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About Wendong Zhang

My name is Wendong Zhang, and I'm an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. My research seeks to better understand U.S. farmland market, agricultural nutrient runoff, conservation practice adoption, and Chinese agriculture. I am also affiliated with Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD). At Iowa State, I lead the Iowa Land Value Survey, the Iowa Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey, and co-founded the new ISU China Ag Center jointly with Dr. Dermot Hayes in collaboration with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. I received my Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics from the Ohio State University in July 2015, and I also hold a BSc in Environmental Science from Fudan University in China.

Positions

Present Assistant Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Economics
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Honors and Awards

  • 2016: Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, the Ohio State University
  • Presidential Fellowship, the Ohio State University, 2014-2015
  • Winner, North America Regional Science Council Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition, the 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, 2013
  • Winner, North America Regional Science Council Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition, the 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, 2012
  • Winner, Best Paper Competition, Midwest Graduate Student Conference on Regional and Applied Economics, 2013
  • Winner, Graduate Student Paper Competition, 5th Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit on Regional, Population, Health & Environmental Economics, 2012
  • The Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta, since 2012
  • 2009: Doctoral Fellowship, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC)
  • National Scholarship, 1st Prize, Ministry of Education of China, 2007
  • 2007: Fung Scholar, Victor and William Fung Foundation

Courses

  • Econ 364: Rural Property Appraisal - currently at Iowa State University
  • AEDE/IS 3569: China's Economic Reform and Globalization - 2013 at the Ohio State University

Education

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September 2010 - July 2015 PhD, The Ohio State University ‐ Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
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September 2009 - September 2010 The Ohio State University ‐ Environmental Science Graduate Program
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September 2005 - July 2009 BSc, Fudan University ‐ Environmental Science and Engineering
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September 2007 - January 2008 Exchange student, The University of Hong Kong ‐ Environmental Studies, Civil Engineering
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Contact Information

478C Heady Hall
518 Farm House Ln
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: 515-294-2536
Fax: 515-294-0221

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