I am an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My research focuses on environmental risk. I am currently a coeditor at the American Economic Review: Insights (AER:I) and at Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy (EEPE). I am affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), the E2e Project, and the CESifo Research Network.

To contact me, please write an email to: [email protected] OR [email protected].

In addition to my academic pursuits, I have been actively involved in doing my part to help war-affected Ukrainians and to bring the war to a just end. Here are some suggestions for how you can help. A few easy-to-do actions are: (1) share this brief explainer of the war with others, (2) contribute to this fundraiser for humanitarian aid in Ukraine, and/or (3) buy one of our academics for Ukraine t-shirts to show your support.

If you’re an economist, check out the “Thriving in Economics” e-book series, which contains crowdsourced advice for aspiring PhD students  (book 1), PhD students (book 2), and Assistant Professors+ (book 3). If you are a PhD student or advise PhD students, check out these virtual job market workshops recordings. All proceeds from each of these endeavors are used to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

If you’re looking to do more, consider asking your university/organization to support the remote fellowship program run by Economists for Ukraine/Science for Ukraine. You can make a donation to this program here. All donations will be used to fund researchers in Ukraine.

Like my blog posts and other initiatives? Buy me a coffee! (All proceeds will be donated to fund humanitarian aid to Ukraine)