Stephanie Ohshita

Stephanie Ohshita works on energy-based solutions to multiple environmental problems—from local air pollution to global climate change—and combines engineering with tools from political economy and organizational analysis. Her research examines international cooperation mechanisms; policy design and implementation; energy efficiency strategies; the diffusion of clean and efficient technology; emissions inventories; and risk management.

Dr. Ohshita is Associate Professor of Environmental Science at the University of San Francisco, and a Visiting Faculty (2009-2010) in the China Energy Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Stephanie has worked as a consultant to California government and industry, worked in China since 1996, and in Japan since 1988. She is trained in Chemical Engineering (SB from MIT), and Environmental Engineering and Policy (research associate at Tokyo Institute of Technology; MS and PhD from Stanford University).

Current projects with LBNL and Chinese collaborators include: developing methodology for target allocation in China’s 12th Five-Year Plan (at the national, provincial, city, sectoral, and enterprise levels); and structural change strategies for energy and carbon savings in China.

Additional Information:

• Stephanie Ohshita’s homepage

Publications:

• Cooperative Climate: Energy Efficiency Action in East Asia
• China’s Strategic Priorities in International Climate Change Negotiations