As a Visiting Scholar at The George Washington University Space Policy Institute, I am currently researching the economics of innovation in relation to stakeholder readiness for emerging aerospace technologies and spaceports. An overview of my Visiting Scholar Workshop on “Stakeholder Readiness for Aerospace Innovation,” held September 16, 2025, can be found here.

Current projects:

• Analyzing stakeholder readiness for hydrogen use and infrastructure in the aviation industry based on national U.S. policy via documented R&D incentives and roadmaps

• Articulating domestic trends in “innovation appetites” (AAM, UAS, and high-speed overland corridors) for economically impactful aviation industry states (GAMA 2025, 2020) and emerging state hubs

• Considering the impacts of mission-oriented policy pivots on space agency governance in the U.S. and European Union

I am most interested in the contextual pressures and tensions on technology adoption pathways, and how regional and national policies incentivize and fossilize said growth.