Dr. Praopan Pratoomchat is a senior research economist at the Gardner Institute with a background in higher education and macroeconomic research.

Prior to joining the institute, she was an associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, teaching applied economic analysis, money and banking, and principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics. Her research interests include the local consumer confidence index, the fiscal policy multiplier effect, Asian economic structure and development, homelessness, inequality, and economic impact analysis.