He received a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2009, a Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2006, and a B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 2001. He has published in leading journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, the World Bank Economic Review, Value in Health, Vaccine, Water Resources Research and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. He has served as a reviewer for a number of journals publishing articles related to environmental and health economics and policy.