Nicolas Mel
Graduate Research Assistant
Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolNicolas Mel is a Ph.D. student in economics and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland with eight years of applied research and policy experience across labor, education, development, and industrial organization. He holds an MA in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics from NYU and brings a strong quantitative toolkit honed through internships at the Inter-American Development Bank and consulting roles in Peruvian ministries. Nicolas combines academic rigor—teaching and mentoring as a Graduate Teaching Assistant—with practical policy impact from stints at GRADE and national ministries, making him adept at translating evidence into actionable recommendations. Based in Hyattsville, MD, he balances intensive research with a curiosity for field-informed questions, and, not obvious from titles alone, he has deep roots in Latin American policy work that inform his empirical perspective.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Master of Arts - MA, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics at New York UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Economics, Honors, Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics, Honors at Universidad de PiuraDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics at University of Maryland
Spanish, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
nicoidominguez/nicoidominguez.github.io
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:208 pushes in 9 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
nicoidominguez/Peruvian-Local-Gov-City-Halls-Coords
Jun 2018 - Sep 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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