I am an Associate Professor of Sustainable Development and Economy at the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. I completed my doctoral degree in Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. 

My primary research interests focus on the spatial-temporal interactions between economic activities and the natural environment in the context of biodiversity conservation in developing countries. I work on the following big questions: 

• What are the mechanisms of landscape change?
• How can we quantify and value ecosystem services?

• How can we quantify the impacts of policy interventions?

• Where do complementarities and trade-offs between the environmental and socio-economic goals of policies occur?