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Pre-doctoral students


A list of pre-doctoral students affiliated to the Department of Economics

adam_butlin

Adam Butlin

Email: a.butlin@lse.ac.uk

Adam is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Economic Performance. He works under Thomas Sampson, Catherine Thomas, and Swati Dhingra on the . His research interests include international trade, macroeconomics, and inequality.

Adam holds an MSc and BSc in Economics from University College London. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as an assistant economist in the Department for Business and Trade. 

 

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Elibeth Cirilo Mendoza

Email: e.m.cirilo-mendoza@lse.ac.uk

Elibeth is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Economic Performance. She works on the . Her research interests include microeconomics, causal inference, and machine learning, as well as urban and labour economics.

Elibeth holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a BA in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, she worked as a research assistant and consultant on topics related to environmental economics, education, political economy, and the application of machine learning to causal inference. 

 

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Frederic Denker

Email: f.l.denker@lse.ac.uk

Frederic is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Economic Performance. He works under John Van Reenen and Anna Valero on the .

Frederic holds an MSc in Economics from the Paris School of Economics. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research assistant at the Paris School of Economics and Sciences-Po. 

 

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Carolyn Diamond

Email: c.e.diamond@lse.ac.uk

Carolyn is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Economic Performance. She works under Daniel Sturm on the . 

Carolyn holds an MSc in Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. 

 

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Rasmus Duret

Email: r.duret@lse.ac.uk

Rasmus is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Johannes Spinnewijn on the . His research interests include innovation and inequality.

Rasmus holds an MSc in Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and a BSc in Economics from University College London. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research assistant at UCL and interned at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. 

 

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Jake Fazzio

Email: j.w.fazzio@lse.ac.uk

Jake is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Sir Tim Besley on STICERD’s , and  research programmes. His research interests include political economy and decision theory.

Jake holds a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. 

 

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Niklas Filkorn

Email: j.n.filkorn@lse.ac.uk

Niklas is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Clare Balboni, Robin Burgess, and Oriana Bandiera on the . His research interests include microeconomics and environmental economics.

Niklas holds an MSc in Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and a BSc in International Relations from TU Dresden. 

 

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Reza Ghasemipour

Email: r.ghasemipour@lse.ac.uk

Reza is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Xavier Jaravel on the . 

 

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Carmen Pegas

Email: c.goncalves-tome-da-silva-pegas@lse.ac.uk

Carmen is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. She works under Nava Ashraf on the  and the .  

 

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Mukul Gupta

Research Assistant, CFM

Email: m.gupta48@lse.ac.uk

Mukul is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Macroeconomics. 

Mukul holds an MSc in Economics from Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research associate and analyst at JP Morgan. 

 

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Bo Jacobs-Strom

Email: b.jacobs-strom@lse.ac.uk

Bo is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Kate Smith on the . 

 

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Jerry Lin

Email: z.lin37@lse.ac.uk

Jerry is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works in the . 

 

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Sveva Manfredi

Email: s.manfredi@lse.ac.uk

Sveva is a pre-doctoral research assistant in CEP. She works under Alan Manning on the . Her research interests include labour and public economics, in particular immigration, labour market inequalities and political representation.

Sveva is completing a Double Programme MSc in European and International Public Policy at Bocconi University and ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. She holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, she worked as a research assistant at the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality. 

 

Jacopo_Marini

Jacopo Marini

Email: j.marini@lse.ac.uk

Jacopo is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works on the and the . His research interests centre on the impact of technological change on local growth and well-being disparities, and on computational economics.

Jacopo holds a BSc in Economics from Sciences-Po. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research assistant at the Collège de France on projects relating to growth and innovation measurement. 

 

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Torge Marxsen

Email: t.marxsen@lse.ac.uk

Torge is a pre-doctoral research assistant in CEP. He works under Daniel Sturm on the .

Torge holds an MSc in Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and a BSc in Economics from the University of Kiel. 

 

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Somei Miyashita

Email: s.miyashita@lse.ac.uk

Somei is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Clare Balboni on the .

Somei holds a BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Tokyo. 

 

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Saipremnath Muthukumaran

Email: s.muthukumaran@lse.ac.uk

Saipremnath is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Mike Callen on STICERD’s and  research programmes.  His research interests include climate change, land markets, firms, and the rule of law.

Saipremnath holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Mathematics and Economics from the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Warwick and as a Legislative Research Assistant to an Indian MP. 

 

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Saandra Nandakumar

Email: s.nandakumar@lse.ac.uk

Saandra is a pre-doctoral research assistant in CEP. She works under Steve Machin on the . Her research interests include the economics of education and the economics of crime.

Saandra holds an MSc in Economics and a BSc in Computer Science from BITS Pilani, India. 

 

Justine_Nayral

Justine Nayral

Email: j.nayral@lse.ac.uk

Justine is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. She works for Robin Burgess on the . Her research interests include trade and international economics.

Justine holds an MSc in Economics from Science-Po, where she also completed her BSc. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, she worked as a research assistant to Isabelle Méjean at Sciences-Po. 

 

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Jacopo Olivieri

Email: j.olivieri@lse.ac.uk

Jacopo is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works under Clare Balboni, Robin Burgess, and Oriana Bandiera on the . 

 

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Meghna Padmanabhan

Email: m.padmanabhan@lse.ac.uk

Meghna is a pre-doctoral research manager in STICERD. She works on STICERD’s and  research programmes. Her primary research interest is development economics, particularly in relation to poverty, inequality, health and the environment.

Meghna holds a BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. 

 

Pilipentseva

Anna Pilipentseva

Research Assistant, CFM

Email: a.pilipentseva@lse.ac.uk

Anna is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Macroeconomics.  

 

Sana_Rashidi

Sana Rashidi

Email: s.rashidi@lse.ac.uk

Sana is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. She works under Camille Landais on the . Her research interests include public economics and labour economics.

Sana holds a MSc in Economics from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, where she also worked as a research assistant before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

 

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Lucas Silva-Lopes

Email: l.silva-lopes@lse.ac.uk

Lucas is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the CEP. He works under Steve Machin on the . His research interests include the economics of education and applied microeconomics.

Lucas holds an MSc in Public Administration from the Department of Government at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and a BA in Political Economy from King’s College London. Before joining CEP, he worked as a research assistant to Hanna Kleider at King's College London.

 

Ram-Smaran

Ram Smaran Suresh Kumar

Email: r.suresh-kumar@lse.ac.uk

Ram is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Economic Performance. He works under John Van Reenen and Anna Valero on the and the .

Ram holds an MSc in Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, and a BSc in Economics from Shiv Nadar University in Delhi. Before joining the CEP, he worked as a senior analyst in the competition economics team at Compass Lexecon.

 

james symons hicks

James Symons-Hicks

Research Assistant, CFM

Email: j.symons-hicks@lse.ac.uk

James is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Macroeconomics. He works under Matthias Doepke and Ethan Ilzetzki. His research interests include macroeconomics, financial economics and financial market microstructure.

James holds both a BSc and an MSc in Economics from University College London. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as a research assistant to Antonio Guarino at UCL.

 

nicholas tokay

Nicholas Tokay

Research Assistant, CFM

Email: n.tokay@lse.ac.uk

Nicholas is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Centre for Macroeconomics. He works under Ricardo Reis, Ben Moll and Joe Hazell.

Nicholas holds a MSc in Economics from the Paris School of Economics. Before joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, he worked as an intern in the Directorate General of the Treasury in Paris.

 

Ethan_Ward

Ethan Ward

Email: e.a.ward@lse.ac.uk

Ethan is a pre-doctoral research assistant in STICERD. He works on the  and the research programmes.  His main research interest is public economics.

Ethan holds an MSc in Economics from ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and a BSc in Economics with Environmental Studies at the University of Edinburgh.