Model-based microeconomist studying food systems and their implications for farmers’ welfare and human health.

I joined the USDA Economic Research Service as a research agricultural economist for the Agricultural Policy & Models Branch in the Market & Trade Economics Division. I hold a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Illinois.

My work explores the opportunities and limitations of methodological advancements to accurately reflect food markets. I strive to understand how market assumptions have implications for the Mathematical modeling of consumers and producers. For this purpose, I employ computational methodologies such as Bayesian methods, specific-case parametrization of log-likelihood functions, and G.E. simulations to inform food policy.

Outside economics, I am a geo-politics nerd (including non-fictional regions) who enjoys hiking and travel, and a podcast listener who walks from 4pm to 5pm every day. In Winters, I hibernate, but mostly I remote-work and play video games. Currently reading Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow.