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Erin Baker is a nationally-known expert on wind energy who has advised policymakers about making decisions on energy technology in the face of climate change.

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Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Faculty Director of the Energy Transition Institute

My friend Dr. Erin Baker is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research interests revolve around technological change, climate change, and energy and the environment.

She has published several articles in reputable journals, covering topics such as seasonality and trade in hydro-heavy electricity markets, regional power planning for climate goals, equitable energy transitions, and the intersection of policy and technology in a just energy transition. She has also contributed to discussions on curriculum challenges related to racial justice and the equity implications of net-zero energy systems.

Dr. Baker's research has included analyzing the sustainability of decarbonizing the grid, understanding Africa's energy transition through regional scenario analysis, and exploring the impacts of wind energy deployment on hydropower operation and migratory fish. She has also been involved in uncertainty analysis of the future cost of wind energy and expert elicitation surveys predicting declines in wind energy costs.

Her work extends to the field of cleantech startups and their outcomes, specifically in relation to patents and business success. She has examined the funding and innovation of startups supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

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Dr. Erin Baker discusses how the current energy system is inherently racist and disproportionately effects lower income households. In this talk, she highlights the steps we can make towards energy equity and therefore slow down the human impact on the climate.  Erin Baker is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Director of the NSF-funded IGERT: Offshore wind energy engineering, environmental impacts, and policy. She works at border between engineering and economics. Her research is on decision making under uncertainty applied to energy and the environment, with a focus on publicly-funded energy technology Research and Development portfolios in the face of climate change. Her work appears in leading academic journals including Science, Nature Energy, Operations Research, and Climatic Change. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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