Narasimha Rao

Professor of Energy Systems · Yale School of the Environment · Yale University

Quick answer: Narasimha Rao is Professor of Energy Systems at Yale University. Narasimha Rao shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ I will not be accepting new PhD students till Fall 2027

Research interests

Climate Science and Policy, Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation, Climate/Environmental Policy, Energy, Clean Energy, Energy Policy, Energy Poverty, Energy Systems, Environmental Analysis, Carbon Footprint, Environmental Justice, Climate Migration, Environmental Ethics, Human Health and Well-Being, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Urban, Urban Heat

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2025] Conflicting stakeholder priorities produce sustainability tradeoffs for cereal production in Northeast China [2025] Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE [2025] Higher income is associated with greater life satisfaction, and more stress [2025] Time for Development [2024] Multidimensional well-being of US households at a fine spatial scale using fused household surveys [2024] Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India [2024] Experimental analysis on machining of Al alloy in CNC machine under MQL conditions [2023] Growth and inequality trade-offs to eradicate absolute poverty [2023] Crop switching for water sustainability in India’s food bowl yields co-benefits for food security and farmers’ profits

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