Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at UC Santa Cruz. During 2024-2025, I am an exchange Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley ARE. 

Research interests: Environmental & Energy Economics, AI Technology Use in Policy Design, Public Economics, Urban Economics, Applied Microeconomics

I will join the Thrust of Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship (IPE), Society Hub at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) as an Assistant Professor in July 2025. 

Media:  Google Scholar, ORCID, SSRN, Researchgate

Contact Info:

Department of Economics

University of California, Santa Cruz

1156 High Street, 

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Email: qren4@ucsc.edu, qren@berkeley.edu