Research Fellows
Current Research Fellows
Brenna Deerberg
2017 – Present
School of Sustainability PhD Student
Jasdeep Mandia
2018 – Present
Department of Economics PhD Student
Sechindra Vallury
2014 - Present
School of Sustainability PhD Student
Katherine Wright
2018 - Present
School of Sustainability PhD Student
Alumni Research Fellows
Doctoral students
Sayahnika Basu
2015 – 2021
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, UC San Diego Department of Economics
Research: Environmental and development economics
Sophie Mathes
2015 – 2020
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, FGV (Rio) Research: Environmental, Health and Urban Economics
Nirman Saha
2015 – 2021
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Surrey Department of Economics
Research: Environmental, Health and Urban Economics
Post-doctoral
Min Qiang (Kent) Zhao
July 2010 - July 2011
Current Position: Associate Professor, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics at Xiamen University, China
Education: PhD in Economics, The Ohio State University, June 2010
Research: Environmental Economics, Macro and Micro Labor Economics
H. Allen Klaiber
August 2008 - August 2009
Current Position: Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University
Education: PhD in Economics, North Carolina State University, 2008
Research: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics
Yutaro Sakai
January 2018 - October 2018
Current Position: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at University of Tokyo
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Calgary, 2017
Research: Environmental and resource economics, Health economics, Econometrics
Aaron Strong
August 2006 - June 2008
Current Position: Economist, Rand Corporation in Washington, D.C.
Education: PhD in Economics, University of Colorado, 2004
Research: Bio-economic Modeling, Water Demand Estimation, Environmental and Resource Economics
Pre-doctoral Students (2011-2014)
The CEESP’s Pre-Doctoral Program in Environmental and Resource Economics sponsored a small group of PhD students to visit ASU for one semester and work with faculty on a dissertation essay.
Amy Binner
2011
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter, England
Education: PhD in Environmental Economics, University of East Anglia, 2013
Research: Environmental and Resource Economics
Daniel Brent
2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, & Education, Pennsylvania State University
Education: PhD in Economics, University of Washington, 2013
Research: Environmental Economics, Resource Economics and Agricultural Economics
Jesse Burkhardt
2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University
Education: PhD in Economics, Yale, 2016
Research: Environmental Economics
Steven Dundas
2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Oregon State University
Education: PhD in Economics, North Carolina State University, 2015
Research: Environmental Economics, Resource Economics and Agricultural Economics
Keith Evans
2011
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Marine Resource Economics, School of Economics and School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
Education: PhD in Economics, Iowa State University, 2011
Research: Resource and Environmental Economics, Marine Policy, Rights-Based Fisheries Management, Marine Aquaculture, Cooperation in the Commons and Non-Market Valuation Website
Kathrine von Graevenitz (formerly Kathrine Lausted Veie)
2013
Current Position: Postdoc at the Department of Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management at Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
Education: PhD in Environmental Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2013
Research: Resource and Environmental Economics
Alexander James
2011
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Alaska: Anchorage Education: PhD in Economics, University of Wyoming, 2012
Research: Environmental and Resource Economics
Sapna Kaul
2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston Education: PhD in Health and Environmental Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2013
Research: Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Health Services, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Stated Preference Methods, and Meta-Analysis
Kevin Novan
2011
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of California at Davis
Education: PhD in Economics, University of California: San Diego, 2012
Research: Environmental and Resource Economics
Matthew Reimer
2012
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
Education: PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California: Davis, 2012 Research: Environmental Economics and Management, Marine Resource Economics, Land Economics, and Marine Policy
Jie-Sheng Tan-Soo
2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Education: PhD in Environmental Policy, Duke University, 2014
Research: Ecosystem services valuation, Global environmental health and development, and Pollution regulation in China
Rebecca Toseland
2013
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Yale Economics Department
Education: PhD in Economics, University of California: Santa Barbara, 2016
Research: Environmental Economics
Andrew Waxman
2013
Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Education: PhD in Economics, University of California: Santa Barbara, 2016
Research: Environmental Economics
Congwen Zhang
2011
Current Position: Senior Predictive Analyst, Farmer's Insurance
Education: PhD in Economics with Applied Econometrics Focus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2012
Research: Urban Economics, Ecosystem services, and Biofuels
Undergraduate
Saritha Ramakrishna
September 2014 - April 2015
Graduated: May 2015 B.S. in Sustainability; B.S. in Economics
Currently: Research Analyst at Industrial Economics, Inc. in Cambridge, MA
Alasdair Martin
January 2013 - August 2014
Graduated: May 2014 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Mathematics
Currently: PhD student, California Institute of Technology
Kevin Nakolan
August 2013 - August 2014
Graduated: Dec. 2013 B.S. in Sustainability
Currently: PhD student, Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics, University of California at Davis.
Billy Smith
July 2013 - January 2014
Graduated: May 2013 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Applied Mathematics
Currently: Director of Sales and Operations, Select Seats LLC, Phoenix, Arizona
Eric Van Buren
August 2012 - May 2013
Graduated: May 2013 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Mathematics
Currently: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scott Van Buren
August 2012 - May 2013
Graduated: May 2013 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Mathematics
Currently: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jacob Fishman
May 2012 - December 2012
Graduated: December 2012 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Finance
Currently: Traveling abroad for 6 months
Carlos Valcarcel
May 2011 - June 2012
Graduated: May 2012 B.S. in Economics; B.A. in History; Certificate of International Business Studies
Currently: Research Analyst Assistant for ASU Online; Graduate Research Adviser, ASU Economics
Jesse T. Snook
May 2010 - June 2011
Graduated: May 2010 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Political Science; Certificates in Civic Education and International Relations
Currently: Lt. United States Air Force
Michael Kaminsky
December 2008 - May 2010
Graduated: May 2010 B.S. in Economics
Honors Thesis: "Institutional Incentives and Retirement Behavior"
Currently: Analyst for Case Commons, NY
Eric Stewart
June 2009 - May 2010
Graduated: 2010 B.S. in Economics; B.A. in Business (Sustainability); Minor in Sociology Currently: RCF Economic & Financial Consulting, Inc., Chicago IL
Eric Moore
August 2006 - December 2008
Graduated: May 2009 B.S. in Economics; B.A. in Mathematics Honors Thesis: "An Experimental Examination of Market Performance with Non-Traditional Buyer Incentives"
Currently: PhD student in Applied Economics, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Garth Baughman
January 2008 - May 2009
Graduated: May 2009 B.A. in Economics and Mathematics; Aug. 2015 PhD in Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Currently: Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Jonathan Eyer
December 2007 - December 2008
Graduated: May 2009 B.S. in Economics; B.S. in Mathematics
Honors Thesis: "A Harberger Triangle Approximation to the Value of Information"
Currently: PhD student in Economics, North Carolina State University