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Academic positions
- Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (since Aug. 2024)
- Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (Jan. 2022–Aug. 2024)
- Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva (July–Dec. 2021)
Affiliations
- Faculty Affiliate, Purdue University, Institute for a Sustainable Future (Sept. 2022–Aug. 2024)
- Editorial Board Member, Water Economics and Policy (Since Jan. 2023)
Education
- Ph.D. Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University (2021)
- M.S. Economics, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil (2013)
- B.S. Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil (2010)
Research
Publications and Working Papers
Grants
- A global agricultural supply-demand-climate-trade model calibrated to Baseline. USDA/ERS (PI, $450,199)
- Validating agrivoltaic technology with underserved agricultural producers. USDA/NRCS (Co-PI, $2,248,074)
Conference presentations and invited talks (including scheduled)
- 2024: AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting, MEA Annual Meeting, International Workshop in Energy and Resource Economics and Policy, Nordic Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Duke University, Indiana University
- 2023: AERE Summer Conference, AERE@OSWEET, FAERE Annual Conference, Heartland Workshop, USAEE Annual Conference
- 2022: Nordic Annual Environmental and Resource Economics; World Bank Healthy Longevity Initiative Workshop; Michigan State University; Federal University of São Carlos
- 2021: Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics; AERE Summer Conference; Eastern Economic Association Conference; Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Conference; Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Norwegian School of Economics; Hamilton College; Institute for Policy Integrity; Purdue University; Suffolk University; Syracuse University; University of the Balearic Islands; University of Connecticut; University of Geneva; ZEW
- 2020: CREEA Annual Conference; Seminar in Water Economics Online (SWELL); Online Summer Workshop in Environment, Energy, and Transportation (OSWEET); CREEA Early Career Workshop; AGU Fall Meeting; Universidad Ricardo Palma
- 2016-2019: Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting; Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop; Federal University of São Carlos
Teaching
- Application of Quantitative Analysis: Mathematical Programming (Purdue AGEC 652, PhD, 2022-24)
- Topics in Machine Learning for Applied Economics (Purdue AGEC 690, PhD, 2023)
- Quantitative Techniques for Firm Decision Making (Purdue AGEC 352, undergraduate, 2023-24)
- Energy, Environmental, and Resource Economics (Iowa State ECON 380, undergraduate, 2018)
Advising
- Thesis committee member, PhD: Yuxi Chen (expected 2026), Yi Wang (expected 2026), Yanyu Ma (expected 2027)
- Capstone project advisor, MS-MBA: Justin Englebert (2023)
Service
- Refereeing
- Peer-reviewed journals: Agricultural Economics; American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Mathematical Modelling; Applied Economics Policy \& Perspectives; Climatic Change; Energy Journal; Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics; Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy; Water Economics and Policy; Water Resources and Economics; Water Resources Research
- Funding agencies: USDA/NIFA grant review panel
- Professional
- Abstract reviewer: AAEA, MEA, US Association for Energy Economics Conference; Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research; Brazilian Society for Rural Economics, Management, and Sociology Conference
- Invited discussant: CREEA Annual Conference
- Other: Judging panel (2024) and faculty mentor (2023) for the USDA/AAEA Local Food Economics Data Visualization Challenge
Honors & Awards
- George F. Warren Award, Cornell Dyson (2021)
- Lasserre-Renzetti Prize for best student paper, CREEA (2020)
- Brown Graduate Fellowship, Iowa State University (2016)
- Gamma Sigma Delta inducted, Iowa State University (2016)
- Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University (2015)
- T. W. Schultz Graduate Fellowship, Iowa State University (2014-2015)
- Emerging Leaders in the Americas Scholarship, Canadian Bureau for International Education (2012)
- CAPES Master’s Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Brazil (2011-2012)
Additional Training
- Teaching training:
- At Cornell University: International TA Program (26h, 2018)
- At Iowa State University: CIRTL Associate Level Certificate (2018), Team-Based Learning (8h, 2018), Project LEA/RN (14h, 2016)
- Graduate College Emerging Leaders Academy, Iowa State University (2016-2017)
- Sustainable Climate Risk Management Summer School, Penn State University (2016)
- ESTIMATE workshop, Michigan State University (2016)
Previous employment
- Graduate Assistant, Dyson School, Cornell University (2018-2021)
- Research Intern, Resources for the Future (Summer 2017)
- Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Iowa State University (2014–2018)
- Data Scientist, Verisoft Group, Brazil (2013-2014)
- Software Engineer, Verid Consulting, Brazil (2010-2012)
- Research Intern, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) (2009)
- Professional associations: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), American Economic Association (AEA), Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
- Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (intermediate), Italian (basic)
