Hello!

I’m an environmental and resource economist who works mostly on water in agriculture. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University, and a Faculty Affiliate with the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development.

I study how economic tools and policy design can lead to the efficient and equitable allocation of water resources. Recent work estimates the economic value of groundwater storage, tests whether increasing water supply through weather modification is a zero-sum game, investigates how farmers adjust their production decisions following changes in public irrigation infrastructure, and looks at how climate change affects conjunctive water use and economic growth. This work spans California, Ethiopia, and Morocco. 

Through my extension role, I bring applied research on the economics of water and energy to producers, policymakers, and the public, in Iowa and beyond, on topics related to agriculture, fuel and energy costs, and natural resources.

Before joining ISU, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Affiliate with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. I received my PhD in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics from Michigan State University in 2024. Originally from Morocco, I hold an MS in Agricultural Engineering/Agricultural Economics from Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II. Training as both an engineer and an economist shapes my work at the intersection of economics, science, and policy.