OUR TEAM

Our research group brings economists together with computer scientists to leverage advances in continuous data acquisition, high performance computing, and machine learning in applied microeconomics.

DIRECTOR

Peter Christensen

Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of California, Santa Cruz
(on leave 2023/2024 at Stanford)

Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Faculty Affiliate, Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Faculty Affiliate, Department of ACE/Economics, University of Illinois

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ECONOMISTS

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Keshi Shen
keshis2@illinois.edu
PhD, Economics,
expected 2022

Sathwik Pochampally
sathwik2@illinois.edu
BS, Agricultural and Consumer Economics,
expected 2022

Isaac Wisthuff
inw2@illinois.edu
BS, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, 2022

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Sebastien Box-Couillard
sb38@illinois.edu
PhD, Agricultural and Applied Economics,
expected 2024

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Gustavo Nino
genino2@illinois.edu
PhD, Applied Economics,
expected 2025

Wendy Majula
lmajul2@illinois.edu
BS, Consmer Economics and Finance, 2022

COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Rahul Vasanth
rvasant2@illinois.edu
Master of Computer Science, 2023

Ruining Zhao
ruining9@illinois.edu
Computer Science and Mathematics BS, 2022

Sanjana Pingali
pingali4@illinois.edu
Computer Engineering BS, 2023

Vishwa Pancholi
vhp2@illinois.edu
Information Management MS, 2023

Sarah Zimmerman
sarahrz2@illinois.edu
Mathematics and Computer Science BS, 2024

ALUMNI

Erick Li, Information Management Ms (2021), Computer Scientist, Cisco
Amanda Ang, Agricultural and Applied Economics (2017), USC Economics PhD Program
Abhishek Banerjee, Computer Engineering (2019), Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri, Post-Doc (2019), Assistant Professor, Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Sam Chadri, Computer Science
Yuwei (Alice) Chen, GSLIS (2017), UMass Amherst Computer Science MS Program
Teja Gupta, Computer Science (2020), UIUC MS Program in Computer Science
Abdollah Farhoodi, PhD Economics (2020), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Nazanin Khazra, PhD Economics (2020), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Christopher Kim, Computer Science (2019), Associate Data Solutions Engineer, Conversant Media
Elena Lee, Computer Science (2019), Software Engineer, Google
Erick Li, Computer Science (2021), Software Engineer, Cisco
Yuchen Liang, Computer Engineering (2019), UIUC Computer Engineering PH.D Program (expected 2024)
Susie (Yutong) Lui, Computer Science (2021), Software Engineer, eBay
Alex Moore, Computer Science (2020), Software Engineer, Amazon
Bryan Parthum, PhD ACE (2019), Research Economist, National Center for Environmental Economics
Tom Phillips, Computer Science (2019), Data Scientist, Ria Financial
Advai Podduturi, BE Student, Computer Science (expected 2022)
Roshan Rajan, Computer Engineering (2019), Software Engineer, Microsoft
Eric Rosenberg, Computer Science (2016), , Software Engineer, Apple Inc
Daniel Rychel, Computer Science (2020), Software Engineer, Epic
Jonathan Shobrook, Mathematics and Computer Science (2020), Software Engineer, Wayfair
Mateus Souza, Agricultural and Consumer Economics (2020), Postdoc at EnergyEcoLab
Alex Stevens, Agricultural and Consumer Economics (2019), Research Economist, USDA ERS
Sloane Sullivan, Computer Science (2017), Jump Trading
Surya Tadigadapa, Computer Engineering (2017), Software Engineer, Microsoft
Renato Schwambach Vieira, Agricultural and Consumer Economics PhD (2018), Assistant Professor, Universidade Católica de Brasília
Jason Wang, Computer Engineering (2020), Facebook
Chutong Xiao, Computer Science Program
Jiajun Xu, Computer Engineering (2019), Google
Eli Yu, Computer Science (2019), Software Development Engineer, Amazon
Yifang Zhang, Computer Science (2016), National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Lance Zheng, Computer Science (2018), Yelp
Jian Zou, Economics (2017), UIUC Economics PhD Program (expected 2023)