Gurgel, Angelo

Angelo Gurgel
Research Scientist, MIT Joint Program

Focus Areas

Managed Resources, Energy Transition, Policy Scenarios, Regional Analysis, Multi-Sector Dynamics

Bio

Angelo Gurgel is a research scientist at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. He has been developing applied research on climate policy, climate change, land use changes, bioenergy, agricultural and environmental economics. He was a professor at the Sao Paulo School of Economics, Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil (2012-2020), and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004-2011). He coordinated the FGV master´s program on Agribusiness and the FGV Observatory of the Plan on Low-Carbon Emissions in Agriculture from 2012 to 2020. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from University of Viçosa - Brazil.

Education + Credentials
B.A., Agronomic Engineering, Federal University of Vicosa, 1997
Visiting Scholar, University of Colorado, 2001
Ph.D., Applied Economics, Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil, 2002
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Global Change Joint Program, 2006-2008

Recent Publications

Joint Program Report
Lin, G., A. Gurgel and J.M. Reilly (2023). Joint Program Report Series Report 367, July, 8 p. [PDF]
Journal Article
Waring, B., A. Gurgel, A. Köberle, S. Paltsev and J. Rogelj (2023). Frontiers in Climate, 5 (doi:10.3389/fclim.2023.1216175)
Journal Article
Morris, J., Y.-H.H. Chen, A. Gurgel, J. Reilly and A. Sokolov (2023). Climate Change Economics, (doi: 10.1142/S201000782340002X)
Journal Article
Gurgel, A., B.K. Mignone, J. Morris, H. Kheshgi, M. Mowers, D. Steinberg, H. Herzog and S. Paltsev (2023). Applied Energy, 344, 121119 (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121119)
Joint Program Report
Sokolov, A., S. Paltsev, A. Gurgel, M. Haigh, D. Hone and J. Morris (2023). Joint Program Report Series Report 364, March, 17 p. [PDF]

News + Media

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Jul 14, 2023
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May 08, 2023
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Apr 04, 2023
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Apr 03, 2023
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Mar 30, 2023
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Oct 07, 2022
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Oct 03, 2022
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Jun 29, 2022