
I am a Ph.D. student in the department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland. My research examines barriers individuals face against investments towards viral infection prevention, and ways to remove such barriers and incentivize such protection.
Prior to this, I was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Behavior Change For Good Initiative, researching Behavioral Economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We promoted sustained behavior change through large-scale randomized controlled trials and policy design. I earned my B.A. in Economics and Applied Mathematics & Statistics (2021) from Macalester College.
Email: rmobarak@umd.edu