Welcome to the Agricultural & Resource Economics (AREC) Graduate Student Directory at the University of Maryland. Our graduate students are engaged in innovative research spanning agricultural economics, environmental policy, development economics, and resource management. This directory highlights our students’ academic interests, research contributions, and areas of expertise.
We encourage faculty, researchers, and industry professionals to connect with our students and explore potential collaborations. Additionally, if you are seeking highly qualified candidates for academic or professional roles, please visit our Job Market Candidate Page to learn more about this year’s cohort of outstanding scholars entering the workforce.
For general inquiries, please get in touch with the AREC department at arec-grad-admin@umd.edu
Current | Name | Area of Research |
| Ao Yu Personal Website | Non-market Valuation, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics | |
| Aqila Putri | Development Economics, Political Economy & Labor Economics | |
| Ariel Listo | Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics & Applied Microeconomics | |
| Borui Sun | Development Economics | |
| Chen Tang | Environmental Economics & Energy Economics | |
| Derek Wietelman Personal Website | Environmental and resource economics; Applied econometrics; Water resources | |
| Fatima Najeeb Personal Website | ||
| Iman Sen | Development Economics | |
| Junshi Han | Environmental Economics & Political Economics | |
| Kaichao Chang | ||
| Keehoon Jung | Development Economics & Environmental Economics | |
| Laura Palarz | ||
 | Lemi Daba | Agriculture and Development |
| Liang Zhou | ||
| Luna Bratti Lobato | Development economics and female labor force | |
| Mariam Tsulukidze | ||
| Mengjia Hu | Environmental Economics & Energy Economics | |
| Michael Gibson Personal Website | Agricultural Economics, Development Economics & Environmental Economics | |
| Rayyan Mobarak | ||
| Rin Futura | Environmental Economics & Energy Economics | |
| Samuel Mitterhoff | ||
| Samuel Williamson | ||
| Shengzhuo Yuan | Environmental Economics & Energy Economics | |
| Shuo Wang | Production Economics, Development Economics, Environmental Economics | |
| Simon Levin | ||
| Tommaso Penati | ||
| Xianru Han Personal Website | Environmental Economics & Energy Economics | |
| Yihao Zhao | |
Transportation Economics, Energy Economics & Environmental Economics | ||
| Yixin Yang | Environmental Economics; Natural Resource Economics; Applied Microeconomics | |
 | Yun Zeng | Energy Economics & Energy Policy |
| Yunzhu Lai | Development Economics & Experimental Economics | |
| Zeyang Dong | Environmental Economics & Energy Economics |
