Matthew J. MacLachlan, PhD

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY 14853

Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis, 2015
B.S., Environmental Biology and Management, University of California at Davis, 2008
B.A., Economics, University of California at Davis, 2008

Matthew J. MacLachlan, David Boussios, and Amy D. Hagerman. 2022 "The economic impacts of embargoes resulting from highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in the United States." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Matthew J. MacLachlan, Andrew Liebhold, Takehiko Yamanaka, and Michael Springborn. 2021. "Hidden patterns of insect establishment risk revealed from two centuries of alien species discoveries." Science Advances, 7(44), p.eabj1012.
Stacy Sneeringer, Gianna Short, Matthew J. MacLachlan, and Maria Bowman. 2020. "Impacts on livestock producers and veterinarians of FDA policies on use of medically important antibiotics in food animal production." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 42.4: 674–694.
Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, Amar P. Patel, Scott Barb, Matthew J. MacLachlan, Tave van Zyl, Thanos Papakostas, and Dean Eliott. 2019. "Characteristics and outcomes of endogenous endophthalmitis: eight-year experience at a tertiary care center." Ophthalmology Retina 3.1: 61–72.
Matthew J. MacLachlan, Michael Springborn, and Paul L. Fackler. 2017. "Learning about a moving target in resource management: optimal Bayesian disease control." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 99.1: 140–162.
Micheal R. Springborn, Gerardo Chowell, Matthew J. MacLachlan, and Eli Fenichel. 2015. "Accounting for behavioral responses during a flu epidemic using home television viewing." BMC Infectious Disease, 21:15.

Three ERS Extra Effort awards for updates to the USDA’s forecasting models, leading a workshop, and contributing to a study of COVID-19’s impacts on pork producers. 2022
John E. Lee Award for Sustained Excellence in Group Economic Analysis. 2022
Two ERS Extra Effort Awards for developing food-price forecasting method and a publication. 2021
Research, Education, and Economics Under Secretary’s Award for contributions as part of the ERS COVID-19 Team. 2020
Three ERS Extra Effort Awards for leading a recruitment effort, serving on ERS’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Team, and serving on the Plant Breeders Working Group. 2020
ERS agency award: the Helios—Communication. Honorable Mention. 2019
Three Extra Effort Awards for establishing MTED’s Young Researchers’ Writing Group, serving on the organization committee for a post AAEA workshop, and contributing to an ERS employee satisfaction survey. 2018
The Helios—Research, Staff Analysis, and Outlook. Honorable Mention. 2017
Gianinni Foundation: Agricultural and Resource Economics Update. Award for The Most Downloaded Article 2012–2013. Also featured as the most popular over five years. UC Davis Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics Block Grant. 2009–2010
Departmental Citation “conferred in recognition of outstanding economic undergraduate accomplishment.” 2008
NCAA Academic All American. 2005–2007

Founder and organizer of the MTED/ERS Research Writing Group. 2016–present
Federal Forecasters Consortium Board member. 2020–present
Plant Breeders Working Group. 2020–present
Farm Foundation Agricultural Scholars Program mentor. 2021
USDA - Economic Research Service’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Team. 2020
Several ERS hiring and review committees 2017–present
New Employee Mentoring, USDA - ERS, MTED. 2016–present
Faculty Search Committee member, University of California, Davis. 2014
Graduate Student Social Committee co-chair, University of California, Davis. 2011–2012
Graduate Student Mentoring, University of California, Davis. 2012–2014