I am an applied microeconomist who uses experimental methods to investigate human behavior. My research interests include environmental economics, behavioral economics and the economics of uncertainty/information. 

My scholarship examines how uncertainty impacts individual behavior in social dilemmas such as public goods and common-pool resources.  Social dilemmas are settings where pursuing individual self-interest can lead to socially sub-optimal outcomes. Such dilemmas are pervasive in the world, ranging from global ones such as climate change to more localized ones such as funding a coffee machine for the graduate students office.

Before joining NYUAD, I taught economics at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. I earned my PhD from University of Massachusetts Amherst. I attended the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai for my Masters in Development Studies, where I also worked as a research associate. My undergraduate degree was in Economics from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India.

When outside the ivory tower of academia, I enjoy spending time with my kids, going on easy hikes, consuming popular culture, reading world literature and despite my better judgement, cracking puns.