Jordan Wingenroth

Bio

Jordan began at UC Santa Barbara in 2025 as a data scientist working with emLab, choosing to furthermore enroll in the Economics PhD program in Fall 2026. His work focuses on the interplay between the energy sector and global climate change. Prior to beginning at UCSB, he worked at Resources for the Future, where he coauthored one of the principal journal articles informing the 2023 update to the social cost of carbon used by federal agencies. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Northeastern University and an M.S. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley. He fills his free time with all sorts of outdoor activities, and he enjoys playing jazz piano and creating electronic music.