School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences College of Science

Higher-Education

• Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan
• M.S., Agricultural and Resource Economics, Statistics Minor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• M.A., International Studies, Hanyang University, Korea 
• B.S., Political Science, Business Administration Dual, Keimyung University, Korea

Research Overview

My research is dedicated to agricultural economics and environmental and natural resource economics, with an emphasis on addressing water and land resource challenges faced by farmers and residents. Additionally, I have an interest in ecosystem services valuation and sustainable energy production. The long-term research goal is to pursue new analytical and integrative approaches to finding economically feasible and environmentally beneficial strategies for promoting agri-environmental sustainability. Explicitly, I integrate quantitative and empirical research methods along with policy analysis to interpret the interaction between anthropogenic factors and agri-environmental issues.

Publications

• Lee, J., Nemati, M., Allaire, M., and Dinar, A. (2024). The Impact of Pricing Structure Change on Residential Water Demand: A Long-Term Analysis of Major Water Utilities in California. Water Resources Economics Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2024.100240
• Zhao, J., Lee. J., and Wang. D. (2023). A Critical Review on Water Overconsumption in Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Ethanol Production through Enzymic Hydrolysis and Fermentation. Energy & Fuels. 37 (4), 2667–2680. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00015
• Zhao, J., Feng, D. and Lee, J., (2023). Life Cycle Assessment of calcium oxide pretreatment of corn stover with carbon dioxide neutralization for ethanol production. Bioresource Technology, 379, 129042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129042
• Zhao, J., Wang. Z., Jin Q., Feng. D., and Lee. J. (2023). Isomerization of Galactose to Tagatose: Recent Advances in Non-enzymatic Isomerization. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71 (10), 4228–4234. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c00095
• Lee, J., Nemati, M., and Sánchez, J.J., (2022). Assessing the Vulnerability of California Water Utilities to Wildfires. Water Resources Management, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-022-03247-5 
• Lee, J. and Hendricks, N.P. (2022). Irrigation decisions in response to groundwater salinity in Kansas. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 47(3), 616-633. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.313318
• Zhao, J., Lee, J., & Wang, D. (2022). An integrated deep eutectic solvent-ionic liquid-metal catalyst system for lignin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural production from lignocellulosic biomass: Technoeconomic analysis. Bioresource Technology, 127277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127277
• Zhao, J., Yang, Y., Lee, J., and Wang, D. (2022). Technoeconomic Analysis of Ethanol Production from Corn Stover without Solid–Liquid Separation and Detoxification. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10 (30), 10077-10083. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03572
• Nemati, M. and Lee, J. (2022). How Are Urban Water Suppliers Responding to Drought? Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 25(6): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1661186505/20471/
• Zhao, J., Yang, Y., Lee, J., Zhang, M., Roozeboom, K.L., and Wang, D. (2022). Experimental and technoeconomic assessment of monosaccharide and furan production under high biomass loading without solid-liquid separation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(5), 1972-1982. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00063
• Lee, J., Nemati, M. and Dinar, A. (2021). Historical trends of residential water use in California: Effects of droughts and conservation policies. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 44(1), 511-530. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13149
• Zhao, J., Lee, J., Weiss, T., & Wang, D. (2021). Technoeconomic analysis of multiple-stream ethanol and lignin production from lignocellulosic biomass: Insights into the chemical selection and process integration. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9(40), 13640-13652. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05169
• Lee, J., Nemati, M., and Dinar, A. (2021). How Has Residential Per Capita Water Consumption in California Changed Between 1994–2019? Agricultural and Resource Economics Update 24(5): 5-8. University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. https://giannini.ucop.edu/filer/file/1624402747/20073/
• Zhao, J., Griffin, J., Roozeboom, K., Lee, J., & Wang, D. (2021). Lignin, sugar, and furan production of industrial hemp biomass via an integrated process. Industrial Crops & Products, 172, 114049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.114049
• Zhao, J., Jin, S., Zhang, Q., Wang, F., and Lee, J., and Wang, D. (2021). Characterization of Four Chinese Bread Wheat Varieties Over Five Years. ACS Food Science & Technology, 1(5): 770-777. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.1c00020
• Cho, S.H., Lee, J., Roberts, R. Edward, T.Y., and Armsworth, P.R. (2018). Impact of market conditions on the effectiveness of payments for forest-based carbon sequestration. Forest Policy and Economics 92: 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2018.03.009
• Cho, S.H., Lee, J., Roberts, R.K., English, B.C., Edward, T.Y., Kim, T., and Armsworth, P.R. (2017). Evaluating a tax-based subsidy approach for forest carbon sequestration. Environmental Conservation 44(3): 234-243. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892917000078

Present Courses

• ENVR 3304- Sustainable Development
• ENVR 43021- Environmental Regulations
• ENVR 5370- Special Topic-Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• EEMS 6385- Graduate Research