Director

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan is Schreiber Family Professor of Economics at Brown University and the Director of the Global Linkages Lab. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). She is the co-editor of American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. She also serves at the economic advisory panels of the NY Federal Reserve and the Bank of International Settlements.

Senior Research Fellow

Muhammed A. Yildirim

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Muhammed A. Yildirim is a Senior Research Fallow at GLL. He also serves as the Director of Academic Research at the Harvard Growth Lab and an Associate Professor of Economics at Koç University. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and a BS degree from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty at Koç University, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. His research primarily focuses on understanding network and spillover effects across various research domains, including industrial policy, international trade, productivity, economic growth, and matching. His work has been published in prestigious economic journals, including Science, Nature, Cell, Nature Communications, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Methods, Economic Policy, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, and Research Policy. Furthermore, he is a co-author of "The Atlas of Economic Complexity," published by the MIT Press.

Post-Bacc

Jacob M. Adamcik

Jacob M. Adamcik is a research assistant in the Global Linkages Lab at Brown University. He earned his Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS degree from Drexel University. He has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Prior to joining the lab, he was a Quantitative Research Analyst at a boutique investment management firm in Philadelphia.

Administrative Coordinator

Olivia Friederich

Olivia's primary responsibilities include providing high-level administrative and operational support to Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan's Global Linkages Hub. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Rhode Island. Olivia has a background in higher education administration having worked as an Administrative Coordinator for the University Librarian/Director of the John Hay Library at Brown. She also previously worked in the public library sector and in social services for the RI Department of Health.

PhD Students

Olivia Lattus

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Olivia Lattus is a fourth year PhD candidate in economics at Brown University. Her research interests lie in macroeconomics, finance, and behavioral finance. Before coming to Brown, Olivia received her bachelor of science in economics and minors in mathematics and French from Arizona State University. In her free time, she loves reading, cooking, traveling, and hanging out with her cat.

Scott Lu

Scott Lu is a third-year Economics PhD student at Brown University focusing on applied microeconomics. He is interested in topics in labor, education, and urban, with a current focus on the impacts of immigration on native workers, firms, and local labor markets. Prior to coming to Brown, Scott worked as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board in D.C.

Sai Pitre

Sai Pitre is a third-year Economics PhD student at Brown University. She is interested in studying firm growth in emerging markets with a particular focus on India. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Mumbai and has a Master's in Economics from University College London.

Finn Schüle

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Finn Schüle is a fifth-year Economics PhD student at Brown University. He is interested in the implications of multi-sector models for monetary policy and the labor market. He earned an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Warwick and a B.A. in History and Economics from the University of Oxford. Prior to starting his PhD, he worked as a Senior Research Assistant for the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Haoyu Sheng

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Haoyu Sheng is a fifth-year Economics PhD student at Brown University. He is pursuing a concurrent masters degree in Computer Science through Brown's Open Graduate Fellowship program. He is interested in building and solving granular models of the macroeconomy, and leveraging alternative data to answer macroeconomic questions. He did his undergraduate studies at Williams College, majoring in Economics and Computer Science.

Can Soylu

Can Soylu is a PhD Candidate in Economics at Brown University. He holds an A.B. in Social Studies and a Master’s in Public Administration in International Development from Harvard University. Prior to his current roles, he was a Research Fellow at Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Belfer Center. His research focuses on macroeconomics, international economics, growth and development.

Undergraduate Students

Daijin Dorsey-Reyes

Daijin Dorsey-Reyes is a Junior at Brown University pursuing an Sc.B. in Economics and Applied Mathematics. He is interested in macroeconomics and finance, with a focus on monetary policy and global financial shocks. He has experience in macroeconomic forecasting and modeling as an incoming summer analyst at the Blackrock Investment Institute and the Portfolio Manager of Brown’s student run ESG fund investing a portion of Brown’s endowment.

John Farrell

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John Farrell is a undergraduate at Brown University studying Computer Science and Mathematics. He has a strong background in software engineering, and is interested in the intersection of technology and economics. He is currently working on a project to develop a web-based platform for the Global Linkages Lab.