Michael Davidson

Michael Davidson is an associate professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, where he directs the Power Transformation Lab. His research addresses the engineering implications and institutional conflicts of deploying renewable energy at scale, with a focus on emerging electricity markets in China and India and on the western United States. He was previously U.S.-China climate policy coordinator at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. A former Fulbright Scholar, he holds a Ph.D. in engineering systems from MIT.