Meet our Current Ph.D. 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

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