While the NatuRE Policy Lab is a joint lab with Prof. Springborn, Prof. Reimer, and Prof. Agerton, these students are or were directly working with me on their dissertations.
Current Members
Joe Raymond
Ph.D. Student, Agriculture and Resource Economics
Joseph received his MSc in Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics from the University of Guelph in 2019. His research interests include data sciences, environmental economics, as well as the design of effective natural resource policies.
Thomas Anderson
Ph.D. Student, Agriculture and Resource Economics, and current NOAA Marine Resource Economics Fellowship
Research Interests: “I am interested in policy analysis for natural resource management, particularly in the context of coastal and marine systems. My current work focuses on new and emerging uses of ocean space including aquaculture and renewable energy. My dissertation considers cost-effective approaches to reducing antibiotic use in aquaculture and the efficacy of spatial management in controlling marine disease.”
Frederick (Freddy) Strabo
Ph.D. Student, Agriculture and Resource Economics
Research Interests: Forestry management practices’ ability to reduce forest fire risks and climate-ready commercial fishery management.
Edward Whitney
Ph.D. Student, Agriculture and Resource Economics
Research Interests: Intersection of development, natural resource management, and public health. Dissertation research is on understanding the role of natural resource management policies in Uganda on public health and income distribution.
Lab alumni
Most recent alumni are on top (aka the last couple of years). The full list is provided below.
Xiurou Wu
Winner NAAFE Best Student Presentation Award (2021), Winner NAAFE Best Student Paper Award (2021).
Research Interests: “My research interest lies in conservation and sustainable resource management, balancing economic and ecological goals. My current research 1) address ecosystem service trade-offs in complicated integrated bioeconomic systems, 2) develop a more refined trip level models of fishers’ spatial-temporal decision-making process, motived by the high frequency space-time data in fishing activities and movement. My methods include dynamic optimization, mathematical programming, and econometrics.”
Currently a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Bergen in Norway.
Kate Thompson
Research Interests: “I am interested in environmental and natural resource economics and how it pertains to conservation management and policy. My current research involves California fishery management and marine policy. I recently completed my thesis on how California market squid populations will be economically impacted by climate change. This research also involved measuring sustainable fishing practices and providing management suggestions.”
Tara Ursell
Research Interests: “I am interested in using ecological and economic principles to understand and improve land management practices. I primarily study forests in the Western United States, and my research focuses on post-wildfire restoration — specifically, the cost-effectiveness of various reforestation practices on public lands as well as the long-term effect of reforestation on forest dynamics. I completed the M.S. program in Agricultural and Resource Economics, and I recently received my PhD in the Graduate Group in Ecology.”
Here is the full list of students, and post-docs that I have mentored over the years.
Jay Abolofia, Post-doc, NSF Coastal SEES project. 2014.
Santiago Bucarum, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012, Co-chair of Committee; First position: Post-doc, University of Queensland.
Susana Cardenas, Ph. D in Ecology, Sept. 2016, Chair of Committee; Awards: EDf Fellowship 2012. First Position; Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Francois Castonguay, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, June 2021, Chair of Committee; First position: US Center for Disease Control (Post-doctoral)
Jonathan Cook, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, Member of Dissertation Committee; First position: FSC Group (consulting firm in Oakland, CA).
Maxime Depalle, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Sept. 2018, Chair of Committee. First Position Researcher at Veolia.
Angela Doerr, Ph. D in Ecology, Expected June 2014, Chair of Committee; Awards: Switzer Fellowship 2013. First position: California Science and Technology Fellow.
Amanda Faig, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 2016, Co-Chair of Committee. First position: University of Washington and NOAA Post-Doc Alaska Science Center
Kate Fuller, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012, Co-chair of Committee; First position: Asst Prof., Montana State University.
Ted Gillihand, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2017, Chair of Committee; First position: Asst. Prof., Mount Holyoke College
Amanda Lindsey, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019, Chair of Committee; First position: Asst. Prof., Luther College.
Sunny Jardine, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, Chair of Committee; First position: Asst. Prof., University of Delaware. Awards: Best Student paper (Honorable mention), North American Fishery Economics Association in 2013.
Julie Kellner, Post-doc, 2011, First position: Research Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
David Kling, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, Chair of Committee; First position: Asst. Prof., Oregon State University. Awards: NOAA Marine Resource Economics Fellowship; Outstanding Student Paper, North American Fishery Economics Association in 2013.
Kailin Kroetz, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Expected June 2014, Chair of Committee; Awards: NOAA Marine Resource Economics Fellowship & 2015 AERE Dissertation Award. First position: Fellow, Resources for the Future.
Shay O’Farrell, Post-doc, NSF Coastal SEES grant, 2015-2019.
Ernst Bertone Oehninger, Ph. D. in Ecology, March 2020, Chair of Committee.
Noam Ross, Ph. D in Ecology, Sept. 2015, Member of Committee. First position: EcoHealth Alliance
Gabe Sampson, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 2016, Co-Chair of Committee. First position: Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
Haengku Yoon, Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2013, Co-chair of Committee.
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