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Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - University of Hawai'i at Manoa

PingSun Leung

Professor


Degrees

Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Agricultural Systems Analysis, 1977

M.S., University of Hawaii, Agricultural & Resource Economics, 1977

M.S., University of Hawaii, Information & Computer Science, 1975

B.B.A., University of Hawaii, Economics & Statistics, 1973

Areas of Research

Quantitative methods; Management science; Production economics; Economics of aquaculture and fisheries; Computer modeling.

Current Courses

Professional Society Memberships

International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management

International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade

International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

World Aquaculture Society

Hawaii Aquaculture Association

Other Related Service

Founding Editor, Aquaculture Economics and Management. (Editor, 1996-2004; Editorial Board Member, 2005-present)

Editorial Board Member, Aquaculture, an international journal published by Elsevier.

Cooperating Graduate Faculty in Economics, and Natural Resource and Environmental Management.

Economic consultant to government and private organizations in the State of Hawaii and international organizations including UNDP, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, Asian Development Bank, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, WorldFish Center, and Mekong River Commission.

Awards and Recognition

2003, Fellow, Rural Development Research Consortium

1992, Honorary Guest Professor, Jilin University, People's Republic of China

1990, Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching (University of Hawaii)

1989, Outstanding Researcher, Gamma Sigma Delta (Hawaii)

1987-1988, Fulbright Scholar Award

1986, University of Hawaii Merit Award

Who's Who among Asian Americans

Recent Publications

P.S. Leung and C. Engle, Editors. Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market and Trade, Blackwell Publishing, 2006, 335pp.

N.C. Pradhan and P.S. Leung. “Sea turtle interactions with Hawaii 's longline fishery: An extended multiobjective programming model incorporating spatial and seasonal dimensions,” Applied Economics, in press.

R. Yu and P.S. Leung. “Optimal partial harvesting schedule for aquaculture operations,” Marine Resource Economics, in press.

H. Huang and P.S. Leung. “Modeling protected species as an undesirable output: the case of sea turtle interactions in Hawaii ’s longline fishery,” Journal of Environmental Management , in press.

N.C. Pradhan and P.S. Leung. 2006. “Incorporating sea turtle interactions in a multi-objective programming model for Hawaii 's longline fishery,” Ecological Economics, in press.

J. Cai and P.S. Leung. 2006. “Toward a more general measure of revealed comparative advantage variation,” Applied Economics Letters , in press.

R. Yu and P.S. Leung. 2006. “Optimal pest management: a reproductive pollutant perspective,” International Journal of Pest Management, 52(3):155– 166.

J. Cai, P.S. Leung and J. Mak. 2006. “Tourism’s forward and backward linkages,” Journal of Travel Research, 45(1): 36-52.

N.C. Pradhan and P.S. Leung. 2006. “A Poisson and negative binomial regression model of sea turtle interactions in Hawaii 's longline fishery,” Fisheries Research, 78:309–322 .

R. Yu, P.S. Leung and P. Bienfang. 2006. “Optimal production schedule in commercial shrimp culture,” Aquaculture, 254: 426–441.

R. Yu, P.S. Leung and P. Bienfang. 2006. “Predicting shrimp growth: artificial neural netwrok vs. nonlinear regression models," Aquacultural Engineering, 34(1):26-32 .

P.S. Leung. 2006. “Multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) applications in fishery management,” invited paper in a special issue on Planning Support Systems for Environmental Management, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 6(1/2):96-110.

J. Cai and P.S. Leung. Growth and Stability of Agricultural Production in Hawaii: A Portfolio Analysis. Economic Issues EI-9, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, April 2006, 11pp.

L.E. Kam, P.S. Leung and C.S. Tamaru. Feasibility of Direct Marketing Hawaii’s Freshwater Ornamentals. Aquafarmer Information Sheet #152, Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, June 2006, 16pp.

J. Cai and P.S. Leung. 2006. “Export Performance of Frozen Cultured Shrimp in the Japan , U.S. and EU Markets: A Global Assessment,” Chapter 2 in Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market and Trade, P.S. Leung and C. Engle, Editors, Blackwell Publishers, p. 11-39.

F. Martinez-Cordero and P.S. Leung. 2006. “Production Performance Economic Indicators and their Role in the Planning and Assessment of the Sustainable Development of Aquaculture,” Chapter 7 in Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market and Trade, P.S. Leung and C. Engle, Editors, Blackwell Publishers, pp. 95-105.

Y. Yuan, J. Cai and P.S. Leung. 2006. “An Overview of China’s Cultured Shrimp Industry,” Chapter 14 in Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market and Trade, P.S. Leung and C. Engle, Editors, Blackwell Publishers, pp197-221.

S. Moss and P.S. Leung. 2006. “Comparative Cost of Shrimp Production: Earthen Ponds versus Recirculating Aquaculture Systems,” Chapter 19 in Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market and Trade, P.S. Leung and C. Engle, Editors, Blackwell Publishers, pp.291-300.

R. Yu, P.S. Leung and P. Bienfang. 2006. “A Decision Support System for Efficient Scheduling of Multi-Pond and Multi-Cycle Commercial Shrimp Culture,” Chapter 21 in Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market and Trade, P.S. Leung and C. Engle, Editors, Blackwell Publishers, pp. 315-327.