Education: PhD in Economics from The Ohio State University

Junkan Li is an incoming Senior Research Economist at the Agricultural Risk Policy Center at North Dakota State University. His research centers on economic modeling and policy analysis, with a focus on the economic impacts of environmental shocks and climate risks. Prior to joining NDSU, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he collaborated with atmospheric scientists, engineers, and sociologists to develop quantitative frameworks for evaluating hurricane impacts and the effectiveness of mitigation policies. With a strong foundation in statistical and computational methods, his interdisciplinary work bridges economics, agriculture, and environmental science.