The EEFE program was approved as new Penn State degree granting program in 2017. The degree builds on prior degrees in Agricultural Environmental and Regional Economics (AEREC) offered by the College of Agricultural Sciences, and Energy and Mining Engineering (EME Energy Policy Option) offered by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The table below lists Ph.D. job placements for recent AEREC and EME (Energy Policy Option) students.
| Year | Student | Advisor | Placement | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Abdelmoumine Traore | Weaver | McKinsey and Company | Associate Management Consultant |
| 2023 | Daniel Perdana Simandjuntak | Jaenicke | New Castle University | Research Associate |
| 2023 | Asif Rasool | Abler | New Mexico Tax Authority | Senior Economist |
| 2023 | Pei Zhou | Liu | University of Kentucky | Postdoc |
| 2023 | Jinglin Feng | Fan | Bunge Global | Research Economist |
| 2022 | Deshamitthra Jayasekera | Wrenn | University of Nebraska | Postdoc |
| 2021 | Xuetao Huang | Abler | Washington State Employment Security Department | Research Economist |
| 2020 | Yang Yu | Jaenicke | Montana State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2020 | Byunghee Choi | Weaver | Lebanon Valley College | Assistant Professor of Economics |
| 2020 | Xiaogu (Simon) Li | Zipp | School of Economics and Management at Beihang University | Assistant Professor of Economics |
| 2020 | Xuan Chen | Liu | Amazon | Economic Analyst |
| 2019 | Aaron Cook | Shortle | Penn State | Instructor- Part-time |
| 2019 | Bo Zhang | Wrenn | Insurance | Boston |
| 2019 | Renata Rimsaite | Fisher-Vanden | University of Nebraska | Post-doctoral Research Associate |
| 2019 | Zefeng (Billy) Dong | Jaenicke | Wells-Fargo & Co. | Data Analyst |
| 2018 | Roozbeh Iranikermani | Jaenicke | Sam Houston State University | Assistant Professor |
| 2018 | Truong Chau | Shortle/Abler | Washington, DC; City Government | Economist |
| 2017 | Lauren Chenarides | Jaenicke | Arizona State University - W.P Carey School of Business | Assistant Professor |
| 2017 | Kyle Hoy | Wrenn | Shepherd University, Dept of Economics | Assistant Professor |
| 2017 | Yao-Huo (Jimmy) Shr | Zipp | Iowa State University, Dept of Economics | Post-doctoral Research Associate |
| 2017 | Benjamin Scharadin | Jaenicke | Washington and Lee University, Dept of Economics | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| 2017 | Ashish Tyagi | Shortle | Frankfurt School of Finance and Management | Post-doctoral Researcher |
| 2016 | Esha Zaveri | Fisher-Vanden | World Bank | Water Economist |
| 2016 | Jiaochen Liang | Goetz | California State University, Fresno, Department of Agricultural Business | Assistant Professor |
| 2016 | Iryna Demko | Jaenicke | Ohio State University, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics | Post-doctoral Researcher |
| 2016 | Jiachuan Tian | Weaver | American Airlines | Operations Research Analyst |
| 2016 | Daniela Puggioni | Stefanou | University of Florida, Dept of Food and Resource Economics | Post-doctoral Researcher and Adjunct Lecturer |
| 2015 | Ioana (Julia) Marasteanu | Jaenicke | Food and Drug Administration | Economist |
| 2014 | Haoying Wang | Stefanou | New Mexico Tech University, Department of Management | Assistant Professor |
| 2014 | Danhong Chen | Jaenicke | Sam Houston State University, Dept of Ag Sciences and Engineering Technology | Assistant Professor |
| 2013 | Nikolaos Mykoniatis | Ready | Texas A&M University-Galveston | Instructional Assistant Professor |
| 2013 | Meri Davlasheridze | Fisher-Vanden | Texas A&M University-Galveston | Assistant Professor |
| 2013 | Qin Fan | Fisher-Vanden | California State University, Fresno, Craig School of Business | Assistant Professor |
| 2012 | Shonel Sen | Abler | Weldon Cooper Center for Public Services, University of Virginia | Research and Policy Analyst |
| 2012 | David Fleming | Abler/Goetz | CSIRO, Australia | Research Economist, Social and Economic Sciences Program |
| 2012 | Yong Hu | Fisher-Vanden | Zhejiang Gongshang University, China | Assistant Professor, School of Economics |
| 2012 | Soo Oh | Jaenicke | Korea Institute for International Economic Policy | Analyst |
| 2012 | Apurba Shee | Stefanou | International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya | Scientist |
| 2012 | Shujie Li | Abler | Alfavor Petroleum Corporation | Economic Analyst |
| 2012 | Hernan Bejarano | Shortle | Economic Science Institute, Chapman University | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| 2012 | Milagro Saborio-Rodriguez | Shortle | Centro Agrinomico Tropical Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE), Costa Rica | Researcher |
| 2011 | Jin Woo Yoo | Ready | Arizona State University | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| 2011 | Worawan Toommongkol | Stefanou | Kasetsart University, Thailand | Lecturer, Department of Economics |
| 2011 | Isin Tellioglu | Blandford | Humboldt University, Germany | Research Associate, Dept of Agricultural Economics |
| 2011 | Alwin Jimenez-Maldonado | Harper | University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez | Extension Specialist in Agricultural Economics |
| 2010 | Simanti Banerjee | Shortle | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Assistant Professor, Dept of Agricultural Economics |
| 2010 | Yan Zhuang | Jaenicke | Merkle, Inc. | Senior Statistician |
| 2009 | Nga Nguyen | Shortle | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry | Economist, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) |
| 2009 | Gaurav Ghosh | Shortle | University of Aachen, Germany | Research Associate, E.On Energy Research Center |
| 2009 | Grigoris (Gregory) Emvalomatis | Stefanou | Wageningen University, The Netherlands | Assistant Professor of Business Economics |
| 2009 | Xiaohua Yu | Abler | University of Gottingen, Germany | Assistant Prof, Agricultural Economics |
| 2008 | Yuki Yano | Blandford | Uppsala University, Sweden | Post-doc |
| 2008 | Mitsuko Chikasada | Jaenicke/Abler | Soka University, Japan | Assistant Prof, Department of Economics |
| 2008 | Lakshmi Balasubramanyan | Stefanou | Southern Illinois University | Assistant Prof, Finance Department |
| 2008 | Koel Ghosh | Shortle | University of Minnesota | Research Associate in the Food Industry Center, Department of Applied Economics |
| 2007 | Georg Grassmueck | Goetz | Lycoming College, PA | Assistant Prof, Business School |
| 2007 | Sundar Shrestha | Findeis/Abler | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Economist |
| 2007 | Fernando Carriazo | Shortle/Ready | USDA/ERS | Post-doc |
| 2007 | L. Bharadwaj | Findeis | Louisiana Department of Natural Resources | |
| 2007 | O. Tunceli | Findeis | MACRO International | Post-doc Fellow |
| 2006 | Kelly Ward | Shortle | U.S. Military Academy | Academy Prof, Department of Systems Engineering |
| 2006 | A. Jayaraman | Findeis | ||
| 2006 | Vladimir Konavalchuk | Abler | Kiev, Ukraine | Consultant |
| 2005 | Jeong Hwan Bae | Shortle | Korea Energy Economics Institute | Associate Research Fellow Division of New & Renewable Energy |
| 2004 | Tanya Borisova | Shortle | Univ. of West Virginia/ now University of Florida | Asst. Prof. in the Dept, of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida |
| 2004 | F. J. Nankhuni | Findeis | U. Penn. Post-doc/now World Bank | |
| 2004 | Q. Wang | Findeis | Blue Cross/Blue Shield | |
| 2004 | Derek Brewin | Abler/Shields | University of Manitoba | Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics |
| 2003 | Ram Ranjan | Shortle | USDA/ERS Post doc | now an Economist in the Policy and Economics Research Unit at CSIRO (AU) |
| 2003 | Yanguo Wang | Jaenicke | Discover Financial Services | |
| 2003 | H. Swaminathan | Findeis | ICRW/ now, Indian School of Management | Assistant Professor |
