Founding Director
Ali Habibnia
Assistant Professor of Economics, Virginia Tech
Senior Research Affiliates
Ehsan Valavi
Post-Doctoral Associate, MIT
Amir Amini
Financial Mathematics, Princeton
Jalal Etesami
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, TUM
Nazanin Azizmohammadi
Law, Policy and Data,
American University WCL
Lab Coordinators
Jonathan Gendron
PhD in Economics, Virginia Tech
Raahul Esakiraja
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Benjamin Cummings
BS in Finance, Virginia Tech
Graduate Research Fellows
Jamshid ArdalanKia
PhD in Economics, Virginia Tech
Waris Ahmad Fa
PhD in Sociology, Virginia Tech
Gaurav Shah
MSC in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Ali Karimi
MSc in IT Engineering, University of Tehran
Alex Jaimes
MEng in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Apoorva Chavali
MSC in Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Alexander Ardaiz
BA in Economics, Virginia Tech
Tanishq Jain
BS in Mathematics and Computer Science, UCSD
Max Miller
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Varun Budati
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Tarey Gettys III
BS in Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Shaili Patel
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Sahaj Chhetri
BS in Computer Science & Economics, Virginia Tech
Krish Bansal
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Aaditya Arora
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Parya Golshani Nasab
BS in Finance, IAUCTB
Rishita Valluru
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Hasan Rizvi
BS in FinTech & Big Data Analytics , Virginia Tech
Lab Alumni
Forrest Meng
BS in Finance, Virginia Tech
William Etzler
BA in Economics, Virginia Tech
Forrest Meng
BS in Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Roshan Sanyal
Engineering Business Partner, Boeing
Nicole Raphael
BA in Economics, Virginia Tech
Aryan Palit
BS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Anson Jiang
BS in Engineering, Virginia Tech