AGEC Graduate Student Profiles
2021-2022
Learn more about our current graduate students in their own words. We asked current MS and PhD graduate students to share their path to Purdue as well as their experiences in the AgEcon graduate programs. We hope their profiles will give you insight into what it is like to be a graduate student in Purdue's Department of Agricultural Economics.
Mario Ortez
PhD Student - Aug. 2019 start
Mario’s bond with agriculture was rooted at birth; his passion for agribusiness is cultivating his future
Mati Mohammadi
PhD Student - Aug. 2018 start
Assistantship opens a window of opportunities for agribusiness student
Hailey Utech
MS Student - Aug. 2020 start
Analytically driven, Hailey Utech is being challenged to look at data differently
Zack Neuhofer
PhD Student - Aug. 2019 start
Zack Neuhofer shares his path to Purdue and plans as incoming president of AgEcon’s graduate student organization
Megan Hughes
PhD Student - Aug. 2020 start
Motivated and involved, AAEA GSS chair-elect Megan Hughes discusses many opportunities available in Ag Econ
Pedro Antonio Díaz Cachay
MS Student - Aug. 2021 start
Deferred enrollment gives graduate student extra time to help his own students improve their English language skills