Daniel is an Economics Ph.D. Student at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include antitrust enforcement, merger analyses and the effects of product variety on consumer surplus. His dissertation focuses on the relationship between product variety, mergers and consumer surplus in the context of the Miller-Coors merger of 2008.

During his time at UCLA, he has taught a variety of courses focused on Microeconomics, including Introductory Economics, Intro to Microeconomics and Data Science for Economists. He has also assisted on several economic papers.

Prior to the Ph.D., he worked at the Kansas City Fed as a Research Associate for two years on a variety of projects focused on surveying non-profits, examining consumer credit data and presenting economic updates to community members.