
Economist and Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) with over four years of professional experience conducting high-stakes policy research within elite federal institutions. Expert in applying rigorous econometric frameworks with large datasets —including causal inference, longitudinal analysis, and time series models—to drive evidence-based decision-making at the Council of Economic Advisers and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
My research utilizes phone mobility data (Advan Patterns and SafeGraph Spend) to identify business activity spillovers from American Indian casinos to off-reservation businesses. This research relies heavily on the latest difference-in-difference innovations.
Published Research
with Daniel Levy, Haipeng Allan Chen, Sourav Ray, Xiao Ling, Weihong Zhao, Mark Bergen, and Avichai Snir. Economics Letters 254, 112450, 2025
with Matthew Gregg and Alice Tianbo Zhang. American Economics Association Papers and Proceedings 115, 438-444, 2025
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications and Essays
American Economics Association The Minority Report Winter 2026
with Andrew Goodman-Bacon. For All, Spring 2023 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Extension
University of Minnesota Extension
Economic Dashboards
Project lead, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Technical Expertise
R, Stata, Python, Github, SQL