Harshanee Jayasekera
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deshamithra Harshanee Jayasekera joined the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute in August 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. She is an environmental economist and a demographer interested in analyzing how climate and environmental changes affect human population movements and population health. In her role, Harshanee collaborates with personnel from the University of Nebraska Medical Center to advance agricultural water and public health policies. Her current project focuses on valuating the health and economic impact of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in Nebraska.
Harshanee holds a dual doctoral degree in Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics and Demography from the Pennsylvania State University. She has a master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.