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AERS Graduate Students

Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics

Field of Interest: Environmental Economics, Agricultural production and risk management, and Circular Economy
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Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics

Field of Interest: Consumer Economics, Food and Nutrition Security, Applied Econometrics, Aquaculture & Fisheries Economics
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Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics

Field of Interest:
Food Access, Food Retail Environment, Food Policy, Evaluation of Tax subsidies on Local Food Environment
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• Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics
• Graduate Research Assistant

Field(s): Consumer Economics
Advisor: Dr. Wenying Li

Began program: 2022
Anticipated graduation: 2026

About me: Hobbies are ice hockey and soccer; originally from China.

kzl0095@auburn.edu
Comer Hall 206
Auburn Univ, AL 36849

 EDUCATION

• B.S. Penn State University
• M.S. George Washington University

Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics

Field of Interest: Development economics, production economics, and agricultural labor markets
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• Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics
• Graduate Research Assistant

Field(s): Agricultural Economics & Agri-Food Economics and Trade
Advisor: Dr. Wendiam Sawadgo

Began program: 2022
Anticipated graduation: 2026

About me: Playing soccer, board games, travelling; originally from Nigeria.

eko0013@auburn.edu
Comer Hall 206
Auburn Univ, AL 36849

 EDUCATION

• B.S. Federal University of Technology Owerri
• M.S. Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

• Ph.D. Student, Applied Economics
• Graduate Research Assistant

Field(s): Agricultural Economics
Advisor: Dr. Samir Huseynov

Began program: 2021
Anticipated graduation: 2024

About me: Hobbies Hiking, jogging; originally from Sri Lanka.

kzl0095@auburn.edu
Comer Hall 206
Auburn Univ, AL 36849

 EDUCATION

• B.S. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
• M.S. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

• Ph.D. Student

Field(s): Farmland Policy, Causal Inference, Crop Insurance

fsa0005@auburn.edu