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MEET OUR CURRENT STUDENTS
Sudip Adhikari
Research interests
: International Trade, Applied Econometrics, Food and Health, and Causal Analysis
Dissertation Chair:
Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2025
Anne Bell
Research interests
: International Development Economics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis
Advisor:
Elinor Benami
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Angana Chatterjee
Research interests
: International Development Economics, Food and Health Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics
Advisor:
Catherine Larochelle
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Elizabeth Chishimba
Research interests
: Agricultural Economics; Applied Econometrics; Food and the Environment; Regional and Rural Economics; and International Development and Trade.
Dissertation Chair:
Catherine Larochelle
Anticipated graduation year: 2024
Didarul Islam
Research interests
: Applied Econometrics and Food and Health Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2026
Ajit Khanal
Research interests
: International Trade and Development, Applied Econometrics, and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2026
Bheom-Seok Kim
Research interests
: International Trade and Development, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Food and Health Economics
Dissertation Chair:
Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2027
Deepak Kumar
Research interests
: International Development and Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Chair:
Anubhab Gupta
Anticipated graduation year: 2025
Kendyl Lewis
Research interests
: Food and Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Advisor:
John Bovay
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Yi-Tien Liu
Research interests
: Environmental and Energy Economics; Applied Econometrics
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Matthew Mair
Research interests
: Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Valuation, Econometrics
Advisor:
Klaus Moeltner
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
William McWilliams
Research interests
: International Trade and Development and Rural and Regional Development
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
2024 Farm Foundation Agricultural Scholar
Laura Miranyi
Research interests
: Applied Econometrics, Food and Health, and International Development
Anticipated graduation year: 2027
Renu Ojha
Research interests
: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Food and Health
Tao Qi
Research interests
: International Trade and Development, Health and Food, and Development Economics
Maguette Sembene
Research interests
: Rural and Regional Development, International Development, and Applied Econometrics
Dissertation chair:
Bradford Mills
Duong Phuc Ta
Research interests
: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, Green Development Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Yifan Wang
Research interests
: Labor and Family Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Food and Health Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Xiaoyi Zhao
Research interests
: Labor Economics, Health Economics
Advisor:
Chunbei Wang
Anticipated graduation year: 2028