Dr. Matthias Ruth 

Dr. Matthias Ruth holds the Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland where he is the Director of the Environmental Policy Program, Co-Director of the Engineering and Public Policy Program, and Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy. His research focuses on dynamic modeling of non-renewable and renewable resource use, industrial and infrastructure systems analysis, and environmental economics and policy. He teaches nationally and internationally courses and seminars on microeconomics and policy analysis, ecological economics, industrial ecology and dynamic modeling at the undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. levels, and on occasion conducts short courses for decision makers in industry and policy.