Hello and welcome :)
I am a developmental scientist with a background in economics. I study how family economic circumstances shape children’s development and young adults’ life chances.
My research sits at the intersection of developmental science, economics, and policy. I completed my Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, where my dissertation followed more than 7,000 young adults over 24 years to examine how the composition and timing of childhood family wealth relate to outcomes across education, economic wellbeing, mental health, and family formation.
I bring an unusual path to this work: before turning to developmental science, I earned a doctorate in economics and spent a decade as a professor and policy researcher in Ukraine, advising national health and social reform efforts in partnership with the World Bank, WHO, and the World Economic Forum.
As an educator with fifteen years of university teaching across two countries, I teach developmental psychology, research methods, and quantitative analysis — helping students connect developmental science to the real economic and social conditions of children’s lives.