About GTAP: PhD Students
Lauren Benavidez
Spring 2026
Dissertation: TBD
Interests/Skills:
- International Trade and development
- Food Security
- Agricultural policy
Profile
Elizabeth Fraysse
Spring 2026
Dissertation: TBD
Interests/Skills:
- Climate change impact/policies
- Agricultural policy
- Land use
Profile
Debadrita 'Rimi' Kundu
Winter 2023
Dissertation: Consequences of economic and environmental shocks on household consumption behavior
Interests/Skills:
- Health, Environment, and Sustainable Development [Broad Interests]
- Consumer Behavior, Food Security, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
- Applied Micro-econometrics, Causal Inference, and Quasi-Experimental Methods
- Partial and General Equilibrium Modeling
Profile
Maria Filipa Seara Pereira
Spring 2026
Dissertation: TBD
Interests/Skills:
- International trade and trade policy
- Development Economics
- CGE modeling
- Microsimulation
Profile
Pattawee Puangchit
Summer 2025
Dissertation: "Impact of the ASEAN Economic Community on Agricultural Trade"
Interests/Skills:
- International Trade
- Trade Policies and Non-tariff measures/barriers
- Agribusiness Marketing
- Microeconomics
Profile
Kavitha Srikanth
Spring 2027
Dissertation: TBD
Interests/Skills:
- Environmental and Agricultural Economics
- Land Use
- Environmental policies
- Sustainable development
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
Profile