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• Position: Assistant Professor of Economics
• Location: New Jersey Hall 415
• Phone: 848-932-8643
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Michael Cai joined the Department of Economics as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2025. He holds a BS from New York University and a PhD from Northwestern University. His research is in macroeconomics and focuses on models with bounded rationality and heterogeneous agents.

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• Position: Assistant Professor of Economics
• Specialty: Development Economics, Child and Maternal Health, Nutrition, Violent Conflict, Family Planning, Education
• Location: New Jersey Hall 420
• Phone: 848-932-8616
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Daniel Maggio is an Assistant Professor and joined the Department of Economics in Fall 2024. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Cornell University in 2024 and holds an M.A. in Economics from Boston University. His work is positioned at the intersection of development and health economics, studying social protection programs and those intended to improve maternal and child health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Maggio has worked as a consultant at the World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute and held a visiting position at the Oxford University Center for the Study of African Economies.

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• Position: Assistant Professor of Economics
• Specialty: Mechanism Design, Decision Theory
• Location: New Jersey Hall 106B
• Phone: 848-932-8612
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Andrew Mackenzie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University. He completed his undergraduate studies at Union College and completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Rochester. His research interests include mechanism design and decision theory. Mackenzie taught at Maastricht University before joining Rutgers in Fall 2024, and currently serves on the editorial board of Theory and Decision.

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• Position: Assistant Professor of Economics
• Specialty: High-Dimensional Econometrics, Time Series, Big Data, Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Finance
• Location: New Jersey Hall 403
• Phone: 848-932-8649
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Kenwin Maung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and joined the faculty in Fall 2023. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. Maung's areas of research interest include high-dimensional econometrics, time series, big data, machine learning, causal inference, and finance.