Current Position

Program Coordinator and Lecturer
Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
2024 - Present

I design and teach courses in macroeconomic theory and econometrics for masters students. All course materials are open source and available at jhu-aap-econ.github.io. I serve as faculty advisor to students interested in pursuing a PhD in Economics or a career in industry, and as course manager for adjunct faculty teaching econometrics.

Visiting Assistant Research Professor
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2023 - 2024

Continued research on heterogeneous agent models and solution methods. Advised Ph.D. students interested in heterogeneous agent macroeconomics. Collaborated with Prof. Christopher Carroll on ongoing projects.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics
The Ohio State University, 2023
Advisors: Prof. Meta Brown (OSU), Prof. Christopher Carroll (JHU)

M.A. in Economics
The University of Texas at Austin, 2017

B.S. in Pure Mathematics, B.A. in Economics with Special Honors, B.A. in Government
The University of Texas at Austin, 2013

Research Interests

My research focuses on developing advanced computational methods to analyze the economic conditions of households, with emphasis on understanding and addressing inequality, poverty, and economic mobility. I work at the intersection of computational economics, quantitative macroeconomics, and household finance, developing tools and methods that make economic research more accessible, transparent, and reproducible.

Key areas: Computational Economics, Quantitative Macroeconomics, Household Finance, Inequality, Computational Social Science, Open Source Economics, Reproducible Research

Affiliations

Core Developer, Econ-ARK (2020 - Present)
Open-source initiative dedicated to facilitating heterogeneous agent modeling for policy-makers and academic researchers. Part of NumFOCUS, a non-profit supporting open source projects in scientific Python.

Service

Chair, Open Source Science (OSSci) Economics Interest Group (2024 - Present)

Reviewer, Journal of Open Source Software

Graduate Student Representative, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
Department of Economics, The Ohio State University (2020 - 2023)

Delegate for the Department of Economics, Council of Graduate Students
The Ohio State University (2020 - 2022)

President, Economics Graduate Student Society
The Ohio State University (2018 - 2020)

Awards