About
Economics built around consequential choices.
I am an experimental and behavioral economist studying how incentives, uncertainty, and choice environments shape giving, consumer decisions, and health.
Current appointment
Texas A&M University
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate working with Professor Marco Palma in the Human Behavior Lab and the Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture. Our work uses economic theory and carefully designed experiments to understand consumer behavior and identify ways to support better, healthier decisions.
Research approach
From mechanisms to evidence
My research begins with a behavioral mechanism: how a donor interprets a subsidy, how a person evaluates an ambiguous prospect, or how information changes the value of a familiar food. I translate that mechanism into testable predictions and use incentive-compatible experiments to examine where standard models work and where the choice environment matters.
This approach connects charitable giving and public policy with newer work on ambiguity, gambling-product design, and consumer nutrition. Across settings, the aim is the same: isolate the forces behind a decision and produce evidence that improves both theory and institutional design.
Methods
Theory, experiments, and applied analysis
Beyond research
A few curious detours
I also build small web experiments and collect the occasional visual oddity. They live together as a deliberately lighter counterpoint to the research.