Experience

Research Assistant – University of Oxford

Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science | Part-time | 05/2025 – Present

Supervisor: Prof. Melinda Mills, Dr. Douglas R. Leasure, Dr. Daniel Valdenegro

• Worked on the Mapineq project (Dashboard, GitHub)
• Working on analysis of results from the National Conversation
• Analysed policy-induced onward migration on the Chile–United States and Turkey–Germany corridors using Meta digital trace data (manuscript submitted to International Migration Review)

Machine Learning Research Intern – International Telecommunication Union

02/2025 – 05/2025 | Geneva, Switzerland (Remote)

• Benchmarked XGBoost/LightGBM against linear baselines using high-dimensional proxy features (OpenCellID, Nighttime Lights)
• Evaluated spatial generalisation across Kenya vs. Mexico; implemented Geographically Weighted Regression to address spatial non-stationarity

Transport Impact Evaluation – World Bank Group

DIME | 03/2024 – 11/2024 | Washington, DC, US

Teaching Assistant – University College London

Part-time | 02/2022 – 06/2023

• CASA0005 Geographic Information Systems and Science (Module lead: Dr. Andy MacLachlan)
• CASA0023 Remotely Sensing Cities and Environments (Module lead: Dr. Andy MacLachlan)
• BASC0003 Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Thinking (Module lead: Dr. Thomas Evans)

Environmental Intern – UN Industrial Development Organisation

03/2021 – 09/2021 | Vienna, Austria

GIS Specialist – UNDP Istanbul (SDG AI Lab)

Part-time | 12/2020 – 07/2021