# Ph.D. and M.S. Job Market Candidates

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Welcome to the Department of Agricultural Economics Job Market Candidates page. Our diverse and talented graduate students are a critical component to the success of our research and engagement missions. Below you will find a list of our Ph.D. and M.S. job market candidates. If you would like to view recent graduate student's career placements, please visit our [placement's site](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/graduate_program/career_placement.html). For questions about placements or our job candidates, contact our placement coordinator [**Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert**](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/directory.html#/jrickerg).

## PH.D. JOB MARKET CANDIDATES

Joy Chakrabartty

[chakrabj@purdue.edu](mailto:chakrabj@purdue.edu)

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Specializing in non-market valuation, environmental policy analysis, behavioral modeling, and cost-benefit analysis

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[ARER Accepted Paper](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/_docs/graduate_program/job-candidates/chakrabartty-joy_arer-accepted-paper.pdf)  |  [CV](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/_docs/graduate_program/job-candidates/cv_chakrabartty.pdf)  |  [Submitted Paper](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/_docs/graduate_program/job-candidates/chakrabartty-joy_submittedpaper.pdf)

Yingxin Tan

[tan421@purdue.edu](mailto:tan421@purdue.edu)

Major professor: Dr. Valerie Kilders

Committee members: Dr. Brenna Ellison, Dr. Joe Balagtas and Dr. Vincenzina Caputo

Fields of interest: Food Market and Agricultural Economics

Job market paper title: Food Safety Discussion During the Reorganization Period

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yingxin-tan-741514100/)  |  [CV](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/_docs/graduate_program/job-candidates/cv-yingxin-tan.pdf)

Yi Wang

[wang5263@purdue.edu](mailto:wang5263@purdue.edu)

Major professor: Dr. Juan P. Sesmero

Committee members: Dr. Meilin Ma (co-chair), Dr. Joseph V. Balagtas, Dr. Diego S. Cardoso and Dr. Charlotte Ambrozek

Fields of interest: Industrial Organization, Agricultural/Food Economics.

[Job Market Paper: Vertical Relationships in the U.S. Infant Formula Market and Its Implications for Welfare](https://yiwang-11.com/research.html)

[Personal website](https://yiwang-11.com/)  |  [CV](https://yiwang-11.com/cv.html)

Jian Yu

[yu1196@purdue.edu](mailto:yu1196@purdue.edu)

Major professor: Dr. Joe Balagtas

Committee members: Dr. Michael Delgado,  Dr. Heather Eicher-Miller, Dr. Bhagyashree Katare

Fields of interest: Food Market and Agricultural Economics, Food Security, Empirical Industrial Organization

Job Market Paper: Food Security Dynamics in the United States: A Longitudinal Machine Learning Analysis

## M.S. Job Market Candidates

There are no M.S. job market candidates at this time.

M.S./Ph.D. Job Placement Coordinator: **Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert**, [jrickerg@purdue.edu](mailto:jrickerg@purdue.edu)

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If you are a Purdue Ag Econ graduate student and would like to be listed on this page, please email Morgan French at [mmfrench@purdue.edu](mailto:mmfrench@purdue.edu) and provide your name, expected graduation, research area, a CV or resume (PDF) and a recent job market paper (PDF).