I’m an economist at Columbia University studying issues in economic development and inequality. So far, my research has focused on leveraging large-scale administrative data to answer questions in industrial development, labor, and public economics.
I was born in Germany, and had the privilege of living in India (my home country), Iran, Austria, Thailand, and Kenya before coming to the US for college. I’m a big fan of (old school) hip hop, (Arsenal and Germany) football, reading historical fiction, and exploring different cuisines. Feel free to reach out!
Ph.D. in Economics, 2024
Columbia University
M.A. in Economics, 2020
Columbia University
B.A. in Economics, 2017
Harvard College
(with Utkarsh Kumar)
(with Michael Best, Nada Eissa, Joseph Okello, Jakob Rauschendorfer, and Sandra Sequeira)
(with Alexander Klemm and Li Liu)
Fall 2021 (TF), Spring 2022 (Head TF)
Summer 2020 (TF)
(with Michael Best, Nada Eissa, Joseph Okello, Jakob Rauschendorfer, and Sandra Sequeira). 2023. International Growth Centre Project Report.
(under Dalberg Advisors). 2017. World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) Working Paper.
(with Tanoubi Ngangom). In Global Goals, National Action: Making the Post-2015 Development Agenda Relevant to India, edited by Vikrom Mathur and Ritika Passi. London: Global Policy and Observer Research Foundation.
(with Shubh Soni). August 2015. Observer Research Foundation Issue Brief 100.
Graduate Research Fellow for Joseph Stiglitz (2019-present)
Graduate Research Fellow for Michael Best (2020-21)
Fund Internship Program (2023)
Analyst (2017-18), Intern (2016)
Research Assistant for EU Fellow Marzena Rogalska (2015-16)
Research Associate (2015)
Research Intern in the Center for Economy and Development (2015)
Legal Research Intern (2014)