Faculty Profile for Dr. Xiangping Liu

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Dr. Xiangping Liu
Assistant Professor — Department of Agricultural Sciences
AG AG PAVILLION 105
phone: (512) 245-4852
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Teaching Interests

 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Applied Econometrics, Microeconomics (all levels), Agricultural Policy, and Development Economics.

Research Interests

 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Policy, and Development Economics.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Kenchanna, D., (Waliczek) Cade, T. M., & Liu, X. (2025). Measuring the Impact of Education on Waste Streams from Multifamily Housing. Recycling. Recycling, 10(3), 102. Retrieved from . https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling10030102
  • Liu, X., Parsley, E. C., & (Waliczek) Cade, T. M. (n.d.). Awareness of Campus Sustainability Initiatives: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Survey Data. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
  • Moore, E., Liu, X., & Drewery, M. (2024). Pelagic fish spared from ocean catch by integrating Black Soldier Fly Larvae in aquaculture production. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Section Aquatic Foods, 8(1297414). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1297414
  • Parsley, E., Liu, X., & Tina Cade. (2024). Developing a Questionnaire for Measuring the Importance of Campus Sustainability Initiatives. Journal of Sustainability Education, 29. Retrieved from https://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/developing-a-questionnaire-for-measuring-the-importance-of-campus-sustainability-initiatives_2024_03/
  • Pandey, S., Liu, X., Soti, P., & Racelis, A. (n.d.). Estimating Economic Benefits of cover cropping on Carbon and Nitrogen storage in Organic Farming. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor Award, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2024 - May 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. 2020

Selected Grants

  • Ekin, Tahir (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Summers, Lucia (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Supporting), Liu, Xiangping (Supporting), Chang, Carolyn T (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting). Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: January 2024 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Liu, Xiangping (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Balaji Bhaskar, Maruthi Sridhar (Co-Principal), Abongwa, Pride (Co-Principal), Jayachandran, Krishnaswamy (Co-Principal). Comprehensive Experiential Learnings to Promote Climate Resilient Agriculture for Under-Represented Minority Students, USDA NIFA HSI, Federal, $1200000. (Submitted: February 7, 2024, Funded: October 1, 2024 - September 2028). Grant.
  • Serenari, Christopher (Principal), Liu, Xiangping (Co-Principal), Starns, Heath (Co-Principal), Donvan, Victoria (Co-Principal). Modeling CRPs Role in Wildfire Resilience, United States Department of Agriculture, Federal, $1146849. (Funded: September 1, 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Liu, Xiangping (Co-Principal), (Waliczek) Cade, Tina Marie (Co-Principal). Estimating Economic Cost Savings and Carbon Footprint Benefits from Avoided Food Waste for Urban Households —Insights from a Waste Audit and Household Surveys, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.
  • Racelis, Alexis (Principal), Liu, Xiangping (Co-Principal), Soti, Pushpa (Co-Principal), Christoffersen, Bradley (Co-Principal). Subtropical Soil Health Demonstration: On-Farm Trials with Cover Crops for Conservation Innovation in south Texas, USDA-NRCS-NHQ-CIGOFT-20-GEN0010750, Federal, $1899545. (Funded: May 5, 2021 - December 30, 2025). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Committee member for research and outreach at Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science (TXST CAD)
2023-Present
Editor
Frontiers in Environmental Economics-- Resource Economics section
November 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Aquaculture
2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Environmental and Resource Economics
2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Ambio
May 2022-Present