CV
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2022 –
Associate Professor, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
2018 – 2021
Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
2012 – 2017
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, Monash University
Jan – Jul 2012
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago
Spring 2010
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business
EDITORIAL ROLES
2024 – 2026
Guest Editor, EER Special Issue: "Market Power: A Search-Theoretic Approach"
June 2018 –
Associate Editor, European Economic Review
EDUCATION
2007 – 2012
PhD in Economics, University of Melbourne
2004
Graduate coursework in Logic and Computation, Carnegie Mellon University
2002
Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne (Pure Mathematics)
2002
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Melbourne (First Class Hons in Philosophy)
Fall 2001
Student Exchange (Mathematics), University of California, Berkeley
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS
2026
4th year Honours, PhD, and Masters course "Topics in Macroeconomics" at ANU
2025
Completed "Foundations of Higher Degree Supervision" at ANU
2023-2025
4th year Honours, PhD, and Masters course "Macroeconomic Theory" at ANU
2017
Monash University Department of Economics Teaching Prize for 2016
2017
Completed six-week "Teaching Excellence Program'' at Monash University
2013-2017
2nd year undergraduate and Masters course "Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy"
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
2025
ANU PhD thesis supervisor, Simon Mishricky (under completion)
2022
ANU Masters thesis supervisor, Louis Becker (placement: MIT PhD program, 2023)
Masters Thesis: "Market Concentration and Search Frictions"
- Introduces granular search to Mangin (2017) by modelling firms as coalitions of sellers
- Derives a condition under which average markup is increasing in market concentration
Masters Thesis: "Market Concentration and Search Frictions"
- Introduces granular search to Mangin (2017) by modelling firms as coalitions of sellers
- Derives a condition under which average markup is increasing in market concentration
2020
ANU Honours thesis supervisor, Mitchell Scott (placement: LSE PhD program, 2022)
Masters Thesis: "The Market for New Projects: A Search-Theoretic Investigation"
- Applies the search model in Mangin (2017) to the market for funding entrepreneurs
- Models entrepreneurs competing for investor funding through a second-price auction
Masters Thesis: "The Market for New Projects: A Search-Theoretic Investigation"
- Applies the search model in Mangin (2017) to the market for funding entrepreneurs
- Models entrepreneurs competing for investor funding through a second-price auction
2015
Monash University PhD co-supervisor, Iqtiar Mamun (placement: Tax Secretary, Bangladesh)