Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Liu, Xiangping (Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %3, Balaji Bhaskar, Maruthi Sridhar (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %3, Abongwa, Pride (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Jayachandran, Krishnaswamy (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %3. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.
Featured 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
Featured service activities
- Member
Committee member for research and outreach at Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science (TXST CAD)
- Editor
Frontiers in Environmental Economics-- Resource Economics section
- Reviewer / Referee
Aquaculture
- Reviewer / Referee
Environmental and Resource Economics
- Reviewer / Referee
Ambio
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics