Lumana Shakya is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). She is a development and environmental economist. Her work centers on understanding how people navigate climate change, specifically examining the impacts of climate shocks and environmental pollution on household adaptation, human capital, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). She is committed to interdisciplinary research that bridges economics, climate science, and public health. At SEAS, she works with Dr. Nina Brooks to quantify the effects of brick kiln emissions on child health in South Asia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University and previously contributed to global childhood immunization research as a fellow at IPUMS Global Health.