Ariaster Baumgratz Chimeli

Ariaster Chimeli has a bachelor´s degree in economics from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1993), master´s (1995) and Ph.D. degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001) and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Columbia University (2001-2003. He is currently a full professor at Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA) at University of São Paulo. He taught at Ohio University, Columbia University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before joining the department of economics at FEA-USP. Professor Chimeli specializes in economics, with focus on environmental economics. His research includes work in the following topics: environment and development economics, tropical deforestation, climate variability and change, renewable energy, air pollution and the environmental Kuznets Curve.

Possui graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1993), mestrado em Masters of Science in Policy Economics - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaing (1995), doutorado em Economia - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaing (2001) e pós doutorado na Columbia University (2001-2003). Atualmente é professor titular da Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade - USP. Lecionou na Ohio University, Columbia University e University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign antes de se tornar professor de economia na FEA-USP. Tem experiência na área de Economia, com ênfase em Economia do Meio Ambiente, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: desenvolvimento econômico e meio ambiente, desmatamento de florestas tropicais, variabilidade e mudança climática, energia renovável, poluicao do ar e environmental Kuznets curve.