Leadership
Lise Vesterlund
PEEL Director
Andrew W. Mellon Professor - Economics, University of Pittsburgh
vester@pitt.edu
David Danz
PEEL Manager
Research Assistant Professor - Economics, University of Pittsburgh
danz@pitt.edu
Priyoma Mustafi
PEEL Graduate Student Researcher (GSR)
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
Priyoma.Mustafi@pitt.edu
Faculty
David Huffman
Professor - Economics, University of Pittsburgh
huffmand@pitt.edu
Sera Linardi
Associate Professor - GSPIA, University of Pittsburgh
linardi@pitt.edu
Luca Rigotti
Professor - Economics, University of Pittsburgh
luca@pitt.edu
Stephanie Wang
Professor - Economics, University of Pittsburgh
swwang@pitt.edu
Alistair Wilson
Professor - Economics, University of Pittsburgh
alistair@pitt.edu
Jonathan Woon
Professor - Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
woon@pitt.edu
Current Harvey S. Cohen Undergraduate Research Fellows
Isabella is a sophomore studying economics & mathematics with a minor in statistics. She is interested in the application of behavioral economics to promote eco-conscious consumption. She is also interested in environmental and healthcare economics.
Rylee is a junior studying economics and environmental science. She is interested in the economic effects of environmental policies and sustainable solutions to economic development.
Audrey is a sophomore studying economics and statistics with minors in Studio Arts and Mathematics. She is curious about labor, behavioral, and developmental economics, econometrics and building her statistical analytics skills, and topics on overconsumption.
William is a sophomore majoring in economics and statistics with a minor in philosophy. He is interested in applying behavioral and experimental economics to the study of political decision making and biases.
Farah is a sophomore studying economics and mathematics with a minor in Political Science. She is on the pre-law track and is interested in the intersection of Behavioral Economics and Geopolitics, specifically in the context of trade and international law.
Ellen is a junior studying Economics and Politics-Philosophy. She is interested in the intersection of Behavioral Economics and Political behavior as well as how to promote charitable giving through policy.
Hailey is a junior studying Math and Economics with a Business Minor and Global Distinction. She is interested in interested in how Behavioral Economics appears in leisure activities, especially the tourism and entertainment industries.
Claire is a junior studying Economics, Mathematical Biology, and German with a minor in Theatre Arts and a certificate in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. She is interested in the dynamic relationship between and intersection of Behavioral, Environmental, and Financial Economics.
Claire is a junior studying economics and statistics. She is interested in applying behavioral economics to economic development and trade.
Olga is a sophomore majoring in Economics and History with a minor in Statistics. She is interested in Economic History, Econometrics, and Behavioral Economics especially as it applies to policy making.
Research Associates
Felipe Augusto de Araujo
Economics, Lehigh University
fad220@lehigh.edu
Mallory Avery
Economics, Monash University
mallory.avery@monash.edu
Anat Bracha
The Jerusalem School of Business Administration
anat.bracha@gmail.com
María Cubel Sánchez
Economics, University of Bath
m.cubel@bath.ac.uk
John Duffy
Economics, University of California – Irvine
duffy@uci.edu
Rania Gihleb
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
gihleb@pitt.edu
Osea Giuntella
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
osea.giuntella@pitt.edu
Pedram Heydari
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
peh54@pitt.edu
Daniel Jones
GSPIA, University of Pittsburgh
dbj10@pitt.edu
Jonathan Lafky
Economics, Carleton College
jlafky@carleton.edu
Andrea La Nauze
Economics, University of Queensland
lanauze@pitt.edu
Mike Le Gower
Federal Trade Comission
mlegower@ftc.gov
Rachel Landsman
Economics, Bucknell University
rachel.landsman@bucknell.edu
Yiming Liu
Humboldt University of Berlin/WZB Berlin Social Science Center
yiming.liu@hu-berlin.de
Adam Presslee
School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo
capressl@uwaterloo.ca
Maria Recalde
Economics, University of Melbourne
maria.recalde@unimelb.edu.au
Gumilang Sahadewo
Economics, Universitas Gadjah Mada
gas61@pitt.edu
Santiago Sánchez Páges
Economics, King's College
Sanchez.Pages@gmail.com
Roberto Weber
Economics, University of Zurich
roberto.weber@econ.uzh.ch
Hong Wu
School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
How16@pitt.edu
Erte Xiao
Economics, Monash University
erte.xiao@monash.edu
Graduate Students
Beatriz Ahumada
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
bea46@pitt.edu
Daniel Banko-Ferran
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
djb187@pitt.edu
Erin Carbone
Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
erin.carbone@gmail.com
Aden Halpern
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
Aden.halpern@pitt.edu
Jiawei Lyu
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
jil305@pitt.edu
Guillermo Roman Lezama Perez
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
gul30@pitt.edu
Priyoma Mustafi
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
prm74@pitt.edu
Jiachen Wang
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
jiw172@pitt.edu
Yinxiao Wang
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
yiw137@pitt.edu
Brandon Williams
Economics, University of Pittsburgh
bhw95@pitt.edu