I am a sixth-year Ph.D. Candidate and Kirk Dornbush Fellow in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University, set to graduate in May 2026. I received my M.S. in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics from Michigan State University in 2020.

I am a trade economist studying problems in the innovation, international diffusion, and adoption of new technologies using both structural modeling and reduced form techniques. My past research at Michigan State used contingent valuation methods to explore how landowners adopt technologies and practices that mitigate environmental pollution. 

Feel free to contact me over e-mail! zachary.r.luther@vanderbilt.edu.