Roni Barak Ventura is a postdoctoral associate at the Center for Urban Science and Progress, New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering. She received a BSc in biology from the University of Rochester in 2014 before joining NYU Tandon for her graduate training, where she received an MSc and PhD in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering in 2017 and 2021, respectively. Between 2021 and 2023, she served as a science analyst in the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include quantitative policy evaluation, causal inference, time series analysis, and human behavior.