Welcome! I am a development economist interested in machine learning approaches to causal inference. My research examines how climate variability and armed conflict shape poverty dynamics, and how policy interventions can improve the well-being of people exposed to these shocks.

With more than a decade of experience in impact evaluation research, I combine household surveys, satellite observations and economic data to understand how these effects vary across people, places and conditions. Much of my work focuses on vulnerable populations, particularly children and adolescents, across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Through collaborations with organisations such as UNICEF and UNDP, I evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions in these settings, including efforts to support recovery after conflict and natural disasters.

I am an Associate Member of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford and the Founder and Lead Data Scientist of AImpact Lab, where I develop methods and tools to make rigorous impact evaluation more accessible and useful for policy decisions.

I hold a PhD in Public Policy from George Washington University, an MPA from Cornell University, and bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science from Universidad de los Andes. I completed my postdoctoral research at Oxford’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention while also holding a research fellowship at Nuffield College.