Seong-Hoon Cho
Specialization: Natural Resource & Environmental Economics
My professional interests lie in environmental and resource economics, with a focus on land use, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and the economics of conservation and climate change. I apply microeconomics, econometrics, and optimization methods to promote sustainable management of agricultural and forested landscapes. I am particularly interested in market-based environmental instruments, forest carbon credit markets, and climate-smart agricultural systems.
Land conservation strategies for the protection of ecosystem services, e.g., exploring optimal spatial and temporal targeting of payments for forest-based ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
- How can we promote the sustainability of agricultural and forest lands by encouraging policymakers to incorporate multiple uncertainties that affect both conservation benefits and costs when designing conservation subsidy programs?
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
- PhD, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University, Issued 11/11/2025
- Doctorate, Agriculture, Oregon State University, 2001
- Masters, Economics, Oregon State University, 1996
- BS, Economics, Radford University, 1994
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
Seong-Hoon Cho
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
- PhD, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University, Issued 11/11/2025
- Doctorate, Agriculture, Oregon State University, 2001
- Masters, Economics, Oregon State University, 1996
- BS, Economics, Radford University, 1994
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
My professional interests lie in environmental and resource economics, with a focus on land use, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and the economics of conservation and climate change. I apply microeconomics, econometrics, and optimization methods to promote sustainable management of agricultural and forested landscapes. I am particularly interested in market-based environmental instruments, forest carbon credit markets, and climate-smart agricultural systems.
Land conservation strategies for the protection of ecosystem services, e.g., exploring optimal spatial and temporal targeting of payments for forest-based ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
- How can we promote the sustainability of agricultural and forest lands by encouraging policymakers to incorporate multiple uncertainties that affect both conservation benefits and costs when designing conservation subsidy programs?