Mazba is an economist by training. He studies risk, decision, and consumer behavior based on economic/financial, behavioral, and human-computer interaction frameworks. He uses statistical/econometric, mixed-method, predictive/forecasting, and related machine learning models to identify trends, anomalies, driving factors, and model risks to reveal structured and unstructured data-driven policy insights and business decision/growth strategies.

Currently, he is developing an experimental framework on consumer valuation of and attitudes towards experience goods (e.g., credit card, health insurance); decision-making processes under groupthink; composite feature encoding technique for predictive ML models; and happiness and financial/public health program enrollment decisions among US adults. His recent work investigates mental model-based repeated multifaceted intervention design to improve preventive health behaviors; science education, people's perceptions, and pro-environmental attitudes in the USA; household smoke-exposure risks; and the impact of health education on preventive health behaviors and outcomes. He has published widely on topics ranging from environmental and public health economics; food-energy-water nexus; macroeconomics, and public policy-related issues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and the USA. He has previously worked as a research fellow for a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study and as a senior researcher at the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

Mazba's research has appeared in a variety of publications including The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Energy Policy, Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. He received his PhD for his work on behavioral dimensions of people's decision-making processes from UNL, USA and holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics. Mazba served on the editorial boards of the journals Data in Brief, BMC Research Notes, and Environmental Health Insights. He reviewed articles for top international journals and conferences, including The Lancet, AAEA, and APHA.

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