I find working with students on research projects to be one of the most rewarding parts of my job, and I work hard to be a good advisor and mentor. With each of my students, I strive hard to advise, mentor, guide, and teach them so that they are challenged to do research to the best of their ability, and so that the research they conduct with me results in as high quality a publication as possible.
Students interested in working with me should have a strong quantitative background and be interested in questions related to at least one of the fields, subject areas, or methodologies listed on my research page. Interested students should contact Cynthia Lin Lawell. Please include a resume/CV, transcripts, and a statement of research interests.
I am currently working with the following talented, conscientious, and
motivated students and post docs, who enjoy tackling challenges and using economics to
understand and make a positive difference in the world.
Olena Sambucci
Postdoctoral scholar, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015
email: olenasambucci at gmail dot com
Ernst Bertone Oehninger
Ph.D. candidate, Ecology
email: ebertone at ucdavis dot edu
Yuan Chen
Ph.D. candidate, Transportation Technology and Policy
email: yuachen at ucdavis dot edu
Khaled Kheiravar
Ph.D. candidate, Economics
email: khkheiravar at ucdavis dot edu
web page: Khaled Kheiravar's web page
Yuanzhe (Roger) Li
Ph.D. candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
email: rgli at ucdavis dot edu
David Lim
B.S. candidate, Environmental Science and Management
email: dahlim at ucdavis dot edu
Ruben Irvin Rojas Valdes
Ph.D. candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics
email: irvin at primal dot ucdavis dot
edu
Louis Sears
Ph.D. candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics
email: sears at primal dot ucdavis dot edu
Shuyang Si
Ph.D. candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics
M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015
email: ssi at primal dot ucdavis dot
edu
Xiurou Wu
Ph.D. candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics
email: xrwu at ucdavis dot
edu
Mingzhi Xu
Ph.D. candidate, Economics
email: mzhxu at ucdavis dot edu
Saleh Zakerinia
M.S. candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Ph.D. candidate, Transportation Technology and Policy
email: mzakerinia at ucdavis dot edu
Michael K. Adjemian
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009
Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
Justin Beaudoin
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Colgate University, 2015-2016
Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington at Tacoma
web page: Professor Justin Beaudoin's web page
Christine L. Carroll
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015
Postdoctoral scholar, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015-2016
Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture, California State University at Chico
web page: Professor Christine Carroll's web page
Michael Castelhano
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014
Market Monitoring Analyst, California ISO
Jonathan A. Cook
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013
Senior Consultant, Nexant, 2013-2016
Economist, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
web page: Dr. Jon Cook's web page
Joeri de Wit
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013
Energy Economist, World Bank
Barbara Farinelli
M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2008
Energy consultant, World Bank
Abbas Ghandi
Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy, 2013
Postdoctoral scholar, Institute of Transportation Studies, 2013-2015
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Next Generation Photovoltaics, University of Texas at Austin, 2015-2016
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Energy Initiative, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT
web page: Dr. Abbas Ghandi's web page
David R. Heres del Valle
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009
Postdoctoral scholar, Institute of Transportation Studies, 2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico
web page: Professor David Heres' web page
Sunny L. Jardine
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013
Assistant Professor, School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, 2013-2016
Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
Honorable Mention, North American Association of Fisheries Economists Best Student Paper Competition, 2013
Gabriel E. Lade
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University
1st Place Paper and Presentation, International Academic Conference for Graduate Students, Nanjing, 2014
Honorable Mention, UC-Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics Best Ph.D. Dissertation, 2015
web page: Professor Gabe Lade's web page
Wayne Leighty
M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy, 2008
Commercial Regulatory Analyst, Shell Oil Company
UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Outstanding Master’s Thesis of the Year, 2008
Xiaochen Ma
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015
Assistant Professor, China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University
Ana McPhail
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 2014
Socially Responsible Investment Planning Assistant, Communitas Financial
Geoffrey M. Morrison
M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011
Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy, 2013
Adjunct Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, 2013
ORISE Fellow, Office of Fuel Cell Technologies, Department of Energy, 2014-2015
Associate, The Cadmus Group
UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Outstanding Master’s Thesis of the Year, 2011
UC-Davis Institute of Transportation Studies Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation of the Year, 2013
web page: Dr. Geoff Morrison's web page
Lisa Pfeiffer
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009
Economist, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries
Science Center
Lea Prince
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014
Research Analyst, Health Policy Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University
Karen E. Thome
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
Postdoctoral scholar, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012-2014
Research Agricultural Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
Fujin Yi
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011
Postdoctoral scholar, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
Associate Professor, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University
Honorable Mention, UC-Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics Best Ph.D. Dissertation, 2011
Jieyin (Jean) Zeng
M.S., Transportation Technology and Policy, 2014
Ph.D. candidate, Accounting, Berkeley Haas School of Business
Wei Zhang
Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013
Postdoctoral scholar, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, 2013-2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Connecticut College
web page: Professor Wei Zhang's web page
Majid Aghaei
Visiting Ph.D. student, 2012-2013
Neda Akhondan
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010
Alexander (Sandy) Allan
Graduate Student Researcher, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2009
Neha Bazaj
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010
Luis Becerra Valbuena
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013-2015
Joel Bremson
Ph.D., Transportation Technology and Policy, 2012
Ellen Bruno
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2015-2016
Santiago Bucaram
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009-2012
Paul Burow
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007
Isabel Call
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013-2015
Yanyu (Channey) Chen
Graduate Student Researcher, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2011
Loni Coelho
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011
UC-Davis Outstanding Senior Award in Managerial Economics, 2012
David Corderi
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007-2010
Huijing Deng
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
Adedamola Fashokun
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2012-2013
Mounir Fellahi
Graduate Student Researcher, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2014-2015
David Fletes
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010-2011
Robert Gormley
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010
Nisal Herath
B.A., Economics, 2012
UC-Davis Outstanding Senior Award in Economics, 2012
Jacob Humber
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013-2016
Xiaowen Jiang
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011-2012
Christopher Johnson
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2009
Ida (Yunbai) Li
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010-2011
Qingchun Liu
Visiting Scholar, 2013
Mingjie (Gloria) Lyu
Visiting Ph.D. student, 2011-2013
Shan Lu
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2012
Haoying Meng
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007-2008
Tsz Yan Ngai
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007-2008
Derek Nixon
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013-2015
Rebecca Osakwe
M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
Valeria Oscherov
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007-2008
Mahdieh Rezagholizadeh
Visiting Ph.D. student, 2012-2013
Omid Rouhani
Graduate Student Researcher, Transportation Engineering, 2007-2008
David Stowitts
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010
Michelle Stutey
Graduate Student Researcher, Mathematics, 2007-2008
Yongling Sun
Graduate Student Researcher, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2009-2010
Asare Twum-Barima
Graduate Student Researcher, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012-2016
Lei Wang
Visiting Ph.D. student, 2013
Xin Wang
Visiting Ph.D. student, 2012-2013
Yue (Moonie) Wang
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2010
Boon-Ling Yeo
Ph.D., Ecology, 2013
Jessica Yeo
B.A., Economics, 2014
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2013-2015
Thomas Zalc
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011
Jiangshan Zhang
Visiting Ph.D. student, 2011-2012
Yizhen (Emmy) Zhang
Graduate Student Researcher, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2012-2014
Disheng Zheng
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2011-2012
Yan Hong Zhu
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007-2008