CV

Education

• MPhil in Economics, University of Oxford, 2025–2027 (expected)
  • Thesis: Heterogeneity in Households’ Joint Expectation Formation
• Bachelor of Science & Bachelor of Advanced Studies, The University of Sydney, 2019–2022
  • Majors: Economics, Physics (First Class Honours)
  • Thesis: The Effect of Disadvantage on Risk-Taking: Evidence from Gambling Microdata

Research fields

Macroeconomics & Applied Econometrics: behavioural macro, expectation formation, heterogeneity, household & firm decision-making, monetary policy transmission, using microdata to study aggregate dynamics.

Working papers

• Rate and See: Household Interest Rate Expectation Formation in Australia, with J. Hambur, M. McCarthy and S. Munn (Reserve Bank of Australia). CAMA Working Paper 76/2026.
• Socioeconomic Status and Risk-Taking Anomalies: Evidence from Online Gambling, with S. Gainsbury, R. Heirene, H. Je and A. Tymula (The University of Sydney). Under review at JBEE.

Publications

• Drivers of Global Nitrogen Emissions, with A. Malik, A. Oita, M. Li, P. Ninpanit, V. Nandel, J. Lan and M. Lenzen. Environmental Research Letters, 2022.

Work in progress

• Heterogeneity in Households’ Joint Expectation Formation

Conference presentations

• 2026: 8th Behavioral Macroeconomics Workshop (Vienna)
• 2025: Australian Conference of Economists (Sydney)
• 2023: Western Economic Association International 17th International Conference (Melbourne)

Teaching & marking

• University of Oxford
  • Marking Grader for Introductory Economics (Prelims), 2026
  • Macroeconomics Tutorials (Worcester College)
  • Macroeconomics Exam Collections
  • Microeconomics Tutorials (St Hugh’s College)
• The University of Sydney
  • ECON1003 Quantitative Methods in Economics (Undergraduate), 2022. Casual Academic – Tutor; taught 3 classes per week (162 students).

Work experience

• Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Research Economist, 2024–present. Economic Research Department, Micro Analysis and Data team.
  • Graduate Program, 2023–2024
  • Expertise in micro-founded macro analysis (firm-, household- and bank-level microdata)

Research assistance

• Agnieszka Tymula, The University of Sydney, 2021–2023. Project: The Conceptual Foundations of Self-Control
• Marian Vidal-Fernandez, The University of Sydney, 2021. Project: Underrepresentation of Women in Undergraduate Economics

Awards & funding

• Reserve Bank of Australia Post-Graduate Study Award, 2025–2030
• JB Watt and Jeremy Davis Travelling Scholarship, 2025–2027
• Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance, 2022
• University of Sydney Honours Scholarship, 2022
• Global Citizenship Award with Distinction, 2021
• Yim Family Foundation Prize, 2021
• Vice Chancellor’s Global Mobility Scholarship, 2020
• Sydney Scholars Award Scholarship, University of Sydney, 2019

Software

R, Python, Matlab, Stata, SQL, LaTeX