Ryan joined the Institute’s water team in August 2010.  He completed his Master’s of Environmental Management from Duke’s Nicholas School, where he studied environmental economics and policy, focusing on international development, water, and climate change adaptation.  After spending a summer in Kathmandu studying the impacts of climate change and adaptation institutions, his Master’s Project analyzed the prospects for climate change adaptation in post-conflict Nepal.  He is currently working on transboundary water management issues in the Lower Mekong and continuing his work in climate change adaptation in the Ganges basin.

M.E.M., Duke University, May 2010

B.A., Political Science and Spanish, University of Nevada, May 2007  

Areas of expertise: water resources, climate change adaptation, conflict and the environment, environmental economics, international development