Data-heavy applied economics
Empirical questions shaped by careful data and institutional context.
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- Purdue
- B.S. Economics, Purdue University
- WashU
- M.A. Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, starting August 2026
Research interests
Development and urban economics
Cities, institutions, and development questions.
Education economics
Schooling, attainment, and returns to learning.
Health economics
Access, outcomes, and the economics of care.
Selected academic work samples
The Effects of Metro Systems in the GCC
Comparative urban economics project on metro systems in Doha and Riyadh, focused on congestion, emissions, modal shift, first/last-mile access, and policy lessons for GCC cities including Kuwait and Bahrain.
Materials: paper and presentation. Available on request.
House Price Prediction Competition
Predictive modeling project using housing data, feature engineering, imputation, categorical encoding, LightGBM, XGBoost, stratified cross-validation, and model ensembling to estimate sale prices.
Materials: report, supplementary methodology, and Python modeling code. Available on request.
Professional experience
Developer, Nuzio, Kuwait
- Developed and supported web, app, and e-commerce products for Kuwait businesses.
- Worked on bilingual digital product workflows across client-facing sites, operational tools, and commerce use cases.
Manager, Healthchart, Kuwait
- Managed work for a Kuwait-based healthy meal subscription business.
- Supported operations around subscription plans, customer needs, and daily delivery expectations.
Projects and software
ResearchMalonomicsEconomics literature research platform.Founder / DeveloperIn active development
GameDiwan FMOriginal, fictional Kuwait-inspired football-management game.Creator / DeveloperActive build
CompanyFikraOSNuzio company project.DeveloperCompany
HealthHealthchartHealthy meal subscription service in Kuwait.ManagerActive
CommerceHiSaluhKuwaiti savings-box ecommerce store.DeveloperLive store
Skills
Applied microeconomics
Research questions, empirical framing, and literature workflows.
Data-heavy workflow
Careful organization around datasets, notes, and sources.
Economics literature organization
Structured reading, provenance, and claim tracking.
Software development
Building practical tools around research and operational systems.