I am a Research Associate at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, working within the Socio-Economic Marine Research Institute at the University of Galway.
Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in Dairy and Environmental Economics at the University of California, Davis.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Galway.
My main research interests include agricultural, marine, and environmental economics. I use econometrics and data science to address practical questions surrounding productivity and efficiency analyses. My work is multidisciplinary; I have collaborated with experts in livestock nutrition, animal welfare, zoonotic diseases, solar panel reactors, and marine science.
I work with secondary panel datasets and also collect original field data. My goal is to produce evidence-based research that supports sustainable, climate-neutral systems across human activities.
My teaching experience spans undergraduate and postgraduate levels, where I strive to bring an interdisciplinary approach to my lectures.