Mallooki / Economics CV

CV

Academic CV focused on economics training, applied research samples, and software work around research and operations.

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Education

Purdue: B.S. Economics, Purdue University, 2026
WashU: M.A. Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, starting August 2026

Research interests

Development and urban economics, education economics, health economics, and data-heavy applied microeconomics.

Selected academic work samples

The Effects of Metro Systems in the GCC

Purdue urban economics course project

Comparative urban economics analysis of metro systems in Doha and Riyadh, focused on how rail investment, first/last-mile access, complementary pricing policy, and transit-oriented development can reduce congestion, emissions, and car dependence in Gulf cities.

Public materials: PDF brief.

House Price Prediction Competition

Purdue applied econometrics and machine learning course project

Team predictive modeling project for house sale prices, built around a Python pipeline with missing-value imputation, categorical encoding, feature engineering, gradient boosting, cross-validation, and model ensembling.

Public materials: PDF brief.

Professional experience

Developer, Nuzio, Kuwait

May 2026 - August 2026

Worked on the HiSaluh ecommerce build, including Arabic-first product catalog, cart, checkout, admin, and payment workflow surfaces.
Supported bilingual web, app, and e-commerce product work for Kuwait clients across public sites and operational tools.

Manager, Healthchart, Kuwait

February 2026 - August 2026

Managed operational work around meal-plan subscriptions, customer requests, and daily delivery expectations for a Kuwait healthy-meal business.
Supported customer-facing plan context around meal goals, macros, WhatsApp contact flows, and subscription presentation.

Projects and software

ProjectMalonomicsComing soon.Founder / DeveloperComing soon

GameDiwan FMOriginal, fictional Kuwait-inspired football-management game.Creator / DeveloperActive build

CompanyFikraOSKuwait-first cloud workspace for private pages, databases, comments, search, and team knowledge.DeveloperControlled beta

HealthHealthchartHealthy meal subscription service in Kuwait.ManagerActive

CommerceHiSaluhKuwaiti savings-box ecommerce store.DeveloperLive store

Skills

Economics and methods: Applied microeconomics, urban economics, development economics, OLS, Ridge/Lasso, cross-validation, feature engineering, and empirical framing.
Data and modeling: Python, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost, imputation, categorical encoding, and model evaluation.
Research workflow: Literature organization, provenance tracking, source notes, structured reading, and reproducible project documentation.
Software: Web product development, ecommerce workflows, admin tooling, bilingual interface work, and research software prototypes.