Rate My Professor Klaus Moeltner

An environmental economist, Moeltner's research specializations include valuation of natural resources and amenities, applied econometrics, economic analytics, recreation demand, health impacts of wildfire smoke, urban water use, wetland and water quality valuation, harmful algal blooms, and housing market studies related to coastal flooding, watershed restoration, and forest damage. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed to book chapters. Key publications include "Bayesian Nonlinear Meta Regression for Benefit Transfer" (Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019), "Spatial dimensions of water quality value in New England River Networks" (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023), "Harmful algal blooms and toxic air: The economic value of improved forecasts" (Marine Resource Economics, 2023), "Locally-weighted meta-regression and benefit transfer" (Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023), and "Wildfire Smoke and Health Impacts: A Closer Look at Fire Attributes and their Marginal Effects" (Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013). As PI or co-PI, he has secured over $7 million in grants. Awards include the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Distinguished 10 or more years Graduate Teaching Award (2023), Virginia Association of Economists Best Paper Award (2018), and European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Best Paper Award (2014). He served as Director of the Graduate Program (2017-2022), is Co-Editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2022-present), and participated in a 2024 White House roundtable on Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions.