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Education

• Ph.D in Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 2025 (expected)
• M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Zhejiang University, 2020
• B.S. in Agricultural Economics, Zhejiang University, 2018

Work experience

• Research Assistant
  • Michigan State University
  • Aug 2020-June 2025
  • Supervisor: Prof. Frank Lupi, Prof. Melissa McKendree, Prof. Aleks Schaefer
• Abstracts Reviewer
  • For AAEA Annual Meeting
  • Feb 2021, Feb 2024, Feb 2025

Skills

• Stata
• LATEX
• QGIS
• SAS

Publications

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Productivity of the Chinese Forest Products Industry

Lin, B., Du, R., Dong, Z., Jin, S., & Liu, W. (2020). The impact of foreign direct investment on the productivity of the Chinese forest products industry. Forest Policy and Economics, 111, 102035.

Price pass-through in the U.S. beef industry: Implications of feedlot capacity utilization

McKendree, M. G., Tonsor, G. T., & Dong, Z. (2024). Price pass‐through in the US beef industry: Implications of feedlot capacity utilization. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72(3), 365-387.

Urbanization and the Industrialization of Agriculture

Talks

Urbanization and the Industrialization of Agriculture

August 01, 2022

Selected Presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Price Pass-Through in the U.S. Beef Industry: Implications of Feedlot Capacity Utilization

August 01, 2022

Selected Presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA.

Financial Well-being of Rural Households: A Theoretical Framework and A Case Study

July 25, 2023

Selected Poster at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Financial Well-being of Rural Households: A Theoretical Framework and A Case Study

October 01, 2023

Selected Presentation at Michigan Agricultural Credit Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Financial Well-being of Rural Households: A Theoretical Framework and A Case Study

January 01, 2024

Selected Presentation at Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meeting, Sparks, NV.

Teaching

Poverty Alleviation and Development for Developing Countries Workshop

Poverty Alleviation and Development for Developing Countries Workshop

Projects

• Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: Linking Grazing Management, Soil Health, and Producer Wellbeing
  • Research Assistant
  • Main Sponsors: Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR USDA) and Noble Research Institute
  • Grant amount: $20,000,000
• Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: Linking Grazing Management, Soil Health, and Producer Wellbeing
  • Research Assistant
  • Sponsors: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE USDA)
  • Grant amount: $250,000

Awards and Honors

• 2025
  • Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Michigan State University
• 2022/2023/2024
  • Conference Travel Grant, Michigan State University
• 2020
  • Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang Province
  • Outstanding Master’s Thesis, Zhejiang Province
  • Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang University
  • Outstanding Master’s Thesis, Zhejiang University
• 2019
  • National Scholarship, Zhejiang University
  • Merit Graduate Student Awards, Zhejiang University
• 2017
  • Wanglaoji Scholarship, Zhejiang University
  • Third-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Merits, Zhejiang University
  • Outstanding Student Leader Awards, Zhejiang University
• 2016
  • Da Bei Nong Scholarship, Zhejiang University
  • Outstanding Student Leader Awards, Zhejiang University
  • Excellent Social Work Scholarship, Zhejiang University