Pre-doctoral RA, CMU · Incoming MSEC, Duke · Fall 2026

Collin Zoeller

Aspiring economist and builder at the intersection of machine learning, quantum computing, and empirical research.

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Current role

Pre-doctoral Research Associate,
Tepper School of Business

Working with IRS administrative tax data on questions in finance and entrepreneurship. Headed to Duke this fall for the MSEC.

Research interests

ML × Economics

Integrating machine learning and quantum computing into empirical economics.

Machine Learning Quantum Computing Financial Economics Entrepreneurship

Technical toolkit

Skills & platforms

Python Stata SQL Linux Qiskit D-Wave AWS
Collin Zoeller
Pittsburgh, PA
Current project · Duke MSEC Thesis

GAMA-IV: Quantum Annealing for Globally Optimal Instrument Selection

Applying the GAMA framework to instrument selection in disaggregated Bartik IV estimation — the first globally optimal procedure for the GPS (2020) framework, implemented on D-Wave quantum hardware.

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