Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Mississippi. His research focuses on the interplay between firms' decisions to invest in R&D or physical capital, and the implications for the aggregate economy, firm lifecycles, and recoveries from recessions. Prior to joining Ole Miss, he earned his PhD from The Ohio State University and worked at a boutique economic consultancy specialising in antitrust, leading teams on cases such as Google/Waze and Dow/DuPont.