I am an interdisciplinary environmental social science researcher with expertise in environmental and agricultural public policy, ecosystem conservation, and adaptations to climate and market risks. I am currently an Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Agricultural Water Management in the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University. I also serve as an Associate Editor for Rangeland Ecology & Management. 
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Environmental conservation and agriculture are globally vital for food security, water quality, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. My goal is to advance academic literature and inform effective policy and decision-making across the following three research strands:
(1) Environmental and Agricultural Policy Design and Implementation
(2) Environmental and Agricultural Policy Social and Ecological Impacts
(3) Political Economy of Agricultural Production, Treadmill of Production, Interest Groups, and Organizational Networks

Quantitative and qualitative empirical methods I employ include surveys, econometric models, social network analysis, machine learning, interviews, and qualitative coding.

My research has been supported by the following grants:
  • National Science Foundation INFEWS/T1: Sustaining Food, Energy, and Water Security in Agricultural Landscapes of the Upper Mississippi River Basin (NSF INFEWS) (Grant #1855996).
  • National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program (NSF DDRIG DRMS) (Grant #2417586).
  • Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems Grant (CIAS), UW-Madison.

I have a B.A. in Agricultural and Forestry Economics & Management from Beijing Forestry University and two Ph.D. degrees: one in Forestry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in the Rissman PIE (People, Institutions, and Ecosystems) Lab, and another in Environmental Management from Peking University, in Dr. Wenjun Li's Natural Resource Management Lab. In addition, I was a visiting student in Dr. Lynn Huntsinger's Lab at the University of California–Berkeley.