Summary
Dilek Uz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Research Faculty in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources. Her research focuses on energy and environmental economics, the energy-water nexus, climate change impacts, and resource economics. She has collaborated with international organizations, including the World Bank, and her work has been published in leading journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Her scholarship addresses renewable energy, electricity markets, and resource economics. Current projects examine household adoption of renewable energy, rural energy systems, and the economic implications of extreme weather on electricity infrastructure.
Selected Publications
- Uz, D., & Mamkhezri, J. (2024). Household willingness to pay for various attributes of residential solar panels: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment. Energy Economics, 130, 107277.
- Etiler, N., Yıkıcı, A., Akgül, O., Myllyvirta, L., & Uz, D. (2024). Health impact assessment of a proposed coal-fired power plant in Türkiye. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal.
- Sirin, S. M., Uz, D., & Sevindik, I. (2022). How do variable renewable energy technologies affect firm-level output decisions? Evidence from Turkey. Energy Economics, 112, 106–169.
- Uz, D., Buck, S., & Sunding, D. (2022). Fixed or Mixed? Farmer-level heterogeneity in response to changes in salinity. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 104, 1343–1363.
- Uz, D. (2018). Energy efficiency investments in small and medium-sized manufacturing firms: The case of California energy crisis. Energy Economics, 70, 421–428.
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Teaching
At the University of Nevada, Reno, Dr. Uz has taught following undergraduate and graduate courses:
- Economics 102 – Principles of Microeconomics
- Economics 415/615 – Water Resource Economics and Policy
- Economics 467/667 – Environmental and Energy Economics
- Economics 702 – Advanced Microeconomic Theory
She actively mentors master’s and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral fellows, guiding research on environmental economics, renewable energy, and the impacts of climate change.
Selected Awards and Grants
- National Science Foundation EPSCoR grant (Co-PI), Where We Live (WWL): Local and Place-Based Adaptation to Climate Change and Critical Resources in Underserved Rural Communities (2023–2027)
- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
Education
- PhD, Agricultural and Resource Economics – University of California, Berkeley
- MSc, Statistics – University of Nevada, Reno
- MSc, Economics – University of Nevada, Reno
- BSc, Business Administration – Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Professional certifications
- UC Berkeley, Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Spring 2016
- UC Berkeley, Graduate Division Summer Grant 2015