Sandy Sum

Sandy Sum is an incoming UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National University of Singapore, a Master’s degree in Economics from UC Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Environmental Science from UC Santa Barbara.

• Dissertation: Essays on the Economics of Inequality in Hydrological Systems
• Advisor: Tamma Carleton, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
• Mentor: Katrina Jessoe, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis

Her research examines how environmental change and policies influence socioeconomic and environmental inequalities, particularly in water resource management. Recent projects focus on quantifying equity outcomes of water scarcity and regulation in California's Central Valley using interdisciplinary data and econometric methods.

Scientific Awards:

• President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

She previously worked as a research analyst at the Global Policy Lab, UC Berkeley, under Professor Solomon Hsiang, and collaborates with committee members Kyle Meng, Olivier Deschênes, and Chris Costello.