With faculty in engineering, economics, and earth sciences, he leads an interdisciplinary research team in environmental entrepreneurship, which has received over three-quarters of a million dollars in funding. He has authored many articles in the area of finance and econometrics for academic and applied journals, as well as serving as an advisor to start-ups and private equity investment companies. Dr. Foster came to City College after receiving a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1998. He was an undergraduate at Bard College, NY.