Dr. Hamilton is recognized internationally for his research and consulting related to environmental and land use regulation, energy and water markets, groundwater managements, and antitrust. His academic and professional honors include providing a plenary address at an international conference sponsored by the European Science Foundation, selection as a research fellow in the Rural Development Research Consortium at the University of California, Berkeley, serving on the sustainable management panel that governs the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, and receiving the Early Career Award for Outstanding Faculty Research.