Chengzheng Yu
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (May 2023)
Field: Environmental and Natural Resource, Technology Adoption, and Agricultural Sustainability
cyu53@illinois.eduEducation
Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, expected May 2023
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Applied Economics, 2018
Georgetown University
B.S., Mathematics (with High Distinction) & Economics, 2017
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis Information
Thesis Advisor(s)
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Math Camp for Masters Students - August 2021 & August 2022
ACE 100 Introduction to Applied Microeconomics - August 2019 - December 2020
Undergraduate Tutor - January 2017 - May 2017
Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Training for Graduate Student Instructors
Center of Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CITL Graduate Academy Speaker - August 2020 - August 2021
Publications
Khanna, M., Atallah, S., Kar, S., Sharma, B.,Wu, L., Yu, C., Chowdhary, G., Soman, C., & Guan, K. (2022). Digital
transformation for a sustainable agriculture in the United States: Opportunities and challenges. Agricultural
Economics, 1-14. (Coauthored with research group)
Yu, C., Miao, R., & Khanna, M. (2021). Maladaptation of U.S. corn and soybeans to a changing climate. Scientific
Reports, 11, 12351. (First author)
Contreras, I., Toriyama, M., & Yu, C. (2020). Gluing of graph Laplacians and their spectra. Linear and Multilinear
Algebra, 68(4), 710-749. (Shared first-authorship, ranked by alphabetical order of authors’ last names)
Yu, C. (2017). Super-walk formulae for even and odd Laplacians in finite graphs. Rose-Hulman Undergraduate
Mathematics Journal, 18(1), 270-278. (Independent author)
Papers Under Review
Yu, C., Khanna, M., Atallah, S., Kar, S., Bagavathiannan, M., & Chowdhary, G. (2022). Bioeconomic and behavior incentives for robotic weed control in row crop agriculture. Submitted to American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (First author)
Working Papers
Yu, C., Khanna, M., & Atallah, S. (2022). Owning robots or hiring services for weed management? Bioeconomic
and behavioral drivers. Preparing for submission. (First author)
References
Madhu Khanna
President, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
ACES Distinguished Professor in Environmental Economics
Co-Director, Center for Economics of Sustainability
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
khanna1@illinois.edu
Shadi Atallah
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
satallah@illinois.edu
Ruiqing Miao
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Auburn University
rzm0050@auburn.edu
