cv

Below is a simplified version of my resume. You can find a full version in the pdf.

basics

work

  • 2022 - Present
    Senior Research Fellow
    Monash University, Centre for Development Economics & Sustainability
    Research-only position
    • Affiliate, Monash Data Futures Institute (2023-)
    • Affiliate, Monash Sustainable Development Institute (2022-)
    • Affiliate, Monash Impact Labs (2023-)
  • 2020 - 2022
    Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
    University of Sydney, School of Economics
  • 2016 - 2020
    Assistant Professor
    University of Wisconsin Madison, Agricultural and Applied Economics
    • Affiliate, Center for Demography and Ecology (2016-)
    • Affiliate, UW Center for Financial Security (2017-)
    • Affiliate, African Studies Program (2018-)
  • 2015 - 2020
    Assistant Professor
    University of Wisconsin Madison, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

education

  • 2009 - 2015
    Ph.D.
    University of California Davis
    Agricultural & Resource Economics
  • 2008 - 2009
    Graduate student
    Lund University
    Economics and Management
  • 2002 - 2006
    B.A.
    Colby College
    Economics

awards

  • 2022
    Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher
    Monash Business School
  • 2022
    AAEA Africa Section Award: Best Publication of 2022
    Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
    Awarded for 'Filling a Niche? The Maize Productivity Impacts of Adaptive Breeding by a Local Seed name in Kenya' (link)
  • 2020
    Leading Researcher in Development Economics
    The Australian's 2020 Special Report on Research
  • 2018
    AAEA's Outstanding AJAE Article
    Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
    Awarded for 'Money Matters: The Role of Yields and Profits in Agricultural Technology Adoption' (link)
  • 2018
    Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 40 for 40 Fellowship
    Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
  • 2018
    Taylor Hibbard award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
    University of Wisconsin Madison
    Based on student vote
  • 2015
    Gordon A. King Best Dissertation Award
    UC Davis Agricultural & Resource Economics
  • 2012
    Henry A. Jastro Graduate Research Fellowship
    UC Davis
  • 2009
    Departmental Fellowship
    Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
  • 2006
    Phi Beta Kappa
    Colby College