PhD Student

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I’m a 4th-year PhD candidate at MIT in the IT group at Sloan. My research explores two complementary questions: (1) How can we use artificial intelligence to better understand humans? (2) As AI systems acting on behalf of humans proliferate, how can we use the tools of economics and information systems to study and improve market outcomes? I am very fortunate to have this research supported in part by an Emergent Ventures Grant.

Interests

  • Human-AI Interaction
  • AI and Social Scientific Discovery
  • Market Design
  • Behavioral Game Theory

Education

  • Ph.D., Management Science & Information Technology, 2022 - Present

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • S.M., Management Research, 2022 - 2024

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Master of Public Policy, 2019 - 2021

    Harvard Kennedy School

  • B.A., Mathematics, 2013 - 2017

    Washington University in St. Louis

Research

General Social Agents

With John J. Horton.
Working paper.
PDF Press: Marginal Revolution

Automated Social Science: Language Models as Scientist and Subjects

With Kehang Zhu and John J. Horton.
Reject and Resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
PDF Code Press: Marginal Revolution

Prompt Adaptation as a Dynamic Complement in Generative AI Systems

With Eaman Jahani, Joe Zhang, Hong-Yi TuYe, Mohammed Alsobay, Christos Nicolaides, Siddharth Suri, and David Holtz.
Revise and Resubmit at Information Systems Research.
PDF Press: MIT Sloan's Ideas Made to Matter Press: Marginal Revolution

Large Language Models as Simulated Economic Agents: What we can learn from Homo Silicus

With John J. Horton and Apostolos Filippas.
Revise and Resubmit at the Review of Economics and Statistics.
PDF

A national megastudy shows that email nudges to elementary school teachers boost student math achievement, particularly when personalized

with Angela L. Duckworth, Katherine L. Milkman, and 26 others).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025.
PDF

Effect Size Magnification. No Variable is as Important as the One You’re Thinking About—While You’re Thinking About It

With Linnea Gandhi and Angela L. Duckworth.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2024.
PDF Podcast: Under The Cortex