Dr. Jingjing Wang, University of New Mexico, PI.
Dr. Jingjing Wang is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New Mexico, specializing in environmental and natural resource economics. Her research focuses on the role of public policy in internalizing externalities and the performance of markets for efficient resource allocation in the context of environment, agriculture, and water. She uses quantitative tools such as integrated modeling, dynamic optimal control, and applied econometrics to solve real-world questions. Her research program is interdisciplinary and model-driven. Representative projects include urban water conservation, agricultural water management, livestock manure management coupled with bioenergy production, and controlled environment agriculture. Dr. Wang received her B.E. in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University, her M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of California – Riverside, and her Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of California – Riverside.