<p>I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania interested in e-commerce and industrial organization. My research focuses on the internet’s impact on retail. I have explored the effects of sales tax collection on online shopping and am currently researching how the internet has affected firm organizational decisions.</p> <p>During 2015-2016, I worked as a Staff Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers. I helped identify and analyze important macroeconomic trends in growth, productivity, and labor force participation and kept the President abreast of economic developments. I also worked on retirement and personal finance issues, such as the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Conflict of Interest Rule. As an undergraduate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I obtained Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, in addition to completing a pre-medical curriculum. Prior to graduate school, I worked as a White House Intern with the National Economic Council which gave me critical insight and experience with the policymaking process.</p> <p>My extensive experiences and academic background enables me to span the fields of economics, retirement, medicine, and ethics as well as having skills in both research and policymaking.</p>