{"id":317482,"date":"2016-01-20T03:40:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T08:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=317482"},"modified":"2016-01-20T03:40:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T08:40:10","slug":"angel-hsu","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/angel-hsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Hsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Green cred:<\/strong> Hsu heads up Yale\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/campuspress.yale.edu\/datadriven\/\">efforts<\/a> in developing data-driven tools to inform environmental policy. In practice, that means coming up with useful, useable indicators and building software to track key environmental trends so policymakers can make better decisions when it comes to climate change, air quality, and conservation. (She&#8217;s also a one-time <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/how-dirty-is-your-air-this-map-shows-you\/\">Grist contributor<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to expect in 2016:<\/strong> Early this year, the U.N. will begin to define metrics for measuring their lofty Sustainable Development Goals. Hsu argues\u00a0that some measurements should come directly from people on the ground, especially in countries with little data infrastructure. \u201cWe need to be leveraging citizen engagement, crowdsourcing, big data, and smartphones,\u201d she says. \u201cThat&#8217;s where the environmental movement needs to be heading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bridging the gap:<\/strong> Hsu says that good data must be presented the right way if it is to help close the communication gap between scientists and policy wonks. \u201cThe communities that are developing complex algorithms do not speak the same language as policymakers,\u201d she says. \u201cIf you talk to policymakers about 400 ppm, they&#8217;re going to tune out.\u201d Hsu\u2019s work finds her squarely between the two groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best thing about living in Singapore:<\/strong> \u201cThe willingness to innovate\u201d &#8212; and the food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the leaders shaping green 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