Prior to his doctoral studies, Aklesso Egbendewe-Mondzozo worked as a lecturer at the Université de Lomé where he taught Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics and Monetary Economics. He also taught courses in Principles of Economics and Bussiness Management in several private colleges in his home country, Togo. He joined Michigan State University in winter 2010 as Visiting Research Associate. His current research focuses on bioenergy and environmental policy modeling in developed and developing countries.

Professional Interests:

• Energy, Climate change, and Agricultural policy
• Econometrics, Mathematical programming, and Risk analysis
• Livestock diseases mitigation
• Industrial organization
• Development economics
• Transportation economics

Selected Publications:

Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A., S. M. Swinton, R. C. Izaurralde, D. Manowitz and Z. Xuesong 2011 “Can Dispersed Biomass Processing Protect the Environment and Cover the Bottom Line for Biofuel.” Staff Paper 2011-15, Michigan State University, East Lansing.

Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A., S. M. Swinton, R. C. Izaurralde, X. Zhang and D.H. Manowitz 2011, “Biomass supply from crop residues and cellulosic crops: A spatially explicit bioeconomic modeling approach” Biomass and Bioenergy 35(11): 4636-4647.

Egbendewe-Mondzozo A., Musumba M., McCarl B.A., Wu X. 2011. Climate Change and Vector-borne Diseases: An Economic Impact Analysis of Malaria in Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 8(3):913-930.

Higgins, L., D. Shaw and A. Egbendewe-Mondzozo 2011, “Attributes affecting preferences for traffic safety camera programs.” Accident Analysis & Prevention, 43: 1042-1048.

Egbendewe-Mondzozo, A., L. Higgins and D. Shaw. 2010. “Red-light cameras at intersections: estimating preferences using stated choice model.”, Transportation Research Part A, 44:281-290.