Na is a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research centers around bioeconomy, climate-smart agriculture, and green technology adoption. She combines secondary data and econometric models with satellite-derived data to study farm technology adoption.

Xinhui is a PhD student in the Economics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the intersection of environmental economics and individual/firm behaviors. Currently, she is working on a project that examines air pollution and avoidance behavior using phone location data.

Yifan is a passionate PhD candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is an applied economist with research interests that intersect with food policy and environmental economics.

Hannah, a PhD student in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, focuses her research on the intersection of climate and development economics. Her current work explores how weather variations affect global food security. Hannah earned her MS in Applied Economics from the Dyson School at Cornell University.

Flávia is a PhD student in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Her dissertation explores the causes and patterns of land use change, particularly the indirect effects of policy on land use.

Melissa is a PhD student in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the intersection of climate science, economics, and data science. Before starting graduate school, Melissa worked as an Economic Associate, where she supported testifying economists in calculating damage awards for large-scale civil litigation.

Yizun Yan is a PhD student in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interest lies in resource and environmental economics, with a focus on land use, ecosystem services, and farmer decision-making related to farm diversification. 

Khashi is a PhD student in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His dissertation focuses on sustainable tree crop disease management in the US, with a focus on the management of antibiotic resistance. His research integrates economic, biological, and farmer behavioral insights to provide recommendations for sustainable disease management in agriculture.

Dr. Cardoso advances knowledge in the joint fields of energy, environmental, and resource economics. His focus is on designing and evaluating policies related to the energy transition, climate, and the use of natural resources. He is also interested in the intersection of applied welfare analysis and risk modeling for benefit-cost analysis. 

Dr. Hochman seeks to address issues related to development, energy, the environment, technology, and trade. He also strives to understand the importance of policy in facilitating the transition to sustainable and resilient supply chains and an improved understanding of aquaculture technologies and their role in future food supply chains.