Education

• Ph.D., Agricultural & Resource Economics - University of California, Davis, 2009
• B.S., Finance – University of Florida, 2001

Research Interests

• Agricultural Markets
• Agribusiness
• Commodity Derivatives
• International Trade
• Finance
• Forecasting

Awards, Honors and Professional Appointments

• John J. Jack Barriger Research Award, Transportation Research Forum and the University of Southern Missouri's Supply Chain Risk and Resilience Research Institute (2022)
• Rod Ziemer Outstanding Ph.D. Paper Award (with doctoral advisee Raghav Goyal) (2021)
• NH Investments and Securities Best Paper Award, Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives (2021)
• John E. Lee Award for Sustained Excellence in Group Economic Analysis (2019)
• American Association of Wine Economists Award of Merit (2016)
• Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Quality of Communication Award (2014)
• Student advisee awards
  • Best Dissertation Award, Southern Agricultural Economics Association (with doctoral advisee Raghav Goyal) (2023)
  • PhD. Student Job Market Paper Competition Runner Up, Southern Agricultural Economics Association (with doctoral advisee James Davis) (2023)
  • Commodity and Energy Markets Association Best Ph.D. Paper Award (with doctoral advisee James Davis) (2022)

Other Positions

• Board Member, Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE) (2021 – present)
• Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2020 – present)
• Consultant, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2020 – present)
• Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers (2017-2018)
• Senior Economist, Economic Research Service (2016-2019), Economist (2009-2015)
• Auditor, California Bureau of State Audits (2002-2004)
• Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2020-present)