Dr. Mahelet G. Fikru

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics.
Affiliated Researcher, Center for Science, Technology and Society.

Member, Center for Intelligent Infrastructure.
Affiliated Researcher, Thomas J. O’Keefe Institute.

Biography

Dr. Mahelet Fikru is currently an associate professor in the Department of Economics. She joined Missouri S&T in 2011 as an assistant professor of economics and was promoted to associate professor in 2017.

She is a member of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and the US Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), and serves as an associate editor for Energy Reports.

Research Interests

Energy Economics (energy transition, energy efficiency, technology adoption, energy policies, rate design, mineral resources)

Environmental Economics (Toxic Release Inventory, ESG, mining, environmental policies)

Industrial Organization (merger incentives, merger control policies, market structures)

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • B.A., Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia