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Contact Information

Name Hongdi Zhao (she/her)
Email hz399@cornell.edu

Experience

  • 2025 - 2025

    Denver, CO

    Summer Associate
    Analysis Group
  • 2024 - 2024

    Seattle, WA

    Economist Intern
    Amazon
  • 2020 - 2021

    Washington, DC

    Research Analyst
    International Food Policy Research Institute
  • 2019 - 2020

    New Haven, CT

    Pre-doctoral Research Fellow
    Yale Economic Growth Center
  • 2018 - 2019

    Cambridge, MA

    Research Fellow
    Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Education

  • 2021 - 2026

    Ithaca NY, USA

    PhD
    Cornell University
    Applied Economics and Management
    • Minor in Data Science
    • Development Economics
    • Machine Learning
  • 2016 - 2018

    Ithaca NY, USA

    Master
    Cornell University
    MPA in International Development
  • - 2016

    Shanghai, China

    Bachelor
    East China Normal University
    Statistics

Service

Languages

Mandarin : Native speaker
English : Advanced