I'm an incoming PhD student in Political Economy at Princeton. I recently graduated from Duke with an M.A. in Analytical Political Economy (GPA: 3.95). My research explores the political economy of beliefs and institutional traps, combining applied microeconomics theory with empirical political economy to explain why Pareto-inefficient equilibria persist. My work has been published in the Annual Review of Economics (with Timur Kuran), Columbia Economic Review, Stanford Economic Review, and Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. 

Currently, I am co-authoring a paper with Timur Kuran that builds on my capstone project at Duke. My research formalizes "habitual preference falsification" by fusing the research on habits with applied microeconomic theory, and explores "sacralized digital authoritarianism" as a coordination mechanism in modern autocracies. A recipient of the Mercatus Center’s Bastiat Fellowship and the Emergent Ventures grant, I combine game-theoretic modeling with rigorous empirical identification strategies.

I hold a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from IBA Karachi, where I graduated as valedictorian. Beyond academia, I have applied my quantitative training to strategic forecasting, economic development, and econometric consulting roles across the private and non-profit sectors.