A dynamic group of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students working with professors to interrogate pressing questions within the field of environmental law.
Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy. As a professor at Yale since 1994, he holds faculty appointments in both Yale’s Environment and Law Schools and directs the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and serves on the Board of the Center for Business & Environment at Yale, which he founded in 2006. He has an BA from Harvard College, an MA from Balliol College at Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a JD from Yale Law School.
Lillie Steinhauser (they/she) is a graduate of UT Austin and the Administrative Director at YCELP.
Rong Bao is the Project Coordinator for the “Remaking Trade for a Sustainable Future” project. She coordinates partnerships and events, as well as conducting research on the interface of trade and sustainability. Rong graduated from Yale School of the Environment with a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) degree, focusing on international climate change governance and policy.
Dr. Yumeng Gao is the Research Director and a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF). Her research revolves around sustainable finance and focuses on the financial implications of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
Sebastian is an environmental data scientist specialized on climate change and biodiversity protection. He uses a range of data-driven analytic and modelling approaches to quantify sustainability issues, from biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation to climate change emissions and air pollution. He derives insights from data to help guide environmental policy and maximize the performance of sustainability investments.
Professor Kasturi Das is 2024-2025 Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellow for Academic & Professional Excellence (Research) and Visiting Fellow at the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP), Yale School of the Environment at the Yale University. Professor Das’ research project at Yale explores the role of the global trading system in supporting industrial decarbonization and just transition in hard-to-abate sectors in developing countries, with a particular focus on steel industry in India.
Katie works to support the center’s research projects and Director Dan Esty’s work.
Anjalie Thomas Jane Fortna Sara Cody Samuel George
Sherab Dorji Rose Hansen Charlotte Hawes Caroline Solomon
Kindall Hayes Justus Hummels William Sun Stanley Tan
Megan Brueck Bendegúz Dörnyei Clara Kleindorfer Watson Mwabila
