She earned her PhD in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University in 2010. Her work sits at the intersection of soil fertility, market participation, and food security. Current projects investigate the relationship between food security and mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa, the effects of the provision of soil information on smallholder farmer production and investment in Tanzania, the structure of Walmart's fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in China, and farmers' preferences over different combinations of ISFM technologies in Malawi. To see Prof. Michelson's website, please click here.