About Me
I am an applied economist working on energy, the environment, and agriculture, and an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University, where I received my Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 2024.
My research asks how climate shocks and technological change move through energy and agricultural markets. I show, for example, that forest loss shifts crop yields far away through ecoclimate teleconnections, raising U.S. crop output 1–3% and lowering prices (Nature Communications), and that refineries’ responses to hurricane forecasts carry their own output and profit costs (Environmental Research Letters). A second line of work values the environmental and health benefits of emerging low-carbon technologies. My methods combine applied econometrics, optimization-based market modeling, and life cycle and techno-economic assessment.
Research Interests
Forest loss shifts crop yields far away through ecoclimate teleconnections, raising U.S. crop output 1–3% and lowering prices.
PFAS, the "forever chemicals" in water-repellent jackets and food packaging, never break down and are linked to cancer. Our team built a fluorine-free coating from paper-mill lignin that repels water just as well and breaks down in soil. As the team's economist, I valued the health damages PFAS shifts onto society: switching avoids up to $1.1 billion a year worldwide.
Archive
- Oct 2026Accepted in One Earth: protein production from CO2 by electro-biomanufacturing. I co-led the techno-economic and life cycle assessment.
- 2026Published in Matter: renewable carbon fiber. I co-led the techno-economic and life cycle assessment.
- 2025Published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (first author): turning captured CO2 into biodegradable bioplastics. I estimated the social benefits of replacing fossil plastics by valuing the environmental damages avoided.
- 2025Published in Environmental Research Letters (first author): refinery output and profit losses from hurricane forecasts.