Meet our Current Ph.D. Students

MEET OUR CURRENT STUDENTS

Sudip Adhikari

Sudip Adhikari

Research interests: International Trade, Applied Econometrics, Food and Health, and Causal Analysis

Dissertation Chair: Jason Grant

Anticipated graduation year: 2025

Email: sudip21@vt.edu

Anne Bell

Anne Carroll

Research interests: International Development Economics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis

Advisor: Elinor Benami

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

Email: annedb20@vt.edu

Angana Chatterjee

Angana Chatterjee

Research interests: International Development Economics, Food and Health Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics

Advisor: Catherine Larochelle

Anticipated graduation year: 2029

Email: anganac@vt.edu

Ajit Khanal

Ajit Khanal

Research interests: International Trade and Development, Applied Econometrics, and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Dissertation Chair: Jason Grant

Anticipated graduation year: 2026

Email: ajitk@vt.edu

Bheom-Seok Kim

Bheom-Seok Kim

Research interests: International Trade and Development, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Food and Health Economics

Dissertation Chair: Xi He

Anticipated graduation year: 2027

Email: bskim89@vt.edu

Deepak Kumar

Deepak Kumar

Research interests: International Development and Applied Econometrics

Dissertation Chair: Anubhab Gupta

Anticipated graduation year: 2025

Email: deepak21@vt.edu

Kendyl Lewis

Kendyl Lewis

Research interests: Food and Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Advisor: John Bovay

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

Email: kendyl@vt.edu

Yi- Tien

Yi-Tien Liu

Research interests: Environmental and Energy Economics; Applied Econometrics

Anticipated graduation year: 2029

Email: ytliu@vt.edu

Matthew Mair

Matthew Mair

Research interests: Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Valuation, Econometrics

Advisor: Klaus Moeltner

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

Email: mairmc@vt.edu

William McWilliam

William McWilliams

Research interests: International Trade and Development and Rural and Regional Development

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

2024 Farm Foundation Agricultural Scholar

Email: wnm007@vt.edu

Laura Miranyi

Laura Miranyi

Research interests: Applied Econometrics, Food and Health, and International Development

Anticipated graduation year: 2027

Email: lmiranyi@vt.edu

Renu Ojha

Renu Ojha

Research interests: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Food and Health

Email: renu21@vt.edu

Tao Qi

Tao Qi

Research interests: International Trade and Development, Health and Food, and Development Economics

Email: taoqi@vt.edu

Maguette Sembene

Maguette Sembene

Research interests: Rural and Regional Development, International Development, and Applied Econometrics

Dissertation chair: Bradford Mills

Email: maguette@vt.edu

Duong Phuc Ta

Duong Phuc Ta

Research interests: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, Green Development Economics

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

Email: duongta@vt.edu

Yifan Wang

Yifan Wang

Research interests: Labor and Family Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Food and Health Economics

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

Email: eefwang@vt.edu

Xiaoyi Zhao

Xiaoyi Zhao

Research interests: Labor Economics, Health Economics

Advisor: Chunbei Wang

Anticipated graduation year: 2028

Email: xiaoyiz@vt.edu