How Algae, Avocados, and Happy Accidents Helped Shape a Career: An Interview with Environmental Economist Prakash Mishra

As a kid growing up in North Carolina, Prakash Mishra was very interested in planets. “My parents got me a telescope when I turned 6 or 7, and that was my personality for probably 10 years,” he says, noting that he thought he would eventually study physics or astrophysics. But a series of what he calls “happy accidents” led him down a different path.