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Dr. Xiangping Liu

  • Associate Professor - Department of Agricultural Sciences
  • Associate Professor - Department of Agricultural Sciences
  • Program Faculty - Department of Agricultural Sciences

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • 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 - 2028). Grant.
  • 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 2026). Grant.
  • Menezes De Carvalho, Marcelo (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Ikehata, Keisuke (Co-Principal), Liu, Xiangping (Co-Principal). F.L.A.S.H. - Flash Flood Local Alert & Safety Hub, Research Accelerator Program, Texas State University, $15000. (Submitted: August 7, 2025, Funded: August 11, 2025 - 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.
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  • Pandey, S., Liu, X., Soti, P., & Racelis, A. (2025). Estimating Economic Benefits of cover cropping on Carbon and Nitrogen storage in Organic Farming. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21683565.2025.2469071?af=R
  • 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. (2025). Awareness of Campus Sustainability Initiatives: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Survey Data. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 1–42. https://doi.org/DOI 10.1108/IJSHE-09-2024-0611
  • 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/
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  • 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
  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Federal Grant Peer-Review Panelist (Invited). Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

  2. Member

    Department Governance Committee

  3. Member

    Faculty Fellow for Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science (TXST CAD)

  4. Editor

    Frontiers in Environmental Economics-- Resource Economics section

  5. Other

    Program coordinator for Agribusiness program at Dept. of Ag Science

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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