CV
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Profile Highlights
- Economics Ph.D. candidate, University of Queensland (expected completion: 2026).
- Research focus: political economy, institutions and development, applied economics, computational social science.
- Methods: causal inference, GIS, remote sensing, administrative data, large-scale behavioral data.
Education
- University of Queensland, Ph.D. in Economics, 2021-present.
- Penn State University, Ph.D. program in Economics (transferred), 2010-2017.
- Koc University, M.A. in Economics, 2010.
- Koc University, B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2008.
Research and Applied Data Experience
- Senior Research Assistant, Queensland Centre for Population Research (UQ), 2022-2025.
- Senior Research Assistant, UQ International Comparisons Database, 2022-2025.
- Senior Research Assistant, Real Estate and Transport Project (Prof. Alicia Rambaldi), 2021-2022.
- Research Assistant, Ibn Haldun University, 2018-2021.
- Research Assistant, Penn State University, 2010-2018.
Teaching (Selected)
- University of Queensland: Senior Tutor/Tutor, 2021-present.
- Ibn Haldun University: Teaching Assistant, 2018-2021.
- Penn State University: Instructor/TA/Tutor, 2010-2017.
Technical Skills
- Programming: R, Python, Stata, MATLAB, intermediate SQL.
- Tools: GIS, Git, APIs, Google Earth Engine, AWS, LaTeX.
References
- Prof. Alicia Rambaldi - a.rambaldi@uq.edu.au
- Dr. Haishan Yuan - h.yuan@uq.edu.au
- Dr. Pia Wohland - pia.wohland@uq.edu.au