I am a Ph.D. candidate at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. I am working with Ioannis Stamatopoulos and Robbie Sanders.
I am interested in environmental policy, food waste, and empirical operations management.
Education
Ph.D. Operations Management, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
M.S. Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2024 (expected)
M.Eng Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2019
Research
Papers
[Working Paper] Organic waste bans have failed to divert waste away from landfills in the United States—except in Massachusetts, Under revision for Science with Robbie Sanders and Ioannis Stamatopoulos
[Work in Progress] Testing consumer and retailer reactions to expirations date label standards amid state and federal regulatory changes with Robbie Sanders and Ioannis Stamatopoulos
Invited presentations
POMS 2024; Marketing for Environmental Sustainability (Stanford); INFORMS 2023; McCombs School of Business' IROM Ph.D. Research Symposium 2023
Conference organization
POMS 2024 (Session organizer: Food waste and sustainable operations)
POMS 2023 (Session organizer: Food waste and retail operations)
Teaching Experience
Instructor: OM 235 Operations Management, Summer 2024
Teaching Assistant: OM 235 Operations Management (Fall 2020, 2021, Spring 2022), BA 280 Operations Management (Spring 2023), OM 334 Healthcare Operations Management, OM 386 Data Driven Healthcare Operations Management (Spring 2023), STA 301 (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
Government Service
Washington State Department of Ecology
Serve on advisory committee supervising roll-out of organic waste management law (House Bill 1799)
Fellowships & Awards
McCombs Research Excellence Grant ($15,000)
Marketing Science Institute Research Grant (#4001868) ($5,000)
George and Viktoria Karelias Foundation, Fellowship for Graduate Studies (2023)
Onassis Foundation, Fellowship for Graduate Studies (2024-2025)
William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Endowed Presidential Fellowship in Business (2023)
Gerondelis Foundation, Fellowship for Graduate Studies (2022)
McCombs School of Business, Dean's Fellowship for Doctoral Students (2020-2025)