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I am an associate professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department within the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) at the University of Florida. My work advances sustainable development with a primary focus on agriculture in low- and middle-income countries, integrating interdisciplinary insights to design and evaluate policy interventions that address environmental, natural resource, and developmental challenges. My current portfolio includes projects on rural financial market development and agricultural risk management—spanning insurance, financial services, and stress-tolerant staple crop varieties—soil fertility and conservation, inclusive development of rural mechanization markets, and water resource management. My research has been published in leading field journals in agricultural, environmental, and development economics such as the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Agricultural Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, the Journal of Development Economics, and World Development. 

Prior to joining the University of Florida, I served on the faculty with the Master of Environmental Policy (iMEP) program at Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China (2018-2022), and a research fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), first in New Delhi, India (2012-2016) and later in Washington, DC (2016-2018).

I have extensive field experience across South Asia, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, and I have led or contributed to research in China, Malawi, and Kenya.

I hold a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics with a specialization in International Development from Purdue University (USA). Prior to joining IFPRI, I spent a short period of time as a visiting researcher with the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) in Venice, Italy.

I currently serve as an associate editor for Agricultural Economics, Environment and Development Economics, and the China Economic Review.