cv | Hongdi Zhao

Full Name	Hongdi Zhao
Languages	Mandarin (Native), English

Expected 2026
PhD, Applied Economics and Management

Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
- Development Economics
- Machine Learning
2018

Master in International Development

Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA
2016

Bachelor of Science in Statistics

East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Research Analyst

International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC
- PIs are Katrina Kosec, Catherine Ragasa
Jul 2019 - Aug 2020
Pre-doctoral Research Fellow

Yale Economic Growth Center, New Haven, CT
- PIs are Rohini Pande, Erica Field, Giorgia Barboni
Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
Research Fellow

Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA
- PIs are Rohini Pande, Erica Field, Giorgia Barboni

2023 - 2024
- E&E Green Farms in Rwanda, Project Lead, The Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) Program, Cornell University
- Child Marriage in Nigeria, Project Lead, The Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) Program, Cornell University
2022 - Current
- Graduate Resident Fellow, Flora Rose House, Cornell University
2023 - Current
- Assistant Editor, Economics That Really Matters (ETRM)
2021 - 2022
- Developing a U.S. Sustainable Tourism Index, Project Lead, The Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) Program, Cornell University