Director for Economic Analysis
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Brian Murray is Director for Economic Analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and Research Professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University. He is widely recognized for his work integrating economic and biophysical models to assess greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in agriculture, land-use change, and forestry, and energy. Dr. Murray has been invited as a co-author of several national and international assessments of forest resources, especially related to climate change. Of particular note, he was a convening lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry. He has been coordinator, since its inception, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-sponsored Forestry and Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Modeling Forum. His research has examined the economic effects of traditional command-based regulatory strategies for pollution control and more market-oriented approaches such as cap-and-trade programs and emission taxes. He has consulted with a wide range of clientele in the public and private sector, including numerous federal government agencies, members of Congress and their staff, state regulatory agencies, CEOs and senior staff from Fortune 500 companies, trade groups, nongovernmental organizations, and other academic institutions. His work has been published in books, edited volumes, and professional journals. Prior to coming to the Nicholas Institute in 2006, Dr. Murray was Director of the Center for Regulatory Economics and Policy Research at RTI International, a university-affiliated not-for-profit research institution.