Experience

  1. 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
  2. Graduate Teaching Assistant

    The University of Arizona
    • In ECON 502B: Computations Methods and Dynamic Models in Economics, I held weekly lab sessions to instruct first-year doctoral students on implementing dynamic models using numerical computing in Python. Furthermore, I held weekly office hours to assist students with course materials.
    • In ECON 200: Basic Economic Issues, I was the head teaching assistant leading a small team of 10+ undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. students in operating this 500+ student course. I also wrote Python code to automate participation recording and uploading exam scores into the online grade portal.
    • In BNAN 276: Statistical Inference, I held office hours to help students with homework assignments and studying for exams as well as assisted the instructor with grading.
  3. Graduate Research Assistant

    The University of Arizona
    • Worked with a team of doctoral economics students writing code for a project regarding estimating climate damages. Translated STATA code into the R language while eliminating potential bottlenecks.
    • Constructed multiple forecasting models in the R language for a project aimed at predicting inflation to understand if it is harder to forecast since the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. Graduate Research Assistant

    University of Nevada-Las Vegas
    • Designed a data generating process and constructed a Monte Carlo simulation in the R language.
    • The paper that this DGP was created for concerns estimating production functions when output is given exogenously.

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++
Python
R
Hobbies
Exercise
Watching Sports
EDM Concerts
Languages
100%
English
20%
Croatian