Curriculum Vitae
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, 2023–present
Fields: Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
Committee: Noah Nathan, Volha Charnysh, Naoki Egami, F. Daniel Hidalgo (Chair)
Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea
M.A., Political Science, 2022
B.A., Spanish (minor in Political Science), 2019 — summa cum laude, Highest Honors in Field
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México
Exchange Student, 2016
Research Interests
State Development · Urban Slums · Identity Politics · Conflict & Violence · Causal Inference · Experiments · Measurement & Scaling · Community Detection
Working Papers
Spillover Effects of Ethnic Representation: Evidence from Peru
Life Dissatisfaction and Native-Immigrant Divides | with Syngjoo Choi and Yong Kyun Kim (under review)
Working Projects
Governing the Periphery: Spatial Fragmentation and Collective Action
Targeting Hard-to-Reach Populations at Scale Using Automated Survey Bots via WhatsApp | with F. Daniel Hidalgo
Research Affiliations
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Peru (PUCP), Lima, Peru Summer 2026
Visiting Researcher
MIT Global Diversity Lab (GDL), Cambridge, MA 2024–present
Graduate Affiliate
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC), Lima, Peru Summer 2024
Visiting Researcher
SNU Experimental Political Science Lab, Seoul, Korea 2023–2024
Research Associate
Research Experience
Research Assistance to Naoki Egami Summer 2026
Research Assistance to F. Daniel Hidalgo Fall 2025
Research Assistance to Noah Nathan Summer 2024
Teaching Experience
17.802 Quantitative Methods II: Causal Inference Spring 2026
Teaching Assistance to Naoki Egami
Professional Experience
Sustainable IF (SUSIF), Seoul, Korea 2022–2023
Data Analyst (non-resident), development consultancy
United Nations ECLAC, Santiago, Chile 2019–2020
Research Intern, Program Planning & Operations Division (DPPO)
Grants & Awards
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Methodology Lab (PML) Research Grant 2025
Departmental Graduate Research Grant 2024, 2025, 2026
Kenan Sahin Presidential Fellowship 2023–2024
Seoul National University
Graduate Field Research Grant 2021, 2022, 2023
Next Generation Fellowship in Fundamental Sciences 2021–2022
External
Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship 2026
Fulbright Graduate Study Grant (declined) 2022
Scholarship for Korea’s Future Leaders 2019
Ministerial Award for Best Research Paper on Latin America 2018
Conference Presentations & Talks
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2022, 2026
International Political Science Association (IPSA) 2025
MIT Political Experimental Research Lab (PERL) 2024
SNU Experimental Political Science Working Group 2024
PUC-Chile Centro de Estudios Asiáticos 2019
Service
Organizer, MIT Latin America Working Group (LAWG) 2025–present
Graduate Assistant, MIT GDL Pathways Program 2025
Social Chair, Graduate Student Council 2024–2025
Fieldwork
Lima, Peru (2024) · Mexico City, Mexico (2026) · São Paulo, Brazil (2024)
Skills
Programming: R, Python, LaTeX, QGIS, Qualtrics
Languages: Korean (native), Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (intermediate)