I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. My research bridges scholarship on civil war termination, authoritarian survival, and shared sovereignty in contested areas. My dissertation examines how regimes respond to internal challengers not only through coercion or inclusion, but through informal political arrangements in the gray zone between civil war and formal peace. Across different projects, my work reframes power-sharing not as a sign of weakness, but as a deliberate strategy to contain threats and maintain political order.
 
I have been awarded the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Fellowship (2024-2025), the Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship (2024-2025), Hans J. Morgenthau Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame (2023-2024). My research is also supported by the UCSD Yankelovich Center, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the APSA Centennial Center. I hold an M.A. in Governance, Diplomacy and Conflict Studies from Reichman University, and a Dual-B.A. in Political Science and English Studies from the Westphalian Wilhelm University.