• Primary fields: general equilibrium modeling (especially Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) modeling), comparative-static and dynamic computable general equilibrium applications for policy analysis, international trade and commercial policy, growth and development.
• Secondary fields: macroeconomics, microeconomics, mathematical economics, econometrics, economics of natural resources and the environment.

Employment:

• Associate Professor (September 2008 onwards)
• Assistant Professor (September 2003—August 2008), College of Economics and Business, Hanyang University, Ansan Campus and department of international studies, Hanyang University Seoul campus, South Korea.
• Visiting Professor (August 2002—August 2003), School of Economics and Trade, Graduate School of Business, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702?01, South Korea.
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (January 2001-July 2002), School of Forest Resources and Conservation (Resource Economics and Policy), Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

Other professional experiences:

• Courtesy Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
• Visiting Research Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA January-February 2005.
• Honorary Junior Research Associate (2000), Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Project and Department of Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia.
• Research and Teaching Associate (1995), International Management Institute, New Delhi, India.
• Research Assistant (1995), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India.
• Project Associate (1994) for the Embassy of the U.S.A., New Delhi, India.

Professional Affiliation:

• Member of the American Economic Association.
• Member of the Agricultural Economics Society, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Monash Alumni Association, Monash University, Australia.
• Alumni Member of Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
• Marquis Who's Who in the World (forthcoming edition 2008-2009)