Welcome to my webpage,

I am an Assistant Professor at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University Bloomington.

I am an environmental & natural resource economist who studies how land and water policies affect sustainability and human well-being. My work focuses on three main areas: how forest governance and land rights support conservation and development, how water policies manage groundwater and pollution, and how environmental factors like air pollution and sunshine impact health and productivity.

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I worked with Prof. David Keiser. I earned a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics and Environmental Informatics from Virginia Tech (USA) and held degrees in Development Economics (from Brazil) and Mechanical Engineering (from India).