Experience

  1. Associate Extern

    Analysis Group
    • Selected as 1 of 14 externs (4% acceptance rate) for Analysis Group’s inaugural Associate Externship Program in Boston, MA
    • Conducted qualitative research on a high-profile legal complaint involving a prior carriage dispute, synthesizing key facts and litigation context
    • Analyzed subscriber and financial data using Excel and R to estimate damages, uncover trends, and deliver actionable insights to support strategic recommendations during a mock case
    • Shadowed Associates to gain direct exposure to economic consulting workflows, including live case discussions, client deliverables, and team collaboration
  2. Research Assistant

    The University of Arizona

    Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office

    • Will gather, aggregate, and clean retail electricity consumption and U.S. Census data to analyze energy affordability for Arizona utility customers throughout a variety of locations and socio-economic groups
    • Will compare energy affordability for Arizona consumers with that of consumers in other states using federal energy survey data to understand how the their situations compare
    • Will conduct data-driven impact assessments of proposed rate increases to inform expert witness testimony for the defense, projecting damages based on consumer demographics and income
  3. Sole Instructor of Record

    The University of Arizona

    ECON 418-518: Introduction to Econometrics

    • Solely instructed 20+ students on econometrics and machine learning algorithms
    • Taught students how to use the R language for data science, econometrics, and machine learning
  4. Graduate Teaching Assistant

    The University of Arizona

    ECON 502B: Computations Methods and Dynamic Models in Economics

    • Led weekly lab sessions instructing doctoral students on implementing numerical and dynamic methods in Python
    • Held weekly office hours to assist students with course materials
  5. Graduate Teaching Assistant

    The University of Arizona

    ECON 200: Basic Economic Issues

    • Led teams of 10+ undergraduate and graduate students as the head teaching assistant in this 500+ student course
    • Wrote Python code to automate uploading participation and exam score data, reducing time spent by 93%

Education

  1. Ph.D., Economics (2027)

    The University of Arizona
  2. M.S., Data Intelligence and Applied Economics

    University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  3. B.A., Economics

    University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
MATLAB
C++
R
Python
Julia
SQL
Git/GitHub
Docker
Shell
Slurm
LaTeX
Microsoft Office
Hobbies
Exercise
Da Bears
EDM Concerts
Certificates
Ed Zajac Prize for Best Third-Year Paper
The University of Arizona ∙ May 2025
Steve Manos Prize for Best Second-Year Paper
The University of Arizona ∙ September 2024
Data Science Roots for Resilience Fellowship
The University of Arizona ∙ December 2024
Languages
100%
English
20%
Croatian