Molly Macauley is vice president for research and senior fellow at Resources for the Future, a Washington think tank focusing on the economics of natural resources.

Macauley's research emphasizes new technology and its application to natural and environmental resources, including the value of earth science information and its application to understanding ecological systems and human relationships with these systems and the value placed by the public on the nation's space activities.

Macauley serves on the National Research Council's Space Studies Board, the board of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the external advisory board of the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center.

She is a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Working Group and NASA's Earth Science Applications Advisory Group.

She holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in economics from Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree in economics from the College of William and Mary.

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