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Nama Raj Bhusal
Research interests: International trade, Agricultural Policy, Experimental Economics, Applied Econometrics
Advisor: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2031
Email: bnamaraj@vt.edu
Anna Carroll
Research interests: Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics
Advisor: Zhenshan Chen
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Email: annacarroll@vt.edu
Anne Carroll
Research interests: Development Economics, Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, and Natural Disaster Impact-Based Forecasting
Advisor: Elinor Benami
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Email: annedb20@vt.edu
Angana Chatterjee
Research interests: International Development Economics, Food and Health Economics, Applied Econometrics
Advisor: Le Wang
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Email: anganac@vt.edu
Pragati Dahal
Research interests: Applied Econometrics, Food and Health Economics, Labor Economics
Advisor: Le Wang
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Professional webpage
Email: pdahal@vt.edu
Manoj Datta
Research interests: International Trade and Development, Applied Econometrics, Trade Policy and Agricultural Markets
Advisor: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2031
Email: manojdatta@vt.edu
Awasar Ghimire
Research interests: Production and Farm Economics, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Agricultural Policy
Advisor: Shourish Chakravarty
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Email: gawasar@vt.edu
Ajit Khanal
Research interests: International Trade and Development, Applied Econometrics, and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Dissertation Chair: Jason Grant and Le Wang
Anticipated graduation year: 2026
Email: ajitk@vt.edu
Hyesun Kwak
Research interests: International Trade, Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis, Environmental Economics
Advisor: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2031
Email: hskwak@vt.edu
Kendyl Lewis
Research interests: Food and Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Advisor: John Bovay
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Email: kendyl@vt.edu
Yi-Tien Liu
Research interests: Environmental and Energy Economics; Applied Econometrics
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Email: ytliu@vt.edu
Matthew Mair
Research interests: Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Valuation, Econometrics
Advisor: Klaus Moeltner
Professional webpage
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Email: mairmc@vt.edu
Sareth Moy
Research interests: Environment and Natural Resource Economics, Food and Health Economics, Development
Advisor: Michael Cary
Anticipated graduation year: 2030
Email: sarethm@vt.edu
Minhye Oh
Research interests: Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics
Advisor: Klaus Moeltner
Anticipated graduation year: 2030
Email: minhyeoh@vt.edu
Duong Phuc Ta
Research interests: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics, Machine Learning
Email: duongta@vt.edu
Mawuena Tome
Research interests: International Trade and Development, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Advisor: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Email: mawuenatome@vt.edu
Shengke (Ivy) Wang
Research interests: Development Economics, Agricultural risk management, Experimental Economics
Advisor: Elinor Benami
Anticipated graduation year: 2030
Email: shengke@vt.edu
Yifan Wang
Research interests: Labor and Family Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Food and Health Economics
Dissertation Chairs: Chanit'a Holmes and Chunbei Wang
Anticipated graduation year: 2027
Email: eefwang@vt.edu
Yusen Wu
Research interests: International Trade, Agricultural Trade Policy
Advisor: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2030
Email: yusenwwu@vt.edu
Fei Xue
Research interests: International Trade, Applied Econometrics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Advisor: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Email: xfei@vt.edu
