Graduate Student Career Placements

Lingyi Li, Staff Econometrician. Stata Corp 
Advisors: Bruce McCarl and Chengcheng Fei

Mengqiao Liu, Assistant Research Scientist,  Texas A&M University
Advisors: Yu Zhang and Ariun Ishdorj

Vikas Mishra, Post Doc, Auburn University
Advisors: Ariun Ishdorj and Pourya Valizadeh

Henry Nelson, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Advisor: Henry Bryant

Samuel Priestley, Economic Consultant, S&P Global
Advisor: Marco Palma

Yuanhang Wang, Research Fellow, Curtin University
Advisor: Kashi Kafle

Amelia Ahles, Post Doc Research Fellow, Oklahoma State University
Advisor: Marco Palma

Shahin Bahramiabdolmalaki, Post Doc, Texas A&M University
Advisor: Rodolfo Nayga and Mani Rad

Yayun Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Texas A&M University
Advisor: James Mjelde and Bruce McCarl

Muxi Cheng, Analyst, American Airlines
Advisor: Bruce McCarl and Chengcheng Fei

Natalie Graff, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Hannah Hawkins, Analyst, Advanced Economic Solutions
Advisor: Senarath Dharmasena

Ruixin Jia, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fort Hays State University
Advisor: Marco Palma

Nan Li, Fellow at School of Business, Wake Forest University
Advisor: Yu Zhang

Macson Ogieriakhi, Instructional Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
Advisor: Richard Woodward

Faith Parum, Economist, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
Advisor: Senarath Dharmasena

Phatchaya Piriyathanasak, Research Analyst, Welligence Energy Analytics
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Brian Toney, Instructor of Economics, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Advisor: Marco Palma

Xingguo Wang, AgriLife Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M AGEC – Ft. Worth
Advisors: Henry Bryant and Pourya Valizadeh

Jeffrey Wright, Assistant Professor, San Angelo- District Extension Specialist
Advisor: John R. Robinson

Mark Dinhobl, Research Data Scientist, USDA
Advisor: James Mjelde

Hyung Ho “Ben” Park, Research Fellow, Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Siwan Song, Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Advisor: Ariun Ishdor

Natalia Valdez-Gonzalez, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Barcelona
Advisor: Marco Palma

Anna Yeritysan, Postdoc Researcher/Armenia Project Coordinator,  Texas A&M University Department of Veterinary Medicine 
Advisor: James MJelde

Tian Su, Economist, Texas Real Estate Center, Texas A&M University
Advisor: David Leatham

Yabin Da, Assistant Professor – AGEC,  Renmin University, China
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Xiaoyang Deng, Analytic Scientist, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Jennifer Young Kee, Research Ag Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
Advisor: Marco Palma

Clifford Dale Shelton, Economist, AgAmerica Lending
Advisor:  Richard Woodward

Chrystol Thomas-Winston, Instructional Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Advisor: Ximing Wu

Wang, Ying, Research Assoc, Dept of Ag, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Advisor: Richard Woodward

Michael Black, Federal Economist, U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Advisor: Richard Woodward

Daniel Chavez,Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Kentucky
Advisor: James Mjelde

Long Goa, Postdoctoral Associate, Texas Tech University
Advisor: Oral Capps

Yu-Kai Huang, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia
Advisor: Marco Palma, Bruce McCarl

Samir Huseynov, Assistant Professor, Auburn University
Advisor: Marco Palma

Keehyun Lee, Postdoc Scholar, University of Kentucky
Advisor: Oral Capps

Sunyoung Lee,Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, South Korea
Advisor: Yu Zhang

Pulkit Marwah,Associate Manager of Strategy, The Wonderful Company
Advisor: Yu Zhang

Nishita Sinha, Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Advisor: Richard Woodward, Luis Ribera

Lizhihan Yu, Data Scientist, Nationwide Insurance
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Peilu Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
Advisor: Marco Palma

Ze Shen,Assistant Professor, Zhejiang Gong Shang University, China
Advisor: David Leatham

Panit Arunanondchai, Senior Data Analyst, Hulu
Advisor: David Leatham

Yuri Calil, Assistant Professor, Federal University of Itajuba
Advisor: Luis Ribera

Chen Gao, Data Scientist, Facebook Inc. (Meta)
Advisor: David Leatham

Meng Jiang, Data Scientist, Nationwide Insurance Company
Advisor: Ariun Ishdorj

Charles Martinez, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
Advisor: John Park

Aurora Vargas, Quantitative Analyst Consultant, Model T Racing (MTR), LLC
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Minglu Wang, Associate Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Xiaotong Yuan, Modeling Analyst, The Cincinnati Insurance Company
Advisor: Yu Zhang

Jesse Donald Backstrom, Assistant Professor, Texas State University
Advisor: Richard Woodward

Justin Reynaldo Benavidez, Economic Extension Specialist-Amarillo, Texas A&M University 
Advisor: David Anderson 

Guo “Chris” Cheng, Staff Econometrician, StataCorp, LLC
Advisor: Oral Capps, Jr.

Seungyeon Cho, Research Fellow, Korea Rural Economic Institute
Advisor: Ariun Ishdorj

Chengcheng Fei, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M 
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Alexander Neal Hlavinka, Analyst, Vantage CFO
Advisor: James Mjelde

Ju Won Jang, Assistant Professor, Nichols College Massachusetts
Advisor: Ariun Ishdorj

Yuan-Yao Lee, Economist, RTI Internationals
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Anastasia Thayer, Research Associate, TAMU
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Wenbin Wu, Applied Scientist, Uber
Advisor: Ximing Wu

Guannan Zhao, Data Scientist, Warner Music Group
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Xinxin Fan, Analyst, Wood-Mackenzie Coal Consulting firm in Houston
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Erin Hardin, Research Economist, Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University 
Advisor: Henry Bryant

Bachir Mohamad Kassas,  Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Advisor: Marco Palma

Michelle Segovia Coronel,  Assistant Professor,  University of Missouri 
Advisor: Marco Palma

Yinjunjie Zhang,  Post-Doctorate,  Austrailian National University 
Advisor: Marco Palma

Song Zhou,  Analyst,  Regional Financial Service Group in Atlanta
Advisor: Ximing Wu and Yu Zhang

Zidong Wang,  Analyst,  Alibaba, Shanghai
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Sydney Beamon, Loan Administrator, Capital Farm Credit
Advisor: Claude Rosson

Alexis Ghormley, AGEC PhD Student, Texas A&M University
Advisor: Bart Fischer

Cristina Griffith, Sustainability Analyst, PECO Foods
Advisor: James Mjelde

William Hussey, Insurance Agent, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
Advisor: M.E. Rister

Hakki Gokhan Sengul, Turkish Ministry
Advisor: Ariun Ishdorj

Amit Bapu Ahire, Ministry of India
Advisor: Bruce McCarl

Yooyoung Ahn, Korean Government
Advisor: Victoria Salin

Ashton Betchan, Credit Analyst, Classic Bank, Cameron
Advisor: Senerath Dharmasena

Joshua Buercklin, Regulatory Analyst, Tyson Foods, Fayetteville AR
Advisor: David Anderson

Tyler Evans, Community Assistant, The Michaels Organization
Advisor: Dmitry Vedenov

Connor Neumann, Field Representative, Farm Bureau
Advisor: John Park,

Ian Ryan, Senior Livestock Economist, Government of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Advisor: Henry Bryant

Joshua Strine, Ph.D Student, Purdue University
Advisor: Oral Capps

Micah Trull, Loan Admin Associate, Central Texas Farm Credit
Advisor: David Anderson

Helen Wakefield, Agricultural Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Bembya Bembeev, Analyst, Comcast
Advisor: David Anderson

Shane Bentke, Relationship Manager Associate, Capital Farm Credit
Advisor: David Anderson

Margaret Denena, Development Supervisor, Mustang Cat
Advisor: David Anderson

Harlea Hoelscher, Staff Assistant, House Committee on Agriculture Republicans
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Colton Russell, Research Associate, Corteva
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Allison Wilton, Economic Policy & Global Analysis Coordinator, National Milk Producers Federation
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Justin Machado, Director of Finance and Operations, Groundforce Building Systems
Advisor: James Mjelde

Kate Wright, Analyst Econ Forecasting, CPS Energy
Advisor: Luis Ribera

Landyn Young, Program Coordinator, Center for North American Studies
Advisor: Luis Ribera

Mingjia Zhang, Research Assistant, CoronaNet Research Group
Advisor: David Leatham

Olalekan Gbenga Faromiki, Certified Associate, Salesforce
Advisor: Edwin Price

Natalie Adele Graff, AGEC PhD Program, Texas A&M
Henry Bryant

Henry Rogne Nelson, AGEC PhD Program,
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Micah Joel Newton, Loan Officer, Texas Heritage National Bank
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Brannick Sweetser, Policy Analyst, AgriLogic Consulting, LLC
Advisor: David Leatham

Taylre Beaty, State Broadband Director, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community & Develop
Advisor: Rebekka Dudensing

Stephen Hartman Cain, Director, Economic Research  & Analysis, National Milk Producers Federation Advisor: Senarath Dharamasena

Christopher L. Lindsey, Financial Soulutions Advisor, Merrill and Bank of America
Advisor: Reid Stevens

Jorge Carlos Martinez Palomares, PhD – Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri Advisor: Reid Stevens

Levin Wade Porter, Ranch Manager, Hope Reins in Texas
Advisor: David Anderson

Jae Hyeong Yu, Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (South Korea)
Advisor: Gary W. Williams

Brad Weldman, Agricultural Policy Consultant, Combest, Sell & Associates
Advisor: Joe Outlaw

Kaiqi Zhao, Agribusiness and Chain Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Advisor: Yu Zhang

Elizabeth Tabares (Villarreal), Project Coordinator Bourlag Institute
Advisor: Ariun Ishdorj

Katelyn Keller, Lead Sales, Purchasing & Operations Analyst – Ben E. Keith Foods
Advisor: Senerath Dharmasena

Chandler Keown, Farm Loan Manager – USDA Farm Service Agency
Advisor: Mark Welch

Brent Tymrak, Self Employed – Farmer – Grain, Sorghum, Cotton – Corpus Christi, Tx
Advisor: David Anderson

Elizabeth Tabares – Project Coordinator – Borlaug Institute – Texas A&M University
Advisor: Ariun Ishdorj