I am on the job market in the 2025–26 academic year. My research centers on environmental and energy economics, with a focus on how urban safety, environmental policy, and clean technology transitions shape individual behavior and economic outcomes. I am particularly interested in leveraging granular data and empirical tools to better inform policy design at the intersection of consumer behavior, environmental risk, and public welfare.
During the 2023–25 academic year, I worked as a research assistant on projects related to energy transition, climate justice, and spatial economic inequality. My dissertation research investigates two main areas: the first examines how short-term rental markets, such as Airbnb in New York City, can be used to estimate local economic cost of violent crimes as well as to quantify the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) by observing how localized violent crime affects travelers’ willingness to pay; the second explores the evolution of global electric vehicle (EV) policies since 2014 and their effects on market development, energy use, and consumer welfare.
At the University of Connecticut, I have also studied the distributional impacts of green workforce development policies, spatial disparities in access to low-carbon infrastructure, and how place-based investments interact with energy justice goals. My broader interests include housing markets, urban crime, energy transition policy, and the behavioral effects of environmental risk.
I hold a B.A. in Economics with Computer Science and Philosophy minors from Brandeis University, an M.S. in Finance from Johns Hopkins University, and an M.A. in Economics from Pennsylvania State University.