I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Rutgers University.

I work at the intersection of development and health economics, using experimental and quasi-experimental methods to help answer three broad questions:

1. How can governments design social protection programs, particularly those targeted toward women, to maximize gains in maternal and child health?

2. How can development partners leverage advances in data availability and data science to better target social programs?

3. How do violent conflict and political instability affect economic behavior, and how can aid be used most effectively in fragile and conflict-affected economies? 

I received my Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Cornell University in May 2024.