Expert Details
Agricultural Economics
ID: 735451
Texas, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 2005 | Degree: Doctorate | Subject: Agricultural Economics | Institution: University of Florida |
| Year: 2002 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Agricultural Economics, Marketing, Quantitative Methods | Institution: University of Florida |
| Year: 1999 | Degree: Associate | Subject: General Agriculture | Institution: Pan American School of Agriculture, El Zamorano, Honduras |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Agricultural Economics |
Responsibilities:Expert serves as the Director of the Human Behavior Laboratory and conduct applied research and outreach projects related to marketing, consumer preferences and behavior, management and economics of the food industry.Expert has established himself as a leading horticulture-marketing economist in the United States and International. Expert's activities have resulted in nearly 300 invited presentations all around the world. In addition, Expert is becoming one of the leading professionals incorporating neurophysiological measures to conventional models of decision making. He is the founder and director of the Human Behavioral Laboratory, one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world. With over $24 million in funding to conduct applied research and outreach efforts, Expert's activities touch the lives of people in the State of Texas, the United States and all over the world. Expert is ranked in the database Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) out of over 50,000 authors in economics, in the top 10% for number of distinct works, top 15% in the number of article downloads through RePEc, top 6% in strength of students. According to Google Scholar, Expert's papers have been cited 400 times, most of which (358) have been within the last five years (since 2012). |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2006 | Employer: Horticultural Marketing | Title: Visiting Faculty, Agro- Food Marketing | Department: |
Responsibilities:Class instruction for the Master's Program in Agri-Food Marketing. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2006 | Employer: Santa Fe Community College | Title: Adjunct Faculty | Department: |
Responsibilities:Principles of Microeconomic class instruction. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2002 | Employer: University of Florida | Title: Teacher Assistant/ Co Intructor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Laboratory Instructor for course Economics Issues, Food and You. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2005 | Employer: University of Florida | Title: Graduate Research Assistant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Conduct applied research in agricultural economics. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Service Activities: 65 in total (break down below) National/ Regional: 39 University/ COALS: 13 Departmental: 13 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Extension Presentations: 343 total (break down below) State and district: 136 National and Regional: 89 International: 68 Media Interviews: 50 Grants and contracts: 48 Graduate students supervised: 61 (break down below) PhD: 31 Master's: 26 Full time research associates: 4 Professional Affiliations: Southern Economics Association 2016- present American Economic Association 2015- present Western Economic Association 2015- present American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) 2003- present Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) 2006- present Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) 2006- present International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) 2009- present American Society of Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2008- present |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Professional honors and awards: 16 |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Publications and presentations: 215 in total (breakdown below) Journal Refereed: 62 Presented papers (professional meetings): 85 Organized symposia: 15 Books/ Handbooks: 5 Book Chapters: 5 Proceedings: 7 Other publications: 36 Expert is often called to serve as research peer reviewer for various journals for his expertise in marketing, consumer preferences for food products, discrete choice methods, and experimental and behavioral economics. He has been a reviewer of numerous articles in several peer reviewed journals, including Management Science, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Agribusiness an International Journal, The Energy Journal, Contemporary Economic Policy, Texas Journal of Agricultural and Natural Resources, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, HortScience, HortTechnology, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Choices, Aquaculture Economics and Management and International Regional Science Review. He has also been a selected papers reviewer for the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and the Southern Agricultural Economics Association. Expert has served as a grant proposal reviewer in several programs, including Federal and State Improvement Program, Horticulture Research Institute, Small Business Information Research, Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Professional Development Activities, Conferences Attended/ Participated: Southern Region Agricultural Outlook Conference, Atlanta (Attended 10 times each year 2007-2016) Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings (Attended 13 times all years since 2003 except 2010 and 2004.) Green Industry Research Consortium Meeting Southern Agricultural economics Association Annual Meetings Economic Science Association |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| SERVICE ACTIVITIES:National/Regional 1. Agricultural and Applied Economics Selected Papers chair for Experimental Economics 2. Agricultural and Applied Economics Selected Papers Reviewer for Behavioral Economics 3. Grant Reviewer, Horticulture Research Institute 4. Grant Reviewer for Federal State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP), Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture 5. Agricultural and Applied Economics Selected Papers Reviewer for Behavioral Economics 6. Editorial Board, Horticulturae 7. Western Agricultural Economics Association Thesis Award Committee Reviewer 8. Agricultural and Applied Economics Selected Papers Reviewer for Household and Labor Economics 9. Agricultural and Applied Economics Selected Papers Reviewer for Behavioral Economics 10. Value Added Conference Poster Chair 11. Food Distribution Research Society- Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Communication Reviewer 12. Journal of Food Distribution Research Editor (Proceedings Issue). 13. Food Distribution Research Society Executive Board Member. 14. Green Industry Research Consortium Chairman 15. International Food and Agribusiness Management Association Best Paper Judge 16. Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Grant Panel Ad Hoc Reviewer. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture 17. Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (HSI). Grant Panel Ad Hoc Reviewer. National Institute of Food and Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture 18. Southern Agricultural Economics Association Executive Board Committee Director 19. Southern Agricultural Economics Association Selected Papers Reviewer for Production Economics. 20. Trade Adjustment Assistance Program State of Texas Representative. 21. Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Grant Panel Ad Hoc Reviewer. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture 22. Southern Agricultural Economics Association Master's Thesis Award Committee Chair 23. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Grant Panel Reviewer for Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium Sized Farms Program. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 24. Southern Extension Marketing Committee Chair 25. National Vegetable Crop Initiative member 26. Editor, Southern Nursery Association Research Association, Economics and Marketing Section 27. Southern Region Outlook Conference planning committee 28. Southern Extension Marketing Committee Vice-Chair 29. Green Industry Research Consortium Planning Committee 30. Green Industry Research Consortium Secretary 31. Southern Agricultural Economics Association Master's Thesis Award Committee Member 32. Southern Extension Marketing Committee Secretary 33. Southern Extension Farm Management, Policy and Marketing Committee Member 34. American Agricultural Economics Association Quiz Bowl Judge 35. American Agricultural Economics Association Selected Papers Reviewer for Teaching, Communication, and Extension 36. Lower Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society Section Vice-President 37. Chaired Presentations at the Lower Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society Annual Meeting in Edinburg, TX. 38. Member ofS1051 (formerly S1021, S219 and S103) Multi-State Regional Research Committee. Project entitled "Managing and Marketing Environmental Plants for Improved Production, Profitability, and Efficiency." |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Native Speaker |
| English | Fluent |