Postdoc in Economics

Welcome! I am an economist interested in the genetic and environmental determinants that shape inequalities in human capital, health, and labor market outcomes. I am researching these topics as a Postdoc Researcher at the School of Business Economics (SBE) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Additionally, some of my work focuses on the effects of selection bias in large-scale Biobanks that are widely used in medicine, epidemiology, statistical genetics, and the social sciences. 

I have authored and published various papers on these topics in prestigious outlets such as Nature Communications and International Journal of Epidemiology. 

In 2024, I have completed my PhD-thesis on these topics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  and the Tinbergen Institute. My supervisors were Titus Galama, Maarten Lindeboom and Kevin Thom (UW-Milwaukee).

I have a strong background in micro-econometric methods and statistical genetic methods. I have wide experience in the analysis of genetic data, administrative data, and survey data. 

In 2021, I was a semi-finalist for the American Society of Human Genetics Charles J. Epstein Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research