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Ahmad Zia Wahdat

Purdue University
Lead Research Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics
West Lafayette, IN 47906
awahdat [at] purdue.edu

Education

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, August 2021
Fields: Agricultural & Food Economics, Agribusiness, Behavioral & Experimental Economics, Household Finance
Specialization: Computational Science

M.S. Economics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA, May 2012

B.A. (Honors) Economics, Fulbright Scholar, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA, May 2010

Professional Employment

Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics , Lead Research Economist, December 2023 - Present

Princeton University, Non-Resident Fellow, Afghanistan Policy Lab at SPIA, July 2023 - July 2024

Purdue University, Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability, Dept. of Agricultural Economics , Postdoctoral Research Associate, August 2021 - December 2023

Purdue University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, August 2017 - July 2021

The World Bank, Impact Evaluation Unit, Research Consultant, April 2016 - August 2017

Harvard Business School, Research Associate, September 2013 - March 2016

MIT Sloan School of Management, Research Assistant/Programmer, September 2012 - August 2013

German International Cooperation, Project Officer in Afghanistan Office, July 2010 - August 2011

Technology and Language Skills

Computer Languages/Programming
Python, R, SQL, LATEX, CSS, MySQL, GitHub
Statistical Programming
Stata, R, Python, Matlab, ArcGIS, GAMS
Languages
Pashto, Farsi(Dari), Urdu, English, Arabic(Intermediate)

Publications and Presentations

Please see the Research page for my research work.