I live in Berlin and am a migration researcher at the DeZIM institute. My aim is to better understand migration decisions and outcomes using quantitative methods and through the study of complex systems.
My current research includes the development of large-scale, agent-based simulations, the application of Bayesian methods, and the use of Markov chains to model forced migrant trajectories.
Previously, I was awarded a Fulbright research grant to to model the naturalization decision-making processes of forced migrants. Before that, I worked as a software engineer at McMaster-Carr and conducted research in combinatorics.
Selected research & projects:
An updated analytical model for naturalization decisions
R package to explore complex survey data
A framework to factor discrete and infinite polynomials to integrate two previously distinct fields in combinatorics
Book chapter on the evolution of displacement policies in Europe since 1945
I graduated from Northwestern University, where I studied mathematics and several foreign languages. I speak, to varying degrees of fluency, Arabic 🇸🇾 (shami/fausa), German 🇩🇪, French 🇫🇷, Hebrew 🇮🇱, and Portuguese 🇧🇷. I also took masters-level coursework in financial economics through the Kellogg certificate program.
Other interests of mine include leatherworking, baking bagels, and triathlons.