Catherine Wolfram is the William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a leading scholar on the economics of energy markets, with extensive contributions to understanding how electricity systems, climate policy, and international trade intersect.

From 2021 to 2022, Professor Wolfram served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she helped shape national and international climate and energy strategies. She previously directed the Environment and Energy Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and was a core faculty member at the UC Berkeley Energy Institute at Haas.

Her research has analyzed topics ranging from rural electrification in developing economies and energy efficiency programs in the United States, to the effects of regulation, privatization, and restructuring in U.S. and U.K. power markets. She is currently leading projects on the global trade and climate interface, including the impact of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), policy spillovers to developing countries, methane emissions regulation in oil and gas, and the energy market consequences of sanctions on Russian oil.

Professor Wolfram’s work continues to inform governments, international organizations, and businesses worldwide as they design strategies for the energy transition and low-carbon economic growth.