Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the McDonough School of Business and a faculty affiliate of the Department of Government at Georgetown University. My research interests include the political economy of development, digital economy, and emerging markets (especially China). I hold degrees in Political Science (PhD), Statistics (MS), and International Policy Studies (MA) from Stanford University and International Relations (LLB) from Renmin University of China.

My work has been published by American Economic Review: Insights, Studies in Comparative International Development, Minnesota Law Review, Oxford University Press, and Princeton University Press. My research has been funded by prominent institutions, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and recognized with multiple honors. These include being listed as one of the Best Books on China in 2024 by The China-Britain Business Council, receiving the 2020 Ronald H. Coase Best Dissertation Award from the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics, and the 2019 Best Dissertation Award in the area of Information Technology and Politics by American Political Science Association.

Additionally, I was listed as a Poets&Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professor of 2021, and I received a Georgetown Faculty & Staff Career Champion Award of 2022. For term 2025-2026, I have been selected as a member of World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Trade and Investment.