People
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea | Associate Professor
Prof. Ortiz-Bobea is an applied economist with interests in agricultural, environmental and development economics. His recent research quantifies the impacts of climate change on agriculture and other sectors using econometric techniques. He joined Cornell in 2014 after a brief stint at Resources for the Future. Prior to grad school he served as Special Assistant to the Minister of the Environment of the Dominican Republic. He obtained a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, an MPA from Syracuse University (Maxwell) and a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from Université Paris-Saclay (AgroparisTech) in France.
Qingli Fan | PhD student, Economics
Qingli Fan is a Ph.D. student in Economics at Cornell University, specializing in health and environmental economics. His research focuses on health outcomes and healthcare utilization in response to environmental shocks and social factors. Qingli currently leads projects analyzing the relationship between airborne pollen intensity and asthma hospitalizations, as well as the long-term effects of prenatal radiation exposure on education and labor market outcomes. Prior to Cornell, he earned an MA in Public Policy from the University of Chicago Harris School and a BA in Economics through a joint degree program between the University of St. Andrews and the College of William & Mary.
Joshua Fan | PhD student, Computer Science
My research focuses on developing machine learning techniques for challenging problems in sustainability and agriculture. My work has numerous applications including crop yield forecasting, carbon cycle modeling, vegetation monitoring, and detecting fish farms in the Amazon using satellite imagery. I work with experts in agricultural economics, crop science, plant genetics, and ecology, to develop innovative AI solutions that can benefit their fields.
Yurou He | PhD student, Applied Economics and Management
Yurou He is a Ph.D. student at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. She studies the impacts of climatechange and adaptation strategies, with a focus on human economic behavior in response to environmental challenges. Her research centers on designing incentive structures in land assembly to ensure that strategies for climate-driven land use changes and displacement are both economically viable and socially just. Yurou aims to provide policymakers with actionable insights to improve the efficiency and equity of policies for land conservation and the relocation of vulnerable communities.
Jerzy Jaromczyk | PhD student, Applied Economics and Management
Jerzy Jaromczyk is a Ph.D. student in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University interested in researching questions in agricultural and environmental economics, and agricultural finance. Prior to his doctoral studies, Jerzy co-directed an agricultural extension education program that served New York State farmers and worked as an analyst at a private firm developing index-based insurance products. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Finance from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and a Masters of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky.
Jeisson Prieto | PhD student, Applied Economics and Management
Jeisson Prieto is a third-year Ph.D. student in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Before coming to Cornell University, he received his BEng in Systems Engineering and MSc in Applied Mathematics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. His current research is focused in Environmental and Agricultural Economics, Computational Sustainability, and Complex Systems.
Ayşegül Kılınç | PhD student, Natural Resources and the Environment
Ayşegül Kılınç is a PhD student and Fulbright grantee in Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University. Her research interests focus on the global implications and dynamic environmental and economic effects of climate policies, particularly carbon border adjustments. She aims to analyze how these policies affect greenhouse gas emissions trajectories, international trade flows, sectoral production patterns, and decarbonization strategies. Prior to Cornell, Ayşegül worked in various sustainability roles in both the corporate sector and consultancy. She holds an MS in Earth System Science and a BS in Environmental Engineering from Middle East Technical University.
Alumni
Zhiyun Li | PhD student, Applied Economics and Management (2023)
Now Climate Economist at UCLA Anderson
