Professor Wolfram Schlenker

Professor Wolfram Schlenker

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Ray A. Goldberg Professor of the Global Food System
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Wolfram Schlenker is the Ray A. Goldberg Professor of the Global Food System at Harvard University and a leading expert on the intersection of climate, agriculture, and human health.  His research examines how weather and climate affect agricultural yields and migration, how climate trends and U.S. biofuel policies influence commodity prices, and how pollution impacts both crop productivity and human morbidity.

Wolfram is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves on the Board of Reviewing Editors at Science.  Professor Schlenker holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Engineering and Management Sciences from the University of Karlsruhe, and a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University.

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KHNI Podcast: Save the Date – June 30th

On June 30th, 2026 a KHNI Podcast on Feeding the Future: How Climate, Consumers and Costs are Reshaping Food Systems will explore how our food system is changing, and what leaders can do now to stay ahead.  It examines why protecting nature and nutritional health are no longer parallel agendas, but increasingly the same one. The...