Piyush Panigrahi was a Research Fellow working with Professors Monica Singhal, Dina Pomeranz, and Dave Donaldson on trade and taxation projects in South America that look at the effect of various shocks on the economy and their contribution to aggregate fluctuations. Prior to joining EPoD, he worked as a research assistant at National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA. He holds an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from London School of Economics & Political Science and a BTech in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.