About Me
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Better Government Lab, a joint research center of Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. I work primarily in the fields of behavioral, labor, health, and public economics. I earned my Ph.D. in economics at the University of Pittsburgh in 2025. I am affiliated with the Behavioral Economics Design Initiative (BEDI) at the University of Pittsburgh and the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) at the University of Pennsylvania. I am a recipient of the University of Pittsburgh's K. Leroy Irvis Fellowship and Andrew Mellon Fellowship as well as the graduate student teaching award. I am a U.S. and Austrian dual-citizen and a member of the American and European Economic Associations. I have received over $75k in competitive fellowship and grant support for my research.
I previously worked as a research assistant at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., and volunteered as a tax preparer and high school math tutor. I graduated from Swarthmore College with honors in economics and psychology.
In my free time, I am a classically trained singer. In Pittsburgh I was a volunteer member of the Mendelssohn Choir (the choir of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra). In D.C. I sang as a member of the Cathedral Choral Society on a recording of Alexander Kastalsky's Requiem for Fallen Brothers which was nominated for a 2021 GRAMMY for Best Choral Performance. I recently completed the Philadelphia half- and Pittsburgh full- marathons and play chess and tennis. Feel free to contact me at daniel.bankoferran@gmail.com.
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