I am an Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Economics at the London School of Economics. I am based the Department of Geography and Environment and affiliated with the Global School of Sustainability.

My research combines economic reduced form methods with ecological modeling to study how ecosystem degradation impacts human welfare and how policy decisions impact environmental quality. My work broadly examines biodiversity, ecosystem services, and land use.

I received my PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. Prior to my PhD, I worked at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Center for Global Development. I hold a BA in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Email me at j [dot] lu53 [at] lse [dot] ac [dot] uk. You can access my CV here.