Dan Li

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123 W. Franklin St

Chapel Hill, NC 27516

I am currenty a postdoc at the Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation (IRMII) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My work involves tackling water resource challenges using approaches that blend engineering and economic principles. I’m particularly focused on assessing and managing environmental risks (e.g. drought, flood, wildfire), and translating them into financial risk mitigation tools (e.g. derivates, parametric insurance).

Piror to this, I received my PhD from the Civil & Environmental Engineering, Center for Digital Asset Finance at the University of Michigan, where I worked with Dr. Peter Adriaens. My doctoral research explores the effects of water risk on the municipal bond market and ESG factors on security pricing, such as green bonds. I enjoy combining causal inference, machine learning, and civil & environmental engineering to solve problems.

Before my PhD, I worked in the financial industry in the Greater New York area. I also have a background in polymer materials research, which I gained during my Master’s and undergraduate studies. This experience helped shape my understanding of finance and the interplay between engineering and economics. I believe that connecting these fields is key to addressing environmental challenges.

news

Feb 20, 2025 “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”. –Albert Einstein :sparkles: :smile:
Nov 07, 2015 A long announcement with details
Oct 22, 2015 A simple inline announcement. lalala

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selected publications

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    Impact of Flooding and Drought Risks on the Cost of Bond Financing for Water Utilities
    Dan Li, Romesh Saigal, and Peter Adriaens
    Environmental Science & Technology, 2024