My research focuses on understanding the impact of social programs and policies using causal identification and experimental methods. I have conducted large field studies in Australia and India, collaborated with industry partners, and published in leading journals such as Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Health Economics, Labour Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Psychology, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. My research involves inter-disciplinary collaborations, with projects funded by The International Growth Centre at LSE, he Victorian Department of Education, and iMOVE Australia Cooperative Research Centre.

I am a Co-editor for Economic Analysis and Policy, which is a Scimago Q1 journal, and Co-Lead of the Business, Engineering and Social Systems Program at the QUT Centre for Data Science. I am invited regularly as a commentator on media and have made appearances in Australian national news and radio. Before academia, I served as Economic Consultant at Colemont Insurance Brokerage, Inc. and Organ Transport Systems, Inc. in Dallas.