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

  • 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/
  • Drewery, M. L., Liu, X., & Wickersham, T. (2022). Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) as a feed for beef cattle: A hedonic pricing model. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 8(7). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.0166
  • Liu, X., Cho, S.-H., Chen, G., Hayes, D., English, B., & Armswoth, P. (2022). Does a trade-off exist between economic and environmental impacts of forest carbon payment programs? Sustainability Science, 17. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-022-01114-1#:~:text=These%20figures%20suggest%20that%20a,to%20higher%20carbon%20cost%20efficiencies.
  • Liu, X., Seong-Hoon Cho, Daniel Hayes, & Armsworth, P. (2021). Where and When Carbon Storage can be Bought from Private Landowners?”. Environmental Management, 67, pages930-948. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-021-01427-4

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
Participant
Bobcat Day Faculty representative
November 12, 2022-Present