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New York, New York, United States

Washington, DC, United States

New York, New York, United States

Provided economic and financial analysis in multiple commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings.

Boston, MA

I worked with Professor Stephen Terry on the importance of transitory shocks to firm profitability, and how they impact a firm’s long-term investment decisions. My role in this project involved writing Matlab and Stata simulation codes to add new informative covariates that allow for the estimation of heterogeneity in firm short-term shock sensitivities.

Boston, MA

• Initiated and executed the first quantitative analysis that examines the compatibility among scaling solutions for the Bitcoin network under the supervision of Professor Catalini at MIT.
• Complied a comprehensive dataset from the Bitcoin blockchain and performed statistical analysis that links the current protocol incompatibility to strong network effects and heterogeneous user tastes.

Saratoga Springs, NY

• Designed and conducted the independent research project “Determinants of Post-Secondary Education Attainment” after completing an extensive literature review.
• Won the department recommendation to present the project at a multi-college academic festival.

Skidmore College, NY

• Manipulated and organized large datasets to generate variables and descriptive statistics using STATA.
• Created extensive literature reviews that inspire later research projects into Indonesian development policies.

Satatoga Springs, NY

• Weekly office hours (2 hours) providing students help in class materials and coursework for intermediate and advanced level Economics
• Tutor at the intermediate and advanced level Economics
• Tutor at the introductory, intermediate, and advanced level Chinese, including teaching a weekly class of 6

New York, NY

• Created an original dataset containing the precise coordinates of 300+ marginalized communities in Delhi.
• Utilized QGIS to generate maps (2D & 3D) displaying important characteristics of these communities.
• Presented results at the consortium meeting, laying the foundation for an investigative expedition into Delhi.

Shannxi, China

• Collected original data on rural Internet penetration through village by village interviews with local officials and households
• Analyzed data and identified important factors promoting Internet use, such as income, education, etc.
• Presented a report to investors, including those from Alibaba and Tencent

New York, NY

• Researched, designed, and wrote policy recommendations on Chinese Financial Sector Reform
• Organized and led a team of 4 to participate in the competition representing Skidmore College
• Presented our team’s policy proposal to a panel of judges comprised of industry experts and professionals

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Master'S Degree, Economics, 3.8

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Mathematics, Economics Gpa 3.869

Summer Courses, Economics, International Law, A