Mallooki / Economics CV

CV

This page lists my economics training, selected course projects, professional experience, and software work.

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Education

Purdue: B.S. Economics, Purdue University, 2026
WashU: M.A. Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, starting August 2026

Research interests

Development and urban economics, education economics, health economics, and data-heavy applied microeconomics.

Selected academic work samples

The Effects of Metro Systems in the GCC

Purdue urban economics course project

Compared metro systems in Doha and Riyadh, focusing on rail investment, first- and last-mile access, pricing policy, transit-oriented development, congestion, emissions, and car use in Gulf cities.

Public materials: PDF brief.

House Price Prediction Competition

Purdue applied econometrics and machine learning course project

Built a team house-price prediction pipeline in Python with missing-value imputation, categorical encoding, feature engineering, gradient boosting, cross-validation, and model ensembling.

Public materials: PDF brief.

Professional experience

Developer, Nuzio, Kuwait

May 2026 - August 2026

Worked on the HiSaluh ecommerce build, including Arabic-first product catalog, cart, checkout, admin, and payment workflow surfaces.
Supported bilingual web, app, and e-commerce product work for Kuwait clients across public sites and operational tools.

Manager, Healthchart, Kuwait

February 2026 - August 2026

Coordinated meal-plan subscriptions, customer requests, and daily deliveries for a healthy-meal business in Kuwait.
Helped present meal goals, macro information, WhatsApp support, and subscription options to customers.

Projects and software

ProjectMalonomicsComing soon.Founder / DeveloperComing soon

GameDiwan FMFictional, Kuwait-inspired football management game built in Godot.Creator / DeveloperActive build

CompanyFikraOSPrivate team workspace for pages, databases, comments, search, and shared knowledge, built first for Kuwait-based teams.DeveloperControlled beta

HealthHealthchartKuwait meal-subscription service with plan, macro, support, and delivery information.ManagerActive

CommerceHiSaluhArabic-first Kuwaiti online store for savings boxes and lira products.DeveloperLive store

Skills

Economics and methods: Applied microeconomics, urban economics, development economics, OLS, Ridge/Lasso, cross-validation, feature engineering, and empirical framing.
Data and modeling: Python, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, LightGBM, XGBoost, imputation, categorical encoding, and model evaluation.
Research workflow: Literature organization, provenance tracking, source notes, structured reading, and reproducible project documentation.
Software: Web product development, ecommerce workflows, admin tooling, bilingual interface work, and research software prototypes.