Bio

Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural & Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am an applied microeconomist with a focus on development, environmental and family economics. Supported by the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, I am on the 2024-25 Job Market.

My dissertation explores the nexus between gender inequity and climate change. My Job Market Paper applies a unique data-driven methodology to identify which types of household members are most vulnerable after exposure to a climate-related shock. In particular, it investigates whether flood shocks in rural Bangladesh can instigate a change in the way household members share household resources amongst one another, rendering some types of household members — such as women — more vulnerable to climate shocks than others.

Prior to starting my PhD, I earned a master’s in International and Development Economics from Yale University followed by research experience at the World Bank in Washington DC for three years. During this time, I contributed to a variety of policy-relevant research related to energy access, female labor force participation, maternal health, and girls’ education in South Asia. Before that, I completed my bachelor’s in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan), and worked as a Research Associate at the Ministry of Finance, Pakistan.