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 Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam), department of Applied Economics. 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 published various papers on these topics in prestigious outlets such as Nature Communications, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Nature Genetics . 

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 2026, my thesis received an honorable mention for the Royal Netherlands Economics Association medal, awarded for the best PhD thesis in economics written at a Dutch university in the last 3 years.  In 2021, I was a semi-finalist for the American Society of Human Genetics Charles J. Epstein Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research