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Sudip Adhikari

Sudip Adhikari

Research interests: International Trade, Applied Econometrics, Food and Health, and Causal Analysis
Dissertation Chair: Jason Grant
Anticipated graduation year: 2025
Anne Bell

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

Angana Chatterjee

Research interests: International Development Economics, Food and Health Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics
Advisor: Catherine Larochelle
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Elizabeth Chishimba

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

Didarul Islam

Research interests: Applied Econometrics and Food and Health Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2026
Ajit Khanal

Ajit Khanal

Research interests: International Trade and Development, Applied Econometrics, and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2026
Bheom-Seok Kim

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

Deepak Kumar

Research interests: International Development and Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Chair: Anubhab Gupta
Anticipated graduation year: 2025
Kendyl Lewis

Kendyl Lewis

Research interests: Food and Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Advisor: John Bovay  
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Yi- Tien

Yi-Tien Liu

Research interests: Environmental and Energy Economics; Applied Econometrics
Anticipated graduation year: 2029
Matthew Mair

Matthew Mair

Research interests: Environmental Economics, Natural Resource Valuation, Econometrics
Advisor: Klaus Moeltner
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
William McWilliam

William McWilliams

Research interests: International Trade and Development and Rural and Regional Development
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
2024 Farm Foundation Agricultural Scholar
Laura Miranyi

Laura Miranyi

Research interests: Applied Econometrics, Food and Health, and International Development
Anticipated graduation year: 2027
Renu Ojha

Renu Ojha

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

Tao Qi

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

Maguette Sembene

Research interests: Rural and Regional Development, International Development, and Applied Econometrics
Dissertation chair: Bradford Mills
Duong Phuc Ta

Duong Phuc Ta

Research interests: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, Green Development Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Yifan Wang

Yifan Wang

Research interests: Labor and Family Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Food and Health Economics
Anticipated graduation year: 2028
Xiaoyi Zhao

Xiaoyi Zhao

Research interests: Labor Economics, Health Economics
Advisor: Chunbei Wang
Anticipated graduation year: 2028