Soheil Shayegh is a junior scientist at RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment  (EIEE). He has a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. His primary research interest is developing dynamic models for analyzing the interaction between natural and human systems. In particular, he investigates the impacts of climate change on fertility, migration, food security, labor supply, gender inequality, and public health. He has developed new tools and approximation algorithms for optimal climate policy making under uncertainties about climatic parameters and socioeconomic conditions.