Climate Policy. Energy Economics 31:S37-S49 (2009)
Baker, E., Clarke, L., and Shittu, E., Technical Change and the Marginal Cost of Abatement, Energy Economics 30 (2008)
Baker, E. and Shittu, E. Uncertainty and Endogenous Technical Change in Climate Policy Models, Energy Economics 30 (2008).
Baker E. and Adu-Bonnah, K., Investment in Risky R&D Programs in the face of Climate Uncertainty. Energy Economics, 30:465-486 (2008).
Baker,E., Bosetti V., Salo A., Finding common ground when experts disagree: Belief dominance over portfolios of alternatives, Under submission to Management Science.

Honors

College of Engineering 2016 Outstanding Senior Faculty Award
Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institute Participant 2015-2016
2014 Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
The 2009 Campbell Watkins Energy Journal Best Paper Award
NSF CAREER Award, 2008
IEOR Advisor of the Year, 2005, 2006
Runner-Up, Decision Analysis Society Student Award, INFORMS 2003
Food Research Institute Fellowship, Stanford, 1995-1998
Second Year Honors awarded to the most outstanding second-year mathematics student at U.C. Berkeley, 1984

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