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 and natural resource economist who studies how property rights and institutions shape land and water use, with implications for conservation, public health, and economic development in Brazil, India, and the United States. 

My research and teaching focus on the intersection of environmental economics and informatics . By combining causal inference, satellite data, and economic theory, I aim to contribute to evidence-based insights to inform policies that balance growth, equity, and sustainability.

Before joining Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I earned my Ph.D. from Virginia Tech, with prior training in Development Economics (Brazil) and Mechanical Engineering (India).