People

Opportunities

Prospective undergraduate and graduate students, if you are interested in learning more about us and/or working with us, please email Dr. Nemati about your background and possible research interests and an updated resume or CV.

Prospective postdocs are always welcome to email Dr. Nemati. Ideal candidates will have experience conducting quantitative analysis, with backgrounds in economics, agricultural economics, environmental science, public policy, or related fields.

Mehdi Nemati, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics & Policy

University of California, Riverside
School of Public Policy
Interdisciplinary South 4109
900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-9368 Email: mehdin@ucr.edu

Postdoctoral Scholars

Daniel Crespo

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of California, Riverside
School of Public Policy
Email:

Daniel Crespo is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of California, Riverside in the Department of Economic Analysis. He completed an MSc degree in Economics and a degree in Economics from the University of Zaragoza. He has a Ph.D. scholarship at the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics, Centro de Investigación y Technología Agroalimentaria, CITA-Government of Aragon. He is interested in investigating environmental and natural resources economics, environmental and agricultural policies, water modeling and optimization, water management, water scarcity and droughts, and climate change.

Daniel Crespo's research is focused on upstream-downstream conflicts, integration of ecosystems health and environmental benefits in water management, and the analysis of the reliability of water systems in the face of more frequent, longer-lasting, and more intense drought events.

Graduate Student Researchers

Divya Prakash

MPP Student, School of Public Policy

University of California, Riverside
School of Public Policy
Email: dprak004@ucr.edu

Divya Prakash is a Master's Public Policy student at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Before joining UCR, he worked as a researcher in India with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) - Ministry of External Affairs, and JustJobs Network. Prakash received his Master's in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India, and a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Dehli, India.

Research Interests: Water Economics, Climate Change

Deidre Reyes

MPP Student, School of Public Policy

University of California, Riverside
School of Public Policy
Email: dreye060@ucr.edu

Idiana Salam

MPP Student, School of Public Policy

University of California, Riverside
School of Public Policy
Email: isala007@ucr.edu

Puneet Singhania

MSCS Student, Bourns College of Engineering

University of California, Riverside
BCOE
Email: psing088@ucr.edu

Visiting Scholars

Munib Inam

Ph.D Student
University of Kentucky
Department of Agricultural Economics

Zhuanlin Wang

Peking University
Department of Economics

Undergraduates

Jesse James Ordona

Undergraduate, Computer Science with Business Applications

University of California, Riverside
Bourns College of Engineering
Email: jordo018@ucr.edu

Lab Alumni

Mahdi Asgari

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of California, Riverside
School of Public Policy