Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut.

My research focuses on environmental and resource economics, development economics, and political economy. I use econometric and geospatial tools to study natural resource governance and the effects of energy transitions on governments, firms, workers, and the environment, often in the context of oil and gas, mining, and tropical agriculture.

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Geneva and a Fulbright Research Fellow at Unicamp, in Brazil. I earned my PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Recent media and public engagement:
VoxDev: How Landholders Shape Politics in the Brazilian Amazon
Policy Implications Podcast: Oil Sanctions on Russia’s Energy Sector
UConn Today: A UConn Economist Explains Venezuela’s Oil Industry
UConn Today: Agricultural Expansion in the Amazon
Linnaean Society of New York: Are Birds Impacted by Energy Infrastructure?
Connecticut NPR: The Pros and Cons of Going Nuclear
Connecticut NPR: Why Are Connecticut Electricity Prices So High?