Bilingual economist eager to gain information from data and drive the key economic decisions. Open to relocation.

EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle, WA September 2017 – December 2019

Master of Arts in Economics

Relevant coursework: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Development Economics, Natural resources, Foundations of Data Science (ADSI Summer School)

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran September 2014 - June 2017

Master of Science in Economics

Thesis: Examining Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Success

Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran September 2010 – June 2014

Bachelor of Science in Economics

Honors: Ranked 2nd among 32 students with economics major, Member of the Exceptional Talents Community

SKILLS

Programming Languages: MATLAB, Python, SQL

Statistical Software: Stata

Data Visualization: Tableau

Other tools: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, LATEX

Areas of Expertise include: Regression Analysis, Big Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning (Including Decision Trees), Forecasting and modeling, Data visualization, Research, Effective written and verbal presentation

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

University of Washington, School of Public Health April 2019 – August 2019

Conducted literature review on the association between work schedules and overweight/obesity

Developed Stata codes for cleaning a large data set (NLSY97), data synthesis, and quantitative data analysis. Reshaped the data set from wide to long

Sharif University of Technology July 2015 – June 2017

Conducted literature review on factors affecting students’ academic performance and their future employment

Created VBA Macro codes in Microsoft Excel to match and combine sets of data

Developed Stata codes for data cleaning and data synthesis

Designed qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate the impact of academic background, class size, family income, and demographic variables on graduate studies performance

Interpreted and presented analysis results. Authored technical reports.

Instructor

University of Washington – Bothell September 2019 – December 2019

Taught Managerial Economics

Guided students on homework

Provided feedback to improve students’ learning

University of Washington September 2018 – December 2018

Taught Principles of Microeconomics

Supervised student examinations and graded exams

Offered constructive feedback based on student performance

Motivated students to attain personal goals

Teaching Assistant

University of Washington January 2018 – June 2018

Co-taught for Principles of Microeconomics

Graded all exams

Shahid Beheshti University September 2011 – June 2012

Co-taught for Statistics 1 & 2

Co-authored “Statistics for Business and Economics 1 & 2, Rasa Publications, 2014”

PROJECTS

Relationship between Mother's Non-Standard Work Hours and Childhood Obesity

Investigated the relationship between mothers' non-standard work hours and overweight children using the dataset of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from 1979 to 2016

Referee Report

A referee report on "Misbehavior in Common-Value Auctions." Levin, D., & Peck, J. (2019).

Monetizing Fishing Location Choices

Analyzed welfare estimates for closures of fishing grounds by changing one of the main assumptions of "An expected profit model for monetizing fishing location choices." Haynie, A. C., & Layton, D. F. (2010).

Consumer Contamination and Product Discounts, Joint work with B. Hajihashemi

Analyzed in-group versus outgroup sources of contamination of display products, and the impact on sale price

Literature Review

A literature review on examining factors affecting students' academic success, 2016

Unemployment and Demand for Graduate Education

Analyzed the relationship between increasing unemployment among high-skilled workers and demand for graduate education

Saving Behavior of Individuals, Joint work with A. Adibnia and A. Tahamtan

Analyzed the saving behavior of individuals theoretically and empirically using behavioral and classic approaches

Assessing Unemployment Insurance

Investigated the ineffectiveness of unemployment insurance using extensive games with imperfect information

Sanctions Removal and Iran’s Economy, Joint work with A. Adibnia and A. Ashtari

Analyzed the effect of sanctions removal on Iran’s economy by simulating a DSGE model

Referee Report

A referee report on" Firm growth and corruption: empirical evidence from Vietnam." Bai, J., Jay- achandran, S., Malesky, E. J., & Olken, B. A. (2017).

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