JIANHONG MU
Address: 109 NE Conifer Blvd, APT F
Corvallis, OR, 97330
Phone: 979-422-6885
Email:mujh1024@gmail.com
EDUCATION
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Texas A&M University, College Station
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics
Renmin University of China, China
M.S. in Agricultural Economics
Renmin University of China, China
B.S. in Agricultural Economics
2012
2007
2005
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation and Vulnerability Assessments
Land Use Economics
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Articles
 Mu JE, McCarl BA, Hagerman A and Bessler D (2015) Impacts of BSE and Avian Influenza on
U.S. Meat Demand, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 14(6):1130-1141.
 Mu JE, Wein A, and McCarl BA (2015) Land Use and Management Change under Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: a U.S. Case Study. Mitigation and Adaptation
Strategies for Global Change, 20(7):1041-1054.
 Mu JE, McCarl BA, Wu X and Ward M (2014) Climate Change and the Risk of HPAI H5N1
Outbreaks in Birds, British Journal of Environment & Climate Change, 4(2):2231–4784.
 Mu JE, McCarl BA, and Wein A (2013) Adaptation to Climate Change: Changes in Farmland
Use and Stocking Rate in the U.S. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change,
18(6):713-730.
 McCarl BA, Feng SJ, Hagerman AD, Mu JE, and Wang WW (2010) Climate Change,
Agriculture and the West: A Multifaceted Issue. Western Economics Forum, 9(1):1-10
 Zheng F and Mu JE (2007) Strategic Policy of Increasing ‘Soft Strengths’ of Agriculture:
Experience of Developing International Agricultural Product Brand in Taiwan Province.
Research of Agricultural Modernization, 28 (2):185-189
Book Chapters/Reviews
 McCarl BA, Mu JE, Aisabokhae R, Attavanich W and Musumba M (2014) Land Use and
Climate Change. Chapter 8 in The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics. Duke JM and Wu J
(edits). Oxford University Press.
 Jin YH and Mu JE (2012) Avian Influenza Outbreaks in China: Consumer Perception of AI and
their Willingness to Pay for Traceability Labeling. Chapter 20 in Health and Animal Agriculture
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in Developing Countries. Zilberman D, Otte J, Roland-Holst D, and Pfeiffer D (eds.). Springer
New York
McCarl BA, Hurd BH, Feng SJ, Hagerman AD, Mu JE, and Wang WW (2011) Climate Change
and its Impact on Agriculture: Challenges for the 21st Century. Chapter 1 in Global Warming in
the 21st Century. Cossia JM (edits). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Mu JE, Feng SJ, and McCarl BA (2010) Book Review of Economic Analysis of Land Use in
Global Climate Change Policy. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 2(2): 187-193
Hagerman A, McCarl BA, and Mu JE (2010) Economic Impact of a Livestock Attack. Part 3 in
Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/9780470087923.hhs696
Reports
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Houston L, and Mu JE (2015) Interactive Learning Modules for Climate Change Education.
REACCH Annual Report.
https://www.reacchpna.org/files/7814/2430/9840/REACCH14AnnualReport.pdf
Antle J, Mu JE, et al. (2015) Representative Agricultural Pathways and Scenarios for Integrated
Assessment. REACCH Annual Report.
https://www.reacchpna.org/files/7814/2430/9840/REACCH14AnnualReport.pdf
Antle J, Mu JE, et al. (2015) Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Winter Wheat. REACCH
Annual Report. https://www.reacchpna.org/files/7814/2430/9840/REACCH14AnnualReport.pdf
Antle J, Zhang H, and Mu JE (2015) Agricultural Productivity under Future Climate Scenarios.
REACCH Annual Report.
https://www.reacchpna.org/files/7814/2430/9840/REACCH14AnnualReport.pdf
PRESENTATIONS
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"Integrated Assessment of Climate Change, Land-Use Changes, and Regional Carbon Dynamics
in United States"
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"Regional Economic Resilience against Natural Disasters"
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presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MA (Jul 2014)
"Regional Agricultural Pathways and Scenarios (RAPs) and Climate Impact Assessment for the
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Systems"
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will present at the 6th Annual Northwest Climate Conference, Coeur D’Alene, ID (Nov 2015); the
AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec 2015)
presented at the ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH (Oct 2012);
the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources
Research, Beijing, China (Jul 2013); the 4th PNW Climate Science Conference, Portland, OR (Sep
2013); the 4th AgMIP Annual Global Workshop, New York, NY (Oct 2013); the AGU Annual Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec 2013) and the AAEA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MA (Jul
2014)
"Impacts of Weather Shocks and Climate Change on Agricultural Land Use under Current and
Future Socio-Economic Conditions "
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presented at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR(Sep 2014 and 2015); U.S. Geological Survey,
Menlo Park, CA (Sep 2014) and Reston, VA(Oct 2014); the REACCH Annual Meeting, Portland,
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OR (Feb 2013) and Richland, WA (Mar 2014) and the AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington DC
(Aug 2013)
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"Climate and the Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Winter Wheat Yields: Evidence from the U.S.
Pacific Northwest"
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"Impacts of BSE and Avian Influenza on U.S. Meat Demand "
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presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington DC (Aug 2013) and the REACCH Annual
Meeting, Richland, WA (Mar 2014)
presented at the Department of Homeland Security Annual University Summit. Washington, DC
(Mar 2009); the 115th Joint EAAE/ AAEA Seminar. Freising, Germany (Sep 2010) and the AAEA
Annual Meeting, Washington DC (Aug 2013)
"Climate Change and the Risk of HPAI H5N1 Outbreaks in Birds "
o presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (Jul 2011) and the Department of
Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Dec 2011)
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"Land Use and Management Change under Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies:
a U.S. Case Study"
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"Adaptation to Climate Change: Changes in Farmland Use and Stocking Rate in the U.S."
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presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (Aug 2012)
"Climate Change Impacts on the Severity of Avian Influenza Outbreaks Using Hurdle Models of
Count Data with Extra Zeroes"
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presented at the SAEA Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas (Feb 2011) and the Camp
Resources XVIII, Wrightsville Beach, NC (Aug 2011); The AgMIP North American Regional
Workshop, Ames, IA (Sep 2012)
"Economic Impacts of Wildfires on U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors"
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presented at the AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Dec 2011) and the AAEA Annual
Meeting, Seattle, WA (Aug 2012)
presented at the SAEA Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL ( Feb 2012)
"Avian Influenza outbreaks and poultry production mitigation strategies in the U.S"
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presented at the 115th Joint EAAE/ AAEA Seminar. Freising, Germany ( Sep 2010)
WORKING PAPERS
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"Regional Economic Resilience against Natural Disasters" (with Chen Y), under review
"Climate Change, Weather Events, and Future Socio-Economic Scenarios in a Semi-Reduced
Form Model of Agricultural Land Use" (with Antle J and Abatzoglou J), under review
"Regional Agricultural Pathways and Scenarios (RAPs) and Climate Impact Assessment for the
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Systems" (with Antle J and others)
"Climate and the Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Winter Wheat Yields: Evidence from the U.S.
Pacific Northwest" (with Antle J and Abatzoglou J)
"Valuating Willingness to Pay for Labeled Poultry Meat in Beijing" (with Jin Y)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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Mendenhall Research Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey
o Working on the LandCarbon project
o Assessing economic impacts of climate change impacts land-use changes
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2014-Present
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Calculating carbon dynamics through land-use changes using integrated assessment approach
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Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University
2012-Present
o Working on the Regional Approaches to Climate Change for Pacific Northwest Agriculture
(REACCH_PNA) project
o Assessing climate change impacts and adaptation on cereal production in Pacific Northwest
using an integrated approach of bio-economic models
o Examining and projecting climate change impacts on land-use decisions and crop yield
distributions in Pacific Northwest in STATA
o Conducting integrated climate change impacts assessments for regional agricultural
production systems
o Attending conferences and workshops for integrated assessments of climate change impacts
on agriculture in developing countries
o Integrating the land-use model to a regional trade-off analysis simulation model (TOA-MD)
to assess economic impacts of climate change in SAS
o Developing two learning modules of climate change for online courses and extension service
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Co-Principal Investigator, Texas A&M University
2010-2011
o Evaluated impacts of climate change adaptation and mitigation policy on land-use changes
and management as well as greenhouse gas emissions using a partial-equilibrium economic
model (FASOMGHG) in GAMS (paper published)
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Research Assistant, Texas A&M University
2008-2012
o Worked on the Animal Disease and Climate Change Project Funded by Homeland Security
o Analyzed economic impacts of climate change on avian influenza (AI) outbreaks using
dynamic econometric models in STATA (paper published)
o Estimated land use and livestock management adaptation responses to climate change
employing panel data and statistical models in STATA (paper published)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
2007-2012
o Instructor: STATA Programming for Applied Econometrics (Ph.D. level), I taught linear and
nonlinear models of cross-sectional and panel data.
o Guest Instructor: Homeland Security (graduate level), I taught one class on economic issues
and implications for policy design, focusing on topics of food safety information and demand,
Avian Influenza impacts on poultry consumption in China and on production in U.S.
o Teaching Assistant: Managerial Economics in Agribusiness (MS level), Environmental and
Resource Economics (undergraduate level), I wrote quiz questions, graded homework
assignments, and held office hours
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Reviewer: Climatic Change, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Mitigation and
Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Agricultural Economics, Foods, Applied Economics,
Agricultural Systems, Ecological Economics, Climate, Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Moderator: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA 2012)
Abstract Reviewer: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA 2014, AAEA 2015)
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Membership: American Economic Association (AEA), Agricultural & Applied Economics
Association (AAEA), Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), European
Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
GRANTS & AWARDS
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Open Oregon State (with Laurie Houston), 2014-2015
LandCarbon Project (with John Antle), U.S. Geological Survey, 2014-2016,$150,000
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Pachyderm project (with Laurie Houston) , 2012-2013, $ 3,000
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Carbon Sequestration Project, U.S. Geological Survey, 2010, $20,000 (with B. A. McCarl)
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) Travel Grant, Texas A&M University, 2010, 2011
The Graduate Student Research and Presentation Grant, Texas A&M University, 2010
The Best Masters’ Thesis Award, Renmin University, 2007
Fellowships for graduate studies, Renmin University, 2005-2007
ONLINE COURSE
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Economics of Climate Change (http://extension.oregonstate.edu/eesc/pachydermshowcase)
COMPUTER & LANGUAGE SKILLS& CITIZENSHIP
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Programming: STATA,GAMS, Tableau, Matlab, SAS, R, RATS,VB, Microsoft Office
Language: Chinese (native), English (proficient)
Citizenship: People’s Republic of China
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