Dr. Darby Jack
Noribachi Advisor
Earth Institute Fellow, Columbia University

Dr. Darby Jack is an Earth Institute Fellow at Columbia University. Previously, he was a fellow at the Watson Institute and worked at the Mountain Institute in Peru, starting a consultancy that advises landowners and conservationists in Latin America on matters related to climate change. His research centers on empirical analysis of human-environment interactions in developing countries. His current projects focus on vulnerability to climate change, economic approaches to valuing ecosystem services, and the political economy of forest conservation. He has received several awards and fellowships including the Thomas Hardie Prize from Williams College, YPF-Repsol and Joseph Crump Fellowships from Harvard University, a Heinz Environmental Scholars award and the Watson Fellowship. Dr. Darby holds a BS from Williams College and a Ph.D from Harvard University, where he analyzed the determinants of household energy technology choices by poor households in Latin America and the linkages between energy, indoor air pollution and human health.