Mackenzie Jones is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and The Ohio State University. Mackenzie received her undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Akron and graduated summa cum laude. During her undergraduate career, she was a research assistant at the University of Notre Dame working on a project about gender economics and work-life balance. She was also a researcher for the University of Wisconsin-Stout working on differential equation modeling for algae growth concerning the local watershed. This then led into her senior research about coupled bio-economic systems and the optimal phosphorus level for a watershed. She has an outreach and journal publication, in addition to numerous conference presentations, most recently at Stanford.