Han Yan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Rice University. She earned a B.S. with a dual major in Financial Mathematics and Economics from Wilson College, and an M.S. in Financial Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research explores the intersection of energy economics and household behavior, with a focus on policy-relevant issues.

She studies the rapid growth of electricity demand from data centers and its implications for power systems, emissions, and market outcomes; evaluates the welfare and distributional impacts of California’s electrification policies through household heat pump adoption; and examines how urbanization in China shapes clean cooking fuel adoption through infrastructure expansion, migration dynamics, and their consequences for household welfare.

Contact at [email protected] or 713-348-2217.