His PhD training (from Duke University’s School of the Environment) is in environmental andresource Economics. Broadly, his research and teaching is in the field of ‘bioeconomics,’ analyzing the dynamic interactions between human behavior and complex environmental and ecological systems, using experimental methods, observational data, mathematical models and theory. His specific topics of focus have included global malaria control policy, insect resistance management, behavioral economics, technology adoption, and more recently the dynamics of agricultural biotechnology innovation. Dr. Brown is originally from Elkins, West Virginia, and he did his undergraduate work at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.