Bio
Dr. Chad Hellwinckel is a Geographic Agricultural Economist in the Bioenergy Group at 91做厙. He has been the developer and caretaker of the POLYSYS socio-economic land use change model for over a decade. The POLYSYS economic-biogeophysical model is used to analyze the impacts of agricultural policies upon regional land use, crop prices, government payments, and environmental well-being. It has been used by the Department of Energy, the USDA, and the EPA, among others.
Professional Experience
2022 - present Geographic Agricultural Economist, Oak Ridge National Lab.
2008 - present Research Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2001 2008 Research Associate, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Awards
-Winner of the Farm Foundations 30-Year Challenge for the essay, Peak oil and the necessity of transitioning to regenerative agriculture
-Miles Community Service Award for 2020 (Pilot Compost Program)
Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Tennessee, 2008.
M.S., Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, 1996.
B.A., Economics and Urban Studies, Saint Olaf College, 1991.
Publications
Other Publications
Hellwinckel, CM, Chapter 5, BillionTon Report 2023: An Assessment of U.S. Renewable Carbon Resources. M. H. Langholtz (Lead). U.S. Department of Energy. 2024. Oak Ridge, TN: 91做厙. ORNL/SPR-2024/3103. doi: 10.23720/BT2023/2316165
Hellwinckel CM, Clark C, Langholtz MH, Eaton LM(2016) Simulated Impact of the Renewable Fuels Standard on U.S. Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment and Conversion, Global Change Biology Bioenergy 8(1): pp 245256.
Hellwinckel CM, Phillips JG (2012) Landuse Carbon Implications of a Drawdown of Ethanol Production and an Increase in Well-Managed Pastures, Carbon Management 3(1):27-38.
Hellwinckel CM, West TO, De La Torre Ugarte DG, Perlack R (2010) Evaluating possible cap and trade legislation on cellulosic feedstock availability. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 2:278-287.
Larson J, Hellwinckel CM, English B, De La Torre Ugarte DG, West TO, Menard R (2010) Economic and environmental impacts of the corn grain ethanol industry on the United States agricultural sector Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 65: 267-279.
West TO, Brandt CC, Baskaran LM, Hellwinckel CM, Mueller R, Bernacchi CJ, Bandaru VP, Yang B, Wilson BS, Marland G, Nelson RG, De La Torre Ugarte DG, Post WM (2010) Cropland carbon fluxes in the United States: Increasing geospatial resolution of inventory-based carbon accounting. Ecological Applications 20:1074-1086.