Tzu-Hui J. Chen

I am a Postdoctoral Associate at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell. 

My research lies at the intersection of agricultural, environmental, and health economics, with a focus on the unintended consequences of environmental and agricultural policies. I combine spatial water network datasets, remote sensing data, and applied econometric methods to quantify the impacts of agrochemical exposure and land use change. 

My PhD dissertation investigates (1) the neonatal health effects of glyphosate exposure through waterborne pathways in the U.S. Corn Belt and (2) the deforestation and carbon emissions associated with global demand for biomass-based diesel, particularly through palm oil expansion in Southeast Asia. I received my PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis.